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REFLECTION
Let Go
Happiness
Meditation
Self-Esteem
Overcoming Anger
Overcoming Fear
Forgiveness
NEW GOALS
Retirement
Creativity
Making Space
Adult Education
RELATIONSHIPS
Marriage Advice
Love Secrets
Maintaining Intimacy
Dating Again?
Online Dating
Relationship Advice
Finding Friends
HEALTH ISSUES
Health Goals
Exercise Benefits
Brain Health
Perimenopause
Menopause
Menopause Symptoms
Menopause and sex
What is HRT?
Testosterone
Heart Attack Signs
Breast Cancer
BEAUTY
Healthy Skin
Plus Size Clothing
Diet Myths
Beautiful Feet
MONEY
How to Budget
Money Management
Investment Clubs
GIVING BACK
Philanthropy
THOUGHT BUBBLES

Third Age Women: the Age of Fulfillment

The third age of a womans life is when she is moving away from her institutional roles of colleague, wife or mother and is free to fulfill her own desires. It is a rich journey of discovery.

Whether you know it or not, as middle age women, this is the most exciting time of your life.

Your life to date has focused on things other than you. It has been defined by your role in a variety of institutions such as marriage, career, children or the struggle to gain a financial foothold.

Usually, by the time middle age women turn 50, their career is on set and forget, the kids are grown and the marriage may be tired or even over.

In this, our third age, we have been given an extraordinary gift of life. Improved health and wealth outcomes mean that middle aged women are vital, active and often, still working. We are the baby boomer generation, the generation that wanted it all; work, career, kids, wealth and above all happiness on our own terms. Now that generation is dealing with the question of middle age in a whole new light. We still want it all!

The baby boomer generation is doing middle age differently than those who have gone before; well off, well educated and largely in good health, this is a time when anything is possible.

It is a time of reflection and renewal. An opportunity to refocus on what YOU want the rest of your life to look and feel like.

Read through the various articles available. Where you want to, make a contribution of your own, or comment on someone else's. Community is everything and supportive, positive energy is catching. Share some of yours!

  • Reflection: Articles on looking inwards and sorting through those things that may have outlived their usefulness.
  • Relationships: Articles on how to improve the relationships you want to work on and advice on how to ditch the ones that are causing you pain.

  • Womens Heath Problems: Articles on the most common health problems associated with middle aged women starting with menopause, and how to deal with them.

  • Setting New Goals: Take a fresh look at some of the opportunities you can explore in the second half of your life.

  • Money: Some middle age women have some serious issues around money. Get it right and the world is your oyster. Without being rich, you can give it away and feel even richer!

  • Beauty: What does pamper mean to you? Spoil yourself, look your best and feel fabulous...all the time.

  • Community: Go ahead, get involved. Read what others have said and make a contribution, or not. It's all about sharing the wisdom we have learned with others.



    Third Age Women
    The third age of a womans life is her most fulfilling. It is when she has the opportunity to become the woman she was meant to be. This is the journey we are documenting and sharing.

    Contact Us
    Form to contact us at Third Age Women

    Join Our Community
    Women over 50 attain wise woman status. Sharing our experience and wisdom within this community will help everyone who reads these pages.

    Reflection
    Reflection is vital before you can build a positive third age identity. You need to reflect on the life that you currently have and decide what to keep and what to turf.

    Let Go
    If we are to truly move on with setting new goals and achieving new things, we have to learn to let go of the things that have held us back in the past.

    Happiness
    Research has shown that we can raise our baseline happiness if we use our signature strengths every day. Test for yours and improve your happiness level forever.

    Meditation
    Meditation can add depth to the kind of reflection we are seeking to examine at this time in our life. Here we discuss some techniques that can be empoyed easily for the novice.,

    Improving Self-esteem
    If you suffer from low self esteem, and lack of confidence, it will stop you reaching your potential. Follow these six pointers and start improving self-esteem.

    Overcoming Anger
    When reflecting on things that have hurt you in the past, it is vital that you have strategies for overcoming anger and leaving the past behind.

    Overcoming Fear
    Change often brings fear, fear of the unknown, fear of what may be required of us. Overcoming fear is a big part of making a successful transition to a third age woman full of confidence.

    Forgiveness
    Finding forgiveness for those who have done you an injury or a wrong in the past is the only way to learn to move forward successfully.

    New Goals
    Once you've done your reflection, it is time to refocus on setting new goals at this exciting time of your life!

    Retirement
    Retirement from full time work is one of the most anticipated rites of passage in working life. But as soon as you get close, some tin pot expert will tell you why it's bad for you.

    Unlock Your Creativity
    You might not think that you are a creative woman going about your daily tasks, but you are. Unlock your creativity and astonish the world and yourself!

