Enhancing Midlife

The best thing about creating this website with my best friend, Rae, is that it has given me a forum to share my love of books, movies, cooking and travel. As I travel through midlife and now the family are living independent lives, I have time to indulge myself and immerse myself in my passions and hobbies. We baby boomers have broken all the rules; we burned our bras, embraced womens lib, became superwomen and forgot the most important thing along the way - to look after ourselves. So now is the time for us to read those books, see those movies, indulge our love of travel, spend time in the kitchen, maybe walk the New York marathon or knit kitten blankets for the RSPCA, if that's what we want to do. If I read a book, see a movie, try a new recipe, see a fun video or website, I will share it with you and hope you get as much out of it as I do.

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What's new this week?

	Empty Nest or Packed to the Rafters? We are TVNZ Good Morning on Friday 11th November, discussing whether we are giving our adult children financial support and whether we will be able to leave them an inheritance.  Should we allow them to live at home as adults and are their rules surrounding this? Complete our survey now.  We need your input. Read More
	If you're interested.. Here are the two videos from our recent interviews on TVNZ Good Morning.  We retraced "Retire or Rewire" and had some fun with "Hot Wheels and Dating after 40".  Have a look and tell us what you think Read More
	Sleep - Wake Cycle with Michelle Owen Sleep is as important to our health as breathing, but a good night's sleep can be the most difficult thing in the world to achieve.  Here are some tips from Michelle Owen to help those suffering from insomnia. Read More

	Jackie O went back to work at 50 In 1975, the flicker of fifty birthday candles in the not too distant future, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis dusted off her resume’ and went to work. Did she have to? No. And, yes. Read More
	How to Organise your Wardrobe Recently, we showed you how to Detox Your Closet, this week it's all about organisation. Here's ten steps for whipping your wardrobe into show-off shape. STEP 1 Dump everything in your closet onto your bedroom floor. All of it. Every bra, every sock, the t-shirts, all the dresses – everything needs to come out before anything can go back in. You want your bedroom to look like you've been burgled. Read More
	Jackie's adventures in Spain Continue This week Jackie and her husband are in Seville where she is fascinated by the Alcazar, the narrow alleyways and of course Flamenco Dresses! Read More

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Previous Articles

October 2011

Transeasonal Dressing - What to Wear Now
Five things you may not Know about Holistic Healing
How to detox your Wardrobe
It's not What we're Drinking, it's When we're Drinking
Art and Cyclists in Madrid with Jackie
 Looking for an Adventure? Look no further..

September 2011

A Beauty Routine that Works
Boomers Kids can't Rely on Inheritance any Longer
What is Core Stability?
Cycle Ride that Changes Peter's Life
Jackie's Arty Travels in Spain
8 Worst Makeup Mistakes
Making Knees last the Distance
Stemming the Impact of Ageing
Creating a Financial 'Grab and Go' Kit for Disasters

August 2011

Reasons to crack a Smile
Should we worry about Early Onset Alzheimers?
The Key to a Good Night's Sleep
Cougar or Glamazon?
8 Ways your Retirement will be Different
Is 50 the Golden Age of Happiness?
Trucking as a Second Career
Straight Talk about Job Hunting over 50
Fish the Ultimate Superfood
Top 5 Health Concerns for Women
Pretty Lies or Ugly Truth?
You don't have to become Invisible when you turn 46
How to Stay Visible
Dr. Libby's Winter Food Facts
Chocolate a Super Mood Food

July 2011

Food and Weight Preoccupation inb Midlife
9 Ways to Eat Healthily
Bright and Beautiful Eyes
Makeup Bag Secrets
Shopping more can Help your Health and the Community
What Yoga can do for You
Diet is a Dirty Word
Accidentally Overweight Report
The Diana Enigma - Why she Continues to Fascinate

June 2011

How do Professisonal Women Cope with Menopause?
Traveling the world Connecting Hands and Hearts
Results of our Hairstyle Poll
Top Snack Foods to Avoid Weight Gain
Vote forThe Best Hairstyles in History
Superfoods: Separating Fact from Fiction
Healthy Heart, Healthy Brain
Breakfast on the Run
Unbearable Slightness of Being "Fat"
The Perfect White Top
Green Tea Gives you More than you Bargained For
Where to Stay in Cape Cod, Nantucket and more...

May 2011

Oxygen Facial Tried and Tested
Stress Linked to Overeating
Ticking the Marathon off the Bucket List
How to Stay in Shape While Travelling
Snowballs and Tequilas!
Best Royal Weddings of All Time
How to Flatter a Full Figure
The Beauty Product Shelf Life Guide
Over 50's Struggling with Debt

April 2011

Feel Good Survey Results
What does the Health System do to our Old People?
10 Foods (and 1 Trick) to reduce Belly Fat
The Secret Code of flowers
Thank Goodness my Mother is the Woman She is
Praised Eyebrows
Heels Hit new Lows as Flats come Back
On the Other Hand

 

 

March 2011

Top Tips for a Trim Tummy
When the Terms "Boyfriend" and "Girlfriend" Just won't Do
The Secret to Ageing Gracefully
7 Legendary Women Explorers
10 Tips to Prevent Losing your Luggage and your Cool
Random Acts of Kindness
Are your Shoes too Old?
CHCH Heart T-Shirt Appeal
Christchurch - A Story from the Coalface
Eating Battles Blog and Free E-Book on Binge Eating

February 2011

Blended Families - The Ripple Effect
Tips for the Perfect Lips
Long Locks when you are Overf 50
A Sniff of Home Cooking for Cats and Dogs
What you can do now to feel Great in 10 years
Confessions of a Disordered Eater
The Art of French Dressing
How to Wear the Polo Shirt 
Paris Notebook
Top Tips for Women Travelling Solo

January 2011

How to Expand your Culinary Repertoire
CNN's Top Travel Destinations for 2011
Road to the Oscars
The Good Oil
Surprising Results from our Recent Survey
New Year Resolution - Learn French

December 2010

Top Charity Gift Giving Sites
Middle Aged Model wows Paris

November 2010

Top 10 Hot Reads for Summer 2010/11
Wisanow on TVNZ Good Morning Show
The Great HRT Debate

October 2010

Raewyn's Heartthrob turns 70 - Cliff's still got it
St Ouen Flea Markets - Paris' Grand Bazaar

September 2010

Wardrobe staples I won't do without
15 Reasons we love being Baby Boomers

August 2010

Decluttering my life
My Life in Recipe Books
Favourite Prize Survey
Bibliophiles Corner

July 2010

Exotic and Homegrown Spa Retreats
Can Weight Loss be this Simple?
A Pilgrimage with Stehanie Dale

 

June 2010

the best of Cannes
How to wear a long cardigan
Liz and Dick - the love letters
Movies to watch again and again

May 2010

Recommended Reads
Movies to brave the cold for
10 Places to feel young again