Author: Ann Frywww.annfry.com Reviewed By: Melinda Cianos Author Ann Fry gets serious about reinvention, tackling the how, the why, and the where. Where? How about energy-rich Manhattan? She had a good life in Austin, Texas: a lovely network of friends and a beautiful home, but it lacked excitement. Over the years, her work as a […]
Author: Sherrie Mathiesonwww.sherriemathieson.com Reviewed By: Melinda Cianos I love before and after stories, transformations of style and attitude. Sherry Mathieson, a “nationally known style-consultant” creates Steal This Style and voila: transformations galore unfold in a vibrant expose of forward-looking fashion for women over forty. As I grow older I find myself looking for permission to […]
Author: Deanna R. Adamswww.Deannaadams.com Reviewed By: Melinda Cianos Author Deanna Adams takes a stroll down memory lane and relives her days spent growing up in a catholic household in the Midwest. Although those strolls are, at times, somewhat lengthy, they are entertaining. Her delivery is candid, forthright, and amusing. There are chapters that have a […]
Author: Anne Marie Smith and Michelle Gamble-Riwww.second-bloom.com Reviewed By: Melinda Cianos Living authentically may take some restructuring and luckily, for women approaching midlife, that restructuring is sure to be underway– like it, or not. With the wanted and unwanted changes there is usually fear and it can be paralyzing, debilitating, and often in great supply. […]
Author: Nancy D. O\’ Reilly, PsyD and Margaret U.www.womenspeak.com Reviewed By: Melinda Cianos In Feeling Youthful at Any Age the reader can expect to come face-to-face with the fear of aging. Revelations are not sugar-coated, they are realistic and no-nonsense, but they are also optimistic. Clinical psychologist Nancy O\’Reilly and journalist Margaret Castrey endeavor to […]
Author: Doris Roper www.witinstitute.com Reviewed By: Melinda Cianos If there\’s one thing author Doris Roper knows a thing or two about, it\’s how a nagging pattern of instability can stay firmly rooted when the right issues are not addressed. Surviving infidelity more than one time in her life, she clearly understands how unfavorable circumstances will […]
Author: Diana Kirschner, PhDwww.lovein90days.com Reviewed By: Melinda Cianos Research psychologist Helen Schucman states that “every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity.” Author Diana Kirschner, PhD expounds on this idea with her fast-track approach to “finding your own true love.” Carefully crafting a blueprint for securing romance, Kirschner offers Love in 90 Days to women who […]
Author: Judy Dippel & Debra Whiting Alexanderwww.judydippel.com Reviewed By: Georgia Richardson The Art of Authentic Friendship takes a look at women\’s relationships with one another from the inside out. Nothing is overlooked. With friendships being some of the most important relationships women have in their lives; this book can truly be a catalyst for maintaining […]
Author: Anne Schroeder www.readanneschroeder.com Reviewed By: Georgia Richardson In this surprisingly wonderful and astute memoir, Ordinary Aphrodite, author Anne Schroeder’s writing is anything but “ordinary.” It is a coming of age-coming to terms autobiography, and chapter after chapter delivers a map of her life with each rite of passage from puberty to care giver, delivered […]
Author: Chloe Jon Paulwww.maturingmodernwomen.com/aboutauthor.html Reviewed By: Georgia Richardson Easy to read, full—absolutely full—of research, resources and information, Entering the Age of Elegance – A Rite of Passage and Practical Guide for the Modern Maturing Woman, is a book for all baby boomer women who want to live this second part of their life to the […]
