Grief doesn’t just affect the heart—it impacts the entire body. According to Dr. Lynn Banis, “Grief hurts your bones. You can feel it physically.” In this powerful episode of Living Ageless and Bold, host Christina Daves speaks with Dr. Banis about widowhood,...
An Interview That Stops You Cold There are interviews that inspire you, interviews that energize you, and then there are interviews that stop you cold — the kind that sit with you long after the recording ends. My conversation with Naomi Reynolds falls squarely into...
For far too long, women have been told that midlife is about shrinking—scaling back dreams, lowering expectations, and quietly stepping aside. Somewhere along the way, society decided that ambition has an expiration date, creativity belongs to the young, and...
If you’re a woman in midlife and you’re waking up at 3AM, wide awake, mind racing, staring at the ceiling—you are not alone. In fact, this is one of the most common complaints I hear from women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond. Many of us assume it’s just “getting...
For decades, retirement was sold to us as the finish line. Work hard. Save diligently. Power through. Then one day, you stop. But what happens when you get there — and realize you’re not done dreaming? More and more women are discovering that retirement isn’t an...
There’s something about the end of the year that invites reflection. We look back at what worked, what didn’t, what surprised us, and what we’re quietly proud of surviving. But as the calendar flips and we head into a brand-new year, I want to offer a different...
When Elaine Hendrix stepped onto the Dancing with the Stars stage, America didn’t just watch a performance — they watched a story unfold. A story of persistence, vulnerability, exhaustion, joy, injury, belief, and rediscovery. Week after week, audiences rallied around...
There are moments in life that divide everything into before and after.Not because we choose them — but because they choose us. A single phone call.A sudden diagnosis.An accident that happens on an ordinary day. In those moments, life doesn’t gently nudge us to...
By the time women reach their 50s, we’ve lived several lifetimes. We’ve built careers, raised children, navigated heartbreaks, survived reinventions we never planned, and learned—often the hard way—that resilience isn’t something you’re born with. It’s something you...
Some conversations stay with you long after the microphones turn off, and this week’s interview on my *Living Ageless & Bold* podcast is one of them. At 94 years old, Gwen Borden has lived through nearly a century of world events, personal challenges, reinvention,...