For Family Caregivers Month, blogger Nicole Sbitani writes about the crucial, often unpaid and unrecognized labor of family caregivers: a role that often falls to
I’ve been a singer all my life, professionally for over 50 years. Singing in church was a several times a year event for me. No
I crashed into menopause, all at once, while I was out cold on the operating table. No one asked me if they could take my
Phase Shift is a triptych depicting three women in menopause. These pieces celebrate life’s milestones and look at menopause through a positive lens rather than
But perimenopause—that I had no idea. Frankly, even the doctor’s words made no sense to me. How could she be speaking about ME? The conditions
by Jenny Atkinson Jenny Atkinson served as Editor-in-Chief of Exponent II for three years, from 1997-1999. She was 27 years old when she took the
“You don’t look your age,” they say, When I reveal that I’m forty-two. But my body has begun to betray me. Gray hair is just
Four Decades I’m turning 40. I am glad I will be 40, especially when I consider that the only other alternative for me at this
by Libby (On a three-child-induced career sabbatical, Libby spends her time sewing lavish Halloween costumes, reading, and volunteering on the board of her daughter’s cooperative
by Caroline The other night, some friends and I were discussing getting older, and a few of us concluded that our 30’s were pretty great,
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