life after 50

Your New Best Holiday Cookie Recipe!

Posted on 12/19/2012 by Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Best of Everything After 50 | Comments

Home & Family | Your LifeTraditions and rituals –particularly when they’re connected to food –are an essential part of life and can often be the glue that keeps families from drifting too far apart, especially during one of the busiest times of the year. Every December, my family, along with some friends, gather for a day of baking holiday cookies in my home. However, these are not just any cookies culled from one of my favorite recipe books. These cookies are the exact same ones my …

7 Reasons to Love Your Sister (Even When It’s Hard)

Posted on 12/5/2012 by Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Best of Everything After 50 | Comments

Home & Family | Your LifeA sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost. — Marion C. Garretty It’s weird and comforting to know that there is no other woman on this planet, not even my mother, has had a closer view of my life than my sister (that’s us on the left in 1965 visiting Prospect Park in Brooklyn, N.Y.). I know pretty much everything there is to know about her, too, including a few things I’m sure she would …

Would Oprah Turn Her Back on Women Over 50?

Posted on 11/29/2012 by Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Best of Everything After 50 | Comments

Your LifeAn article in the New York Times about Oprah Winfrey and the declining readership of O, The Oprah Magazine, her 12-year old publication, stopped me in my tracks. Here’s the paragraph that leapt off the page and gave me my own “Aha!” (but not in a good way) moment: Ms. Winfrey wants that audience for the magazine, but she wants its readers to be younger. The median age for O readers is 49, according to data tracked by the audience …

The #1 Reason Why Women Age Better Than Men

Posted on 11/21/2012 by Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Best of Everything After 50 | Comments

Relationships | Your LifeDo women embrace aging better than men? Are we happier with our lives and better equipped to handle the myriad changes that life often throws our way? Are we better at digging deeper to our very core to pull out our inner resources for what we truly need as we get older? According to Dr. Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, a noted Yale professor of psychology and author of “The Power of Women,” an article featured in Psychology Today, the answer could be “yes.” Dr. Nolen-Hoeksema believes …

The 50% Solution to Weight Loss After 50 (and Before the Holidays!)

Posted on 11/16/2012 by Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Best of Everything After 50 | Comments

Personal Health | Your LifeLosing weight and getting back in shape isn’t always easy after 50. But I learned something new a few years ago after packing on almost 15 (and counting) post-menopausal pounds: it’s far from impossible. What’s more, I found a three-part solution that works: establish an achievable goal eat less move more Simple! A plan to lose weight or start a fitness program can be stymied before you even start if it seems too difficult to do. Like most of us, …

5 Infuriating Fibs About Women Over 50

Posted on 11/8/2012 by Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Best of Everything After 50 | Comments

Your LifeAlmost six years ago I turned 50, and had no idea what I was getting myself into. It was time for a quick assessment: When did those post-menopausal pounds get attached to my body? What was it my doctor was telling me about being a tad too close to osteopenia (the first step before osteoporosis)? How did my hair end up looking like road kill from years (decades, really) of blow-drying, over-washing and over-processing? And, why were my hair, skin, …