Blog – Tagged "Empowerment"

Makeup Doesn't Have to Be Confusing As We Age

After just completing my 125th or so GROWN UP MAKEUP LESSON, I have heard a lot in the many conversations I have had the privilege of having with s...

Are You at Constant War With Your Body?

My friend, Nina Manolson is an expert in making peace with our bodies. I have used her coaching services to stop the non stop chatter that is const...

SHOPPING SMALL INSTEAD OF PRIME

We love the way you support our business with your business. Coming in for a service Following us and commenting on Alayne’s (too old in a good...

HOW ARE YOU AGING THESE DAYS?

I don’t know about you, but these days each time I look in the morning mirror, I am struck by the changing face that stares back. Not with a critic...

Finding Myself Again

I had found myself wandering no where. I wasn't depressed, but I couldn't figure out what the "it" was. The couch held me for almost the whole mont...

How Many Years Have You Lived?

In this post, Alayne talks about the interesting changes in conversations among women as we are getting older. She recommends her favorite new podc...

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Business Ownership Is Not For Sissies

Bette Davis, one of my favorite actresses from the old movie days, was quoted as saying, “Old age ain’t no place for sissies.” Still standing after...

The Morning Quiet

I am a good sleeper. I go to bed early, usually no later than 9:30pm (and I consider this late), and I wake up between 5:00-6:00am. Rarely do I eve...

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Surrounded by Books

(written at a time when my Grandfather was still alive, but adapted a bit since his passing in 2021) When I used to visit my grandparent’s house, t...

A Wake Up Call

On my birthday this year, March 15th, I jumped into the Atlantic Ocean. I am not sure what the pull was that seemed to command this cold plunge, bu...

Mother's Day Gifts (Not What You Think)

Inundated with emails about the best Mother’s Day Gifts? What to buy to tell the mothers in your lives that they are “the best mother ever?” As muc...

Happy Mother's Day

My new book, Life Cycling, is filled with short glimpses into the many moving parts of female life, from my perspective anyway. Menopause, Dieting,...