Women Seek More Authentic Representation of Aging in Media and the Marketplace

AARP launched a research series in 2018 to give women of all ages the opportunity to share what wellness, beauty, and self-care mean to them as they age and how those perceptions change over time. The Mirror/Mirror series has identified a gap between how women experience aging, how media and marketing portray aging, and how the ...

Five Essentials for Finding Happiness and Success

"๐™๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™—๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™š, ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ข๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™š๐™™ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š. ๐™‰๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™—๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™ก ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™!"- Client testimonial As a certified life coach, it's words like this, priceless rewards, that motivate me to do what I do. Besides themselves, no one wants to see my phenomenal ...

Entrepreneur Life: Find Your Purpose After Age 50

I don't know who needs to hear this, butโ€ฆ It's okay to be perfectly imperfect. You don't have to have everything together all at once. It's okay to start with a few question marks, just as long as you start! Perfection is a myth โ€“ it doesn't exist. Consistently striving for it is also a form of procrastination. ...

Confidence Is Like Sage For The Soul

Confidence is like sage for the soul. I have always believed the following: ๐Ÿ”น๏ธWhen one of us wins, we ALL win. ๐Ÿ”น๏ธ๏ธSISterhood is more than a hashtag. Unfortunately, when I look around, I don't always sense that some of us are of the same mindset. This is why I routinely encourage others in my space to do the following: When you ...

Surround Yourself With People Who Understand You

True Friends. Genuine Supporters. How many of us have them? Remember, iron sharpens iron. Who's in your tribe matters? It really does matter. Several years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Mikki Taylor,ย the countryโ€™s leading authority on โ€œinner and outer beautyโ€ for women of color, a highly sought-after empowerment speaker, andย former beauty & cover director atย ESSENCEย magazine. She said something that ...

What Does it Mean to be Empowered as a Woman?

๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—จ๐—ฝ ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€, ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ, ๐—”๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€. Chris Rock has a stand-up routine where he says that when you meet someone for the first time, youโ€™re not meeting that person โ€” youโ€™re meeting his or her ...