In the first phase of shock over, say, your mortgage being called in or your job washed out, it's essential to engage with others and share the fear, release the feelings, do fun things to take your mind off it.

More Quotes by Gail Sheehy

The delights of self-discovery are always available.

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.

I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in our lives?

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.

If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing.

Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on.