Sometimes reading a good book is the best way to gain insights and insights into the emotional, personal, financial, and spiritual journey women embark on after age 60. It’s fun and enriching to hear the words of authors who are sharing this same experience with us.
If you check out the sixty and me pinterest page, there are a variety of books I’ve pinned there that look interesting and could be of particular value to women over 60.
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here is a selection of 10 inspiring books for women over 60:
Smart Women Don’t Retire, They Liberate, by gail rentsch looks at a major career transition that many women over 60 are going to make: moving from full-time work to something new and different, whether that means “retirement”. ” in the traditional sense, or part-time work, or volunteer work, or self-employment and creative activities, or some combination of all of the above. This book offers some great ideas and insights on how to make your new life work for you after you’ve finished your full-time career.
One of the most popular fitness activities for women over 60 is yoga, which exercises the body, focuses the mind and renews the spirit. Yoga for Over 60s by meena vad offers advice and guidance on how to practice yoga safely in your own home.
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Glassy Aging Tales from Planet Denial, by Nicole Hollander asks, “If sixty is the new fifty, when will I be thirty again?” Author Nicole Hollander explores the irony and self-loathing of growing older, with tips on whether to accept senior discounts, navigating female obsessions, and how to make the fifties and sixties the most creative years.
fifty is the new fifty, by suzanne levine, offers ten concise and humorous lessons on the realities of what life really is at our age, encouraging women to invent the life they want for themselves, while avoiding the biggest risks. and traps along the way.
judith viorst has written a book of poems called suddenly sixty about “afterlife shocks”. poem titles include “it’s harder to be playful after sixty”, “a wedding sonnet for the next generation” and “grandfather is the best revenge”.
co-written by dr. Henry Lodge and her patient, Chris Crowley, 73, Next Year Younger for Women is a book of hopeful advice and a guide to aging without fear. The book offers practical advice on how to avoid 70% of the problems of aging and 50% of serious illnesses and injuries. Getting older doesn’t have to lead to inevitable decline: it’s possible to maintain your vitality and still enjoy life a lot.
Would you like to be happier? Happiness Project author Gretchen Rubin undertook a year-long project to deliberately try to be happier by having more fun, feeling more organized, and taking a methodical approach to being happier. this book shows you how it’s done.
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It’s hard to find good information about sex after 60, but this book does its best to start the conversation. The author offers advice and encouragement on how women and men can enjoy their sexuality and have the best sex of their lives, even in their sixties.
the author of life after sixty is a woman named maria mezari who came to america from greece, struggled to support her son as a single mother, and now that she is sixty, she has written a book about her journey of fulfillment your dreams and goals.
this memoir by nora ephron (acclaimed screenwriter of “sleepless in seattle”, “you’ve got mail” and many other films) is a humorous and moving collection of essays about the lessons she learned from life after 60 , everything from choosing the right hairstyle to coping with the death of good friends. Sadly, this was one of Nora Ephron’s last published works, as she died in 2012 at the age of 71.
What do you think of these books on our list? have you read any of them? that you thought? Or can you recommend any other good books that our community of women over 60 might enjoy?
Why not be inspired to write your own memoirs? Check out my interview with the professional writer, Ben Gran, for some amazing ideas.
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