Younger and OlderWiserWomen
Today, I launched a network on Ryze for OlderWiserWomen. Frequently I am asked if a woman is old enough to participate, and today proved to be no expection. I thought I would have my response to this.
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I'm often asked by women if they are "old" enough to subscribe to Celebrations, if they are old enough to contribute to the book, if they are old enough to just be involved.
The answer is a resounding yes. Why?
There are many women in this world who are fearful of aging. About a year ago, a young woman (in her 20's) contacted me here on Ryze expressing lots of fear of growing older. She had nothing but good things to say about some of the women she knew, but she also expressed fears of loosing control, loosing her body, loosing her status. She could not see any positives for herself.
That is where being apart of such a group could help. We are fearful of things we do not understand. And unfortunately, society and the media paints a picture that is just not starting to change. While we are still a youth oriented society, we are starting to see images of women past the age of 40 (which is hardly old!).
This young woman would benefit from hanging out with a bunch of cool OlderWiserWomen and learning from them all the wonderful benefits of growing older. And those of us who might be older, could benefit from the younger women when we start to take ourselves too seriously.
By the way, my answer to that young woman resulted in my first article on the subject, which can be viewed here.
In short, I wish to welcome all the YoungerWiserWomen and the OlderWiserWomen™ to this network.
To Your Successful Aging!
I'm often asked by women if they are "old" enough to subscribe to Celebrations, if they are old enough to contribute to the book, if they are old enough to just be involved.
The answer is a resounding yes. Why?
There are many women in this world who are fearful of aging. About a year ago, a young woman (in her 20's) contacted me here on Ryze expressing lots of fear of growing older. She had nothing but good things to say about some of the women she knew, but she also expressed fears of loosing control, loosing her body, loosing her status. She could not see any positives for herself.
That is where being apart of such a group could help. We are fearful of things we do not understand. And unfortunately, society and the media paints a picture that is just not starting to change. While we are still a youth oriented society, we are starting to see images of women past the age of 40 (which is hardly old!).
This young woman would benefit from hanging out with a bunch of cool OlderWiserWomen and learning from them all the wonderful benefits of growing older. And those of us who might be older, could benefit from the younger women when we start to take ourselves too seriously.
By the way, my answer to that young woman resulted in my first article on the subject, which can be viewed here.
In short, I wish to welcome all the YoungerWiserWomen and the OlderWiserWomen™ to this network.
To Your Successful Aging!
Barbara C. Phillips, MN, NP
www.OlderWiserWomen.com
OlderWiserWomen on Ryze
Inspiring Women to Embrace and Enjoy the Magnificent Journey of Aging!
posted by BarbaraC. Phillips, NP | 12:30 PM
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