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LIFE REBOOT at 60

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  • At 70, I’m a Joy Junkie With a New Life, a Younger Lover, and a Job I Adore — But My Son Still…

    At 70, I’m a Joy Junkie With a New Life, a Younger Lover, and a Job I Adore — But My Son Still…

    At 57, I buried my only son. At 67, I declared war on despair. This is the messy, holy, freezing-my-car-keys story of my comeback
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    Jun 3
    The Hidden Truth About Being Over 60 That No One Talks About

    The Hidden Truth About Being Over 60 That No One Talks About

    It’s not the wrinkles, not the retirement, not the discounts — it’s what happens in your head when no one’s watching
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    May 2
    The Dating Experiment: I Went on 20 First Dates at 60 — Here’s What Happened

    The Dating Experiment: I Went on 20 First Dates at 60 — Here’s What Happened

    What happens when you mix optimism, arthritis, and 20 strangers from the internet? A hell of a social study. And maybe… closure
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    May 12
    How I Accidentally Became the Fittest I’ve Ever Been at 60

    How I Accidentally Became the Fittest I’ve Ever Been at 60

    I joined a yoga class to impress a barista. Two years later, I can deadlift more than my son and my ex-wife keeps texting me unsolicited…
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    May 7
    ✍I Pressed “Restart” on My Life at 63. Here’s What Happened Next

    ✍I Pressed “Restart” on My Life at 63. Here’s What Happened Next

    I sent a single message that changed everything. My old life crumbled, and what followed was pure chaos
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    Mar 1
    I Was 60, Alone, and Terrified — Then I Became the Woman With the Front Door No One Could Take Away

    I Was 60, Alone, and Terrified — Then I Became the Woman With the Front Door No One Could Take Away

    After her husband left her, Marian Elliott wasn’t just grieving a marriage — she was grieving decades of buried sorrow. What happened next…
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    Jun 8
    A New Start After 60: “I Was Sick, Tired, and Had Lost Myself — Until I Began Lifting Weights at…

    A New Start After 60: “I Was Sick, Tired, and Had Lost Myself — Until I Began Lifting Weights at…

    From prescription cocktails to protein shakes, Joan Macdonald went from nearly being wheeled into a nursing home to flipping stereotypes…
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    Jun 5
    I’m 71 and Still Horny for Life (and Antonio Banderas)

    I’m 71 and Still Horny for Life (and Antonio Banderas)

    What nobody tells you about getting old: the invisibility cloak, the freedom, the salsa-soaked fantasies, and the unexpected sexiness of…
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    May 17
    Leo Grand Wasn’t Supposed to Build an App at 60

    Leo Grand Wasn’t Supposed to Build an App at 60

    At 60, homeless and overlooked, Leo Grand was offered $100 or a shot at learning to code. He chose the code. What followed was both a fairy…
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    Jun 11
    How a Grieving 64-Year-Old Man Became a Nude Model and Found Himself Again

    How a Grieving 64-Year-Old Man Became a Nude Model and Found Himself Again

    After losing his son and marriage, Terry Aston did something most men wouldn’t dare: he got undressed in front of a room full of strangers…
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    Jun 7
    63 Years of Waiting for the “Right Time” — And Why Today, I Made It Now

    63 Years of Waiting for the “Right Time” — And Why Today, I Made It Now

    I postponed my life for six decades, always waiting for the perfect moment. That moment never arrived. So I built it myself — with…
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    Apr 12
    ✍The People You Meet When You Restart Your Life at 63

    ✍The People You Meet When You Restart Your Life at 63

    Pressing reset isn’t just about change — it’s about who you find along the way
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    May 31
    At 79, George Didn’t Retire — He Rebooted Society with a Screwdriver and a Teapot

    At 79, George Didn’t Retire — He Rebooted Society with a Screwdriver and a Teapot

    When one widowed tinkerer opened his garage to broken things and broken hearts, his rusting mill town turned into a humming machine of…
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    Jun 2
    64 Years of Avoiding My True Desires — And Why I’m Finally Giving Myself Permission to Want More

    64 Years of Avoiding My True Desires — And Why I’m Finally Giving Myself Permission to Want More

    I spent decades being “the responsible one.” But responsibility without desire is just a slow form of disappearing
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    May 16
    63 Years of Living for Others — And Why I’m Finally Choosing Myself

    63 Years of Living for Others — And Why I’m Finally Choosing Myself

    After 63 years of showing up for everyone else, I finally asked myself what I need — and it felt like meeting a stranger I once loved.
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    May 24
    63 Years of Fearing Change — And Why I’m Finally Embracing It

    63 Years of Fearing Change — And Why I’m Finally Embracing It

    ✍ What if change isn’t something to fear? What if it’s the very thing that will set me free?
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    Jun 1
    🎯 Confessions of a Gerontologist Who Accidentally Became the Healthiest 60-Year-Old in the Room

    🎯 Confessions of a Gerontologist Who Accidentally Became the Healthiest 60-Year-Old in the Room

    🪴 They warned me about joint pain, loneliness, and cognitive decline. But nobody warned me about the euphoric joy of outliving everyone’s…
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    Jun 4
    I Retired at 72 and Immediately Started a New Career (Also, I’m in a Band)

    I Retired at 72 and Immediately Started a New Career (Also, I’m in a Band)

    Losing the job I loved at 59 wasn’t the end. It was the part in the movie where the music kicks in and the heroine does something…
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    Jun 9
    How I Moved Across the Country, Reunited with My Lost Love, Started Lifting Weights, and Declared…

    How I Moved Across the Country, Reunited with My Lost Love, Started Lifting Weights, and Declared…

    Why Starting Over at 60 Feels Like Playing Life on Expert Mode — and Why I’ve Never Felt More Alive (or Sore in the Glutes)
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    Jun 10
    🥄 Sixty, Single, and Stirring the Soup of My Own Life

    🥄 Sixty, Single, and Stirring the Soup of My Own Life

    ✍ I Turned 60 and Realized I’d Been Waiting for Permission to Exist  Turns out, nobody was going to give it to me. So I gave it to myself.
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    Jun 14
    🎉 I’m 85 and Just Got Married — Now Everyone Thinks I’m Adorable

    🎉 I’m 85 and Just Got Married — Now Everyone Thinks I’m Adorable

    🪞It’s funny how invisible we were until we did something the internet loves: fall in love late in life. Suddenly, we’re “cute.” Or are we…
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    May 25
    Inside, I Still Feel Seventeen: The Beautiful Madness of Growing Older Without Growing Up

    Inside, I Still Feel Seventeen: The Beautiful Madness of Growing Older Without Growing Up

    Forget “acting your age.” That phrase was invented by boring people. I’m 73 with creaky knees, a suspicious mole, and a heart that still…
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    Foteini Ntelopoulou
    Jun 13
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