In October 1999 Bernice Bratter who was then Executive Director, Los Angeles Women’s Foundation, contacted her colleague, Helen Dennis, and inquired if anyone was doing anything about professional women facing retirement. Helen specialized in aging, employment and retirement, said “not much and let’s talk.” A four-hour lunch later ended with a decision to get a group of like-minded […]

How many of us experience those serendipitous moments that come as a surprise, that make our hearts beat faster and our skin tingle? I call this ”getting the goosebumps.”  Here are four amazing stories that happened to me. Once, at a program I attended, the facilitator asked, “Who has been in touch with classmates from […]

Hey, all!  I was just thinking that this year, I’d like to change my approach to gift-giving throughout the seasons.  After the hectic holiday rush of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas,  Kwanzaa,  Lunar New Year—have I left anything out?  I hope not!  How might we acknowledge the intrinsic gifts the people in your life bring to […]

The Changing Face of Today’s TV Viewers: Programming and Advertising for an Aging Audience In America today, the median age is 38.5, yet the median age of television viewers stands at 64.6. This stark difference illustrates a significant shift in audience demographics for traditional TV networks and cable companies. While younger generations flock to streaming […]

There’s a simple fact of life that none of us can escape…the end of it. No matter how rich, poor, healthy, sick or stubborn you may be, we all have to say sayonara at some point or another. With that in mind, I propose a simple experiment: Just for today, pretend that tomorrow doesn’t exist. Given the times we’re […]