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Virtual Book Tour with Cyma Shapiro
We are happy to welcome to our website today, Cyma Shapiro, and her book, The Zen of Midlife Mothering: Essays from MotheringintheMiddle.com. It is the first anthology written by and for midlife mothers! The Zen celebrates the heartbreak and the glory of women choosing motherhood over 40 for the first, repeat, or last time, and of those standing firmly in place as mothers now in mid-life. In this increasingly popular trend of new older parenting, these women do not share a collective consciousness like many of their younger counterparts, … Continue reading
Let’s not Pigeonhole Millennials
Did you know that, according to the older generation, kids today have a sense of entitlement and are clueless about how to communicate without social media? A pigeonhole is an overly restrictive category, which fails to reflect the actual complexities. And pigeonholing is exactly what we’re doing to the eight million Millennials, born between 1980 and 2000. According to the media, Gen Y has created a new developmental stage between adolescence and adulthood called adultolescense. More of them are living with a parent than a partner, in part because they’re … Continue reading
Posted in adult children, stress, well-being
Tagged adultolescense, connection, divorce, economics, GenY, marriage, Millennials, parents, social media, student loans, support, unemployment, volunteering
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Ringing in the New Year
If you’re like most of us, you probably begin each New Year with hope and optimism. This time, in 2014, you’ll make the right choices, follow-up on positive change, and achieve the goals that have been eluding you. In that spirit of confidence and resourcefulness, we offer you support all along the way here on our website through our white papers in the Resources section. Feel free to click on these links to give you more information and encouragement as well as practical strategies to put in place in 2014. … Continue reading
Posted in well-being, your self
Tagged 2014, assets, challenge, change, coping, goals, January blues, New Year's resolutions, Plan B, SAD, Sandwich Generation, strengths, support
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A Walk Instead of Breast Cancer
Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, we’re used to hearing about walks – 5K, 10K, or longer – in support of breast cancer research and screening. But this year we’re turning the tables on those reasons and hearing about new data indicating that walking itself can be part of a breast cancer prevention routine for postmenopausal women. Researchers looking at epidemiologic evidence found that women who walked at least 7 hours a week had a significantly reduced risk of developing breast cancer compared to women who were not as … Continue reading
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Tagged American Cancer Society, awareness month, breast cancer, commitment, exercise, goal, pink ribbon, prevention, research, risk, support, walking
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