turning 50

7 Essentials for Living Your Best Life After 50

Posted on 04/17/2013 by Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Best of Everything After 50 | Comments

Personal Health | Your LifeWe’re all aging. And this much I’ve figured out: the challenge isn’t how to stop it, it’s how to do it. When I turned 50 a few years ago, it became unnervingly clear that changes had to be made. Post-menopausal pounds were creeping on, my blood pressure and cholesterol levels were rising, I wasn’t moving my body enough and as a result, my energy was waning. All of this was making me feel invisible, old and ready to give up …

Plastic Surgery On Your Mind? Before You Do That… Do This

Posted on 04/11/2013 by Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Best of Everything After 50 | Comments

Beauty & Fashion | Personal HealthRecently, I went to a lecture about women, aging and self-esteem. It was disconcerting. The lecturer, a therapist in her mid-50s, deals frequently with women who are unhappy with how they look, and who feel unprepared for the changes that they are seeing as they get older. The lecturer acknowledged that women in their 50s (and over) are in a “beauty bind.” In the past, women (like our grandmothers) aged together. The playing field was level. Very few of them …

6 Ways Turning 56 Was Far Different than 50

Posted on 03/21/2013 by Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Best of Everything After 50 | Comments

Personal Health | Your LifeA few months ago I turned 56. To commemorate and celebrate, I ran 5.6 miles around Central Park. It felt good knowing I could run that distance and still be fit enough to join my husband and daughters at a birthday dinner downtown a few hours later. That’s a sea change from when I turned 50. Then –what now seems like a lifetime ago — running two miles would have been out of the question. I was out-of-shape and stuck …

2013: Make this the Year to Embrace Your Age

Posted on 01/4/2013 by Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Best of Everything After 50 | Comments

Your LifeA not-so-quiet revolution has been picking up massive steam on the Internet … and I’m proud to be a part of it. It’s all about how we view aging in America and it will be one of the hottest topics in this country on many fronts: politically, culturally, emotionally and economically. Given the fact that people over 50 represent the largest demographic in the history of the world, with more joining our ranks every day, one would think that politicians, …

Study Proves Women Over 50 Have the Biggest Hearts

Posted on 12/13/2012 by Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Best of Everything After 50 | Comments

Bulletin Today | Your LifeIt’s the holiday season: a time of year when most of us think more about giving than receiving. And of all the demographic groups, which one do you think gives the most? If your answer is “American women over 50,” you’re right. A recent study shows that our hearts just might get bigger with each passing year. The stunning study —Women Give 2012 –was conducted by the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. Debra J. Mesch, Ph.D., …

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 …