What would you do if someone suggested riding a bicycle across the United States? Now imagine doing it on a tandem bicycle. With your spouse. That is exactly what Terri Brown did when she and her husband decided to ride more than 3,100 miles from Oregon to Washington...
Imagine losing the love of your life after nearly four decades together and then deciding not just to survive it, but to embrace the unknown, rediscover joy, and even laugh again. That is exactly what happened to Patty Theill. After losing her husband Dave to...
If you are over 50 and back on the dating scene, especially online, you already know it feels different. The landscape has changed. The pace feels faster. The rules seem unwritten. And for many women, it can feel like learning an entirely new language after decades in...
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...