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Emotional Health after 50: Feeling More Angry as You Get Older? Understanding Anger as We Age

Are you feeling more and more angry as you’re getting older? You’re not alone, especially if you are a man over 50 going through andropause (the male version of menopause) when the gradual decline in testosterone can lead to the so-called “grumpy old man” syndrome. Hormones aside, experiencing more anger as we age – due […]

Silke Schwarzkopf

January 15, 2019

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What’s Holding You Back from the Life You Really Want? Emotional Baggage and Getting Unstuck

Due you feel stuck in certain areas of your life? Maybe you feel stuck in an unfulfilled relationship, struggling on the dating scene, a job you hate, mounds of debt, or excess weight you just can’t seem to lose? Paige explains how unresolved losses in our past could be the reason we are unable to […]

Silke Schwarzkopf

January 2, 2019

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Growing from Past Heartache and Getting Out of Your Own Way of Finding Love After 50

Is past heartbreak holding you back from finding the love of your life after 50? If relationships never seem to work out for you, could you be the one actually standing in your own way of finding love? Relationship Coach Darrell Gurney explains that if there is one thing holding us back from “the best […]

Silke Schwarzkopf

December 13, 2018

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Learning to Rethink Holiday Stress, Family Dysfunction, and Idealized Expectations …Finally!

At this point in our lives, we’re bound to have experienced memorable episodes of holiday stress and family dysfunction. Why is the “season to be jolly” so stressful? Most likely, because we make it that way! Year after year, we attempt to live up to idealized expectations, like those created by the movies, holiday ads […]

Silke Schwarzkopf

November 20, 2018

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Life after 50: Coping with Fear and Anxiety brought on by Daily News and Current Events

Are you feeling fearful and anxious from the constant bombardment of traumatic events in the news? If so, you are not alone. Another shooting, suicide or senseless accident hits way to close to home. If you are 50 or older, you know that we have never been this inundated with bad news and tragic events, […]

Silke Schwarzkopf

November 8, 2018

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Reinventing Life after 50: Are You Feeling Irrelevant and Invisible as You Age?

Feeling irrelevant and becoming invisible as we age is a state of mind that tends to germinate as we enter and progress into our fifties. This is the decade where we shift our focus from “what’s ahead” to “what’s left”. For some, our reliance on external validation is so strong, it’s almost crippling. Our culture […]

Silke Schwarzkopf

October 18, 2018

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Top Tip for Recreating Life after 50: Stop Controlling and Start Allowing Things to Happen!

Is the secret to recreating life after 50 and getting what you really want about just allowing things to happen naturally? A concept that goes counter to our typical Western thinking, allowing things to happen may be the single most important tip for finally getting what we really want. Any change we want to make […]

Silke Schwarzkopf

September 25, 2018

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Recreating Life after 50: Living Playful, Curious and Fearless after 50. Your Best is Still Ahead!

Yes, your best IS still ahead! According to author and co-creator of The Back Forty, Darrell Gurney, the main thing holding us back from making the 2nd half the best half of our life is an acquired fear of failure and aversion to risk. We tend to believe that if we haven’t achieved our goals […]

Silke Schwarzkopf

July 10, 2018

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Divorce after 50 and Stay at Home Moms: Finding the Confidence to Leave an Unfulfilled Marriage

Are you contemplating divorce after 50 but don’t have the confidence to leave an unfulfilled marriage? Leaving an unhappy marriage after 50 can be terrifying, especially when you have been a stay at home mom (or stay at home dad) for decades and never earned your own money. How do you find your value and […]

Silke Schwarzkopf

July 5, 2018

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Life after 50: What to do when You Feel Like You Haven’t Achieved Enough in Your Life

Are you over 50 and feel like you haven’t achieved enough in your life? You’re not alone. We’ve all been there. Turning 50 is a time when many of us look back and think that we haven’t accomplished enough in our life. Sound familiar? But, “I have not accomplished enough” is a vague and self-defeating […]

Silke Schwarzkopf

May 29, 2018

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Are Facebook and Social Media Posts Giving You the Blues? Facing Our Hormones and Facebook after 50

Facebook has been an incredible tool for reconnecting with our past, and staying present with friends and family. But the age of social media is also having a negative effect on thousands of us over 50 in the midst of hormonal havoc, emotional roller coasters, and daily challenges with energy and physical changes. Why don’t […]

Silke Schwarzkopf

May 1, 2018

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Are You Living the Life You Really Want? What You Can Do to Start Reinventing Your Life TODAY!

Are you living the life you really want? That’s the key question to ask yourself to start reinventing your life today, according to best selling author and Intentional Living Expert Diane Forster. Am I living the life I really want? Diane is back for part 3 of our intentional living and reinvention series with great […]

Silke Schwarzkopf

March 27, 2018