‘Overqualified’ Is Just Polite Code for ‘Too Damn Old’
For women over 50, “overqualified” isn’t a compliment. It’s a slick way to keep talent on the sidelines. Experience and maturity aren’t liabilities—and what employers overlook, women can reclaim. Sexism hits women of every age, and ageism hits all genders. But older women get the double whammy. Just when we’re hitting our stride—peak experience, peak […]
Till Debt Do Us Part: Gray Divorce and the Cost of Starting Over
Gray divorce brings freedom, heartbreak—and a financial hangover. Here’s how to recover, reset, and build a life that’s richer in every way. Sometimes it’s not “till death do us part.” It’s “until we divorce, so we don’t kill each other.” Which, for many women, can be decades into a marriage. In fact, 36 percent of […]
Unretirement: When Your Money Retires Before You Do
Let’s Run the Damn Numbers (Before They Run You) Melanie Cooper* thought she had her grand exit all planned out. At 65, the divorced mother of two packed up her New York life, kissed the dental office finance desk goodbye, and headed for sunny Delray Beach, FL. Her plan? Work part time until she hit […]
What’s Love Got To Do With Your Bank Account? How to Share a Life, Not a Ledger
For women who’ve built something worth protecting, “what’s mine is yours” isn’t romantic—it’s risky. Here’s why more women are rethinking what financial intimacy really means. Beth Sterling was a successful tech executive when she married her husband at 41. Accustomed to earning and spending on her own, the idea of mingling their money was, for […]
Polite Women Finish Last: Tough Questions I Wish I’d Asked My Financial Advisor Sooner
Balancing risk, trust, and long-term goals can feel like walking a wire. Here’s how to stop being polite and start getting answers that protect your financial future. I’ve pissed off my financial advisor. Badly enough that he’s thought of “firing” me. Why? Because I failed to ask the right questions when we first started working […]
Retirement Guilt Is Real: Why It Hurts So Much—and What to Do About It
I always thought retirement would feel like a celebration. A party at Avra, a Cartier watch I bought for myself, and a dirty martini before noon—served icy cold and unapologetic, just how I like it. I spent 15 years in the trenches building my last business. Just me, a laptop, and way too many late […]
Finding Purpose After Retirement: Is It as Hard as You Think?
Can you reinvent yourself if you don’t know what you’re reinventing for? Can you find purpose after retirement? Purpose has been called life’s compass—the thing that guides us and pulls us forward. But for many women, finding purpose after retirement feels more like drifting into the Bermuda Triangle. Grandma Moses, who discovered her purpose at […]
Craft Hobby Hoarding: The Retirement Pastime Trap
In a world that tells women over 60 to slow down and enjoy a retirement pastime, hobby hoarding is our way of saying, “We’re just getting started on our craft hobbies.” Hobbies in Retirement Retirement. At long last, the world is your oyster. You’ve been dreaming of this moment for decades—fantasizing about all the retirement […]
Is Retirement the End or the Beginning? The Ecstasy and Angst
Preface: There’s a lot to unpack about redefining retirement and I know you’ve got important experiences and insights to share. This is the first piece in a series on this topic. Consider this post an introduction to the psychological groundwork—we’ll dig deeper into the practical and tactical over the coming months. ********** Consider this: 10,000 […]
