We are women who don't believe age defines us. We are women who believe substance is the new sexy. We are women who are kicking ass, not sitting on it. We are women who love to have a good time as long as we we are home by 10. We are Girls Gone 50.
Happy Mother's Day from Cathy
“My voice has been to get women out to conquer the next five minutes,” explains Guisewite.
Make Every Day Earth Day
Sure we love our bottled water, our salads-to-go and our frozen coffee drinks with the big, green straw as much as the next woman, but did you know that it takes at least 450 years for a plastic container to decompose in a landfill?
Gallo by the Gallon
Life was normal on our street in 1968 in a small sleepy suburb of Boston. Every family had secrets. My mom's secret was her love of alcohol and its effects. In those early years, we paid little attention to it.
National Donate Life Month
The first time I became aware of organ donation I had just woken from what I thought, mistakenly, was sleep.
Parting with the Black
Fittingly, it was hormone replacement therapy that finally made me part with my black hair.
Eat Your Way to Financial Independence
Make your own oatmeal and other delicious ways to financial independence.
Love GirlsGone50 Style
How many of us have gotten into fights on Valentine’s Day over Valentine’s Day?
After years of overpriced dinners, gifts that get returned anyway, and getups that make us feel like mutton dressed as sausage, we’ve arrived at this profound bit of wisdom:
Love means never having to say, “Happy Valentine’s Day.”
Tidy Your Mental Space
In case you just crawled out from under a pile of old t-shirts and regretful purchases with the tags still on,
Where Women Gather For Their Own Good
Imagine walking into a beautiful home and meeting incredible women who instantly make you feel valued instead of judged.
Count Your Life By Smiles, Not Tears
Now with both of my parents gone, it feels like the end of an era. And, in fact, it is.
Turning Chaos Into Order
An old school game of Tetris helps ease the mind. Bet you can’t play just one.
The Glama Project
As our parents move into their 80s and 90s, helping them continue to live with dignity and joy has been on our minds a lot lately . As George Burns famously said, “ You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.”
Own Your Hair. Own Your Career.
I had gray hair at age 11. It was a gift from my father. So I was complaining about my gray hair to my mother, I was always putting color on it, dying it and I had multiple colors but I reached the point in life when coloring my hair created so much trauma.
10 Childhood Smells you Forgot you Loved
How often do you come across a scent that automatically transports you back to your youth?
Why a Reverse Mentor helps Reverse Ageism
We don’t just mean a digital native and sherpa to the Twittersphere who will help you with your social media
Here's How You Sliced It
Whether you choose to say your age or not, you all had something important to say.