Both my parents are deceased. I lost my dad much too soon at the age of 62 from lung cancer. My mother lived to be 93, but the last five or six years of her life were a steady decline into the darkness of dementia. The ironic thing is that my mom was 15 years [...]
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After meeting documentary photographer Paola Gianturco and learning about her work on Grandmother Power – a little known but growing phenomenon: activist groups of grandmothers coming together, saying, “This is not the world we want for our grandchildren!” and making positive change – Tara Mohr decided to team up with Paola to honor these grandmothers. [...]
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Press Release, May 3, 2013 For Pennsylvania entrepreneur Evelyn Kalinosky, her creativity and drive to succeed were two of several ingredients that helped her earn a spot on the Premiere Season of the groundbreaking online competition reality show “Prosperity’s Kitchen.” They were also the traits that helped her win Second Place and her share of [...]
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“Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.” – Reinhold Niebuhr The initial part of a midlife career change is the uphill portion of a marathon race. It’s going to take patience and persistence. It’s not a sprint. When you get tired and down, hydrate [...]
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It’s Day 30, the final day of the Ultimate Blog Challenge (30 posts in 30 days in April), and it’s also the day I unofficially declared Burn Baby Burn Day for midlife women, to burn that list of things you’re tolerating. Metaphorically, physically, however you want to embrace the ceremony, set aside some time today [...]
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It’s Day 29 of the Ultimate Blog Challenge (30 posts in 30 days) and today I’ve put together a list eight must read books for the midlife business woman. Some focus on second-act careers, others on reinventing the rest of your life, others on how to assume your leadership role in both your career and [...]
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It’s Day 28 of the Ultimate Blog Challenge (30 posts in 30 days in April) and Poetry Sunday here on the Inner Affluence Blog. Today’s poem came about after a 20-year marriage that slowly and painfully ended. It’s about the subtle and not-so-subtle ways intimacy becomes a casualty when women and men are unable to [...]
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It’s Day 27 of the Ultimate Blog Challenge and it’s Soulful Saturday here on the Inner Affluence blog. Today I’m turning my focus to something that may not seem to speak to the midlife business woman I normally write for, but it’s an issue that affects all of us as women… I am 15-years old [...]
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It’s Day 26 of the Ultimate Blog Challenge and I’m doing a shout out to two of my favorite online entrepreneurs. I should preface this by saying that these are business owners I’ve hired – I know there are a tremendous number of amazing people out there running their day-to-day businesses, but I can’t speak [...]
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It’s Day 25 of the Ultimate Blog Challenge (30 posts in 30 days in April) and I’m revealing 17 random things I’ve never told you about this midlife woman: 1. I’ve never had a cup of coffee. Not even a sip. 2. I once came out of a bathroom in a bar with my skirt [...]
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