I am honored to win the 2016 Community Media Rika Welch leadership award for community impact; a testimony to the Guests who shared their stories on MidLIFE Matters. In addition, an 2018 interview I did with Judith Altmann, a Holocaust Survivor, won an award. In 2020 and 2021 two other awards acknowledged the content of interviews dealing with Child Sex Trafficking in CT and Non-Profit leadership. In 2023 MidLIFE Matters won First Place for a Profile Talk Show.Find Your Best You
Monday, November 2, 2015 at 11:45AM
In my recent Guide Book, 5 Ways to Grow after 50, I share wisdom from women Guests on my community TV show, "MidLIFE Matters". One of the 5 ways to grow is to 'Find Your Inside Voice.' My belief is that as we age, we can craft new versions of our own stories -- with a healthy dose of self-compassion. Another way to grow after 50 is to 'Treasure Your Tribe.' A silver lining of aging is that we become more generous, less jealous.
A NYT article "Why Women Compete With Each Other" cites 3 theories; I favor the author's contribution to the topic. The author, Emily V. Gordon, shares stories of her own exhausting struggles with 'feeling on guard' with other women. Her conclusion? We are really competing with ourselves, not other women. She advocates ditching the 'fun-house mirror' that distorts our self image, and focusing on becoming the dominating focus in our own universe. Kudos, Emily! (NYT Opinion- 11/1/15)
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