    Making Space
    Making space in your physical world can have an amazing effect on making space in your emotional and intellectual world too. Clearing your clutter works in all dimensions.

    Adult Education
    One of the great things about getting older is that you can indulge your interests rather than worry about the necessities. This applies in spades to adult education.

    Relationships
    The quality of our relationships are an important link with how happy we are and by extension, our overall health and wellbeing.

    Marriage Advice
    If your long term marriage is a little stale here is some marriage advice. Keep up the respect and add a little spice to keep things cozy with your partner.

    Love Secrets
    Long term relationships are the bedrock of our society. So we need to take these love secrets and make sure they're not secrets anymore!

    Maintaining Intimacy
    It's difficult maintaining intimacy in a long term relationship unless you have a good attitude and an active imagination.

    Dating Again?
    Are you about to revisit the wild world of dating in search of a new partner? We have some very good tips if you're ready to get back in the saddle!

    Online Dating
    Online dating used to be for the dateless and desperate, but not anymore. It's respectable now and considered a genuine way of improving your odds.

    Relationship Advice for New Partners
    If you are beginning a new partnership, here is some relationship advice on how not to lose ME when you become WE.

    Finding Old Friends
    If you've found yourself wondering whatever happened to whats-her-face, it might be time to use the internet for finding old friends and reconnecting with long lost girlfriends.

    Womens health problems
    Womens health problems at this stage of life centre around half a dozen main issues. This is where you shake off the bad habits for longevity.

    Health Goals
    If you think it's all uphill from here to get better health outcomes, don't panic. Incorporate the 10% difference in your daily life and reach your health goals.

    Benefits of Exercise
    Once you are in your 50's, all those bad lifestyle choices you made previously come home to roost. The benefits of exercise are wide ranging and for some, life saving.

    Brain Health
    As we age brain health was thought to decline, but not so. Not only can you improve your brain health into old age, you can reprogram your brain after illness.

    Perimenopause Symptoms
    Experiencing perimenopause symptoms is the start of the menopause, when periods become irregular and you begin to feel those hot flushes.

    Menopause
    Menopause is a stage of life where a woman will undergo profound changes emotionally and physiologically, but we are often surprised and unprepared when menopause actually hits.

    Menopause Symptoms
    There are a wide range of menopause symptoms and perimenopause symptoms a woman may experience. Treatments for most are available if they become too much.

    Menopause and Sex
    Physical changes during menopause can impact on maintaining intimacy. Menopause and sex can mix, it just needs adjustment.

    Hormone Replacement Therapy
    Hormone replacement therapy or HRT can reduce the impact of the symptoms of menopause and perimenopause such as night sweats and insomnia.

    Testosterone for Women
    Testosterone for women to replace shrinking levels in middle age sounds great, but needs to be treated with extreme caution.

    Heart Attack Signs in Women
    The heart attack signs in women are often very different from those in men, but the message remains the same...get help quickly.

    Breast Cancer
    Post menopause is when women are particularly at risk of contracting several life threatening diseases and breast cancer is one of them.

    Beauty
    All our lives we are told beauty is only skin deep and it is. But we don’t really believe it. Ladies, if we are going to age well, it's time to believe.

    Healthy Skin Care
    A common concern around women and aging is wrinkles and the link with skin care. Here are five tips that represent the minimum practice required for healthy skin.

    Plus Size Clothing
    Women are moving into larger clothing sizes. This is not a debate on obesity or dieting, but a list of tips to have you look your best in womens plus size clothing, no matter what size you are.

    Diet Myths
    There are a lot of myths around dieting which can lead to false starts, ridiculous sacrifice and downright poor health outcomes. Here we dispense with six of the most persistant myths around dieting.

    Home Pedicure
    Taking timeout to pamper yourself with a home pedicure can make you feel wonderful and deliver real benefits for a hard working part of the body.

    Personal Money Management
    By the time you are hitting your middle age, you need to have your personal money management under control. Not just your spending, but your saving as well.

    How to Make a Budget
    Working with a budget is the best way to manage your money. But few know how to make a budget, much less work with one. We'll show you how.

    Money Management Tips
    Reducing debt and saving for retirement is critical at this stage of life. Try these money management tips to save.

    Investment Clubs
    For those that really want to take a hands on approach to managing their investments, investment clubs might be the answer.

    Giving Back
    After reaching all your personal goals, it's time to give back. What form will your giving back take?

    Philanthropy
    There are really only two things worth giving to others...your time or your money. Giving either or both is very rewarding. Philanthropy seriously changes lives.

    Thought Bubbles
    Thought bubbles is a collection of thoughts and short essays on contemporary life and the world around us. Please feel free to contribute yours.

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