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The Not-So-Usual Guide to Creating an Oasis in the Middle of Your Crisis
The Not-So-Usual Guide to Creating an Oasis in the Middle of Your Crisis
Go with it and flow with it to your imagination and your body and spirit will follow.
Debbie Walker
Jun 15, 2020
My Journey from Writer to Editor and Podcaster
My Journey from Writer to Editor and Podcaster
The publication that gave me my purpose back.
Debbie Walker
Nov 2, 2020
How I Approach Editing Your Story on Middle-Pause
How I Approach Editing Your Story on Middle-Pause
With as much gentle encouragement as I can.
Marilyn Flower
Nov 19, 2020
You Are Created for Greatness
You Are Created for Greatness
Find the four paths to achieve more.
Debbie Walker
Oct 27, 2020
The Women of Middle-Pause Keep Me Going
The Women of Middle-Pause Keep Me Going
When I feel like quitting.
Debbie Walker
Nov 10, 2020
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“Fatty, Fatty, Two by Four”
“Fatty, Fatty, Two by Four”
My mother’s swan song?
Kelley Murphy
Mar 27
Two Families Collided But Our Marriage Remained Strong
Two Families Collided But Our Marriage Remained Strong
The story of our marriage and the family rift never healed.
Lisa Precious / Smiley Blue
Mar 27
‘It Takes a Village,’ They Often Say. Who’s in Your Heart Village?
‘It Takes a Village,’ They Often Say. Who’s in Your Heart Village?
Related by blood or conscious choice, who are your peeps?
Marilyn Flower
Mar 27
Is Easter the same root as Estrogen?
Is Easter the same root as Estrogen?
Let’s claim the fall equinox for falling fertility.
Sharon Johnson
Mar 26
Editing Tip #1: Bios Can Be Fun!
Editing Tip #1: Bios Can Be Fun!
Or not. But they’re still important.
Marilyn Flower
Mar 25
What Are We Teaching the People Around Us?
What Are We Teaching the People Around Us?
We’re never too old to learn from others.
Jacquelyn Lynn
Mar 24
I Refuse to Grow Old and Shrivel Up at Forty
I Refuse to Grow Old and Shrivel Up at Forty
I’m going to keep coming back like a perennial
Melissa Marietta
Mar 24
The Ripple Effect of Love: How Your Partner Affects Your Entire Life
The Ripple Effect of Love: How Your Partner Affects Your Entire Life
The mate you choose, chooses your life.
Debbie Walker
Mar 24
Stepping on Each Other’s Toes: The Dancing that Was Way More than Dancing
Stepping on Each Other’s Toes: The Dancing that Was Way More than Dancing
Thanks to me and my heartless, addictive, revenge-seeking behaviors.
Marilyn Flower
Mar 24
Forty Years of Marriage
Forty Years of Marriage
Each decade makes the bond stronger
Margie Pearl
Mar 24
Stepping on Each Other’s Toes: Dancing and the Death of My Marriage
Stepping on Each Other’s Toes: Dancing and the Death of My Marriage
Well, actually, it was more than just dancing, but that’s how it started.
Marilyn Flower
Mar 23
I’m Not Sure How My Marriage Survived 41 Years
I’m Not Sure How My Marriage Survived 41 Years
But here’s my story
Barbara Carter
Mar 23
3 Ways To Empower Yourself When You Feel Powerless
3 Ways To Empower Yourself When You Feel Powerless
All it takes is one action, one step, and one prayer at a time.
Debbie Walker
Mar 23
Have we always had a love affair with our hair?
Have we always had a love affair with our hair?
Ask someone that has lost their hair, and you’ll get your answer.
Lee-Anne Hancock
Mar 22
To the Men I Dated who were Marriage Targets — Sorry
To the Men I Dated who were Marriage Targets — Sorry
I didn’t, I won’t.
Sharon Johnson
Mar 22
It’s the Worst
It’s the Worst
No, it’s not.
Lori Wangler
Mar 21
Are You, or Have You Ever Been Married? Care to Share?
Are You, or Have You Ever Been Married? Care to Share?
Happily ever after? Been there, done that? Or somewhere in between?
Marilyn Flower
Mar 20
I Tried and Failed to Go Gray Gracefully
I Tried and Failed to Go Gray Gracefully
Hair color, I wish I knew how to quit you
Steffany Ritchie
Mar 19
I’ve Had Four of Them by the Age of Fifty
I’ve Had Four of Them by the Age of Fifty
Why would I subject myself to four colonoscopies by fifty?
Shelly Stewart
Mar 18
My Hair Relationship
My Hair Relationship
Natural hair disasters and hard lessons learned
Lisa Precious / Smiley Blue
Mar 17
Do Clothes Make the Woman, or Does the Woman Make the Clothes?
Do Clothes Make the Woman, or Does the Woman Make the Clothes?
My energy level and even my mood change when I change. Clothes.
Marilyn Flower
Mar 16
Truths That Lie Between Life and Death
Truths That Lie Between Life and Death
A powerful story of the gifts our loved ones leave behind.
Nicole Campbell
Mar 16
Thank you, Congresswoman Pat Schroeder
Thank you, Congresswoman Pat Schroeder
Schroeder helped enact laws to support equality
Sharon Johnson
Mar 16
How Setting a Pretty Table Boosts My Mental Health.
How Setting a Pretty Table Boosts My Mental Health.
This ritual is food for my body and for my soul.
LynnEllyn Robinson
Mar 15
My Hair and I
My Hair and I
A lifelong struggle with self-acceptance
Kelley Murphy
Mar 15
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