Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach is a wonderful book I’ve had for many years and I still take if off the shelf every now and then because there are so many beautiful kernels of wisdom and inspiration. Just this week, I picked it up and randomly opened it to the page for February 12 [...]
Archive for the ‘healthy aging’ Category
Where’s that girl now?
Posted in Inspirational, Inspirational Women, Inspirational Women's Events, Personal Growth workshops, healthy aging, personal growth, wisdom of age, women aging well, women's personal growth, women's wisdom, tagged events for women, inner child, Inspirational Women, Inspirational Women's Events, life on purpose, life purpose, simple abundance, successful women on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Love flourishes at every age
Posted in Aging with Zest, Inspirational, healthy aging, women aging well, tagged Daily Telegraph, flourishPDX, inspiring women, oldest newlyweds on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When we saw this recent post in the Daily Telegraph, we had to share it with you. Love blooms when you least expect it. Reminding us in a most magical and romantic way that when we remain open to the possibilities, Life continues to send amazing and surprising gifts our way. Our job is to [...]
Dance on!!
Posted in Aging with Zest, Fabulous older women, Inspirational Women, flourish PDX, healthy aging, wisdom of age, women aging well, women's health, women's wisdom, tagged boomer dancing, dancing granny, salsa grandma on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Flourish serves up inspiration in many forms but this UTube video is the ultimate. If this amazing woman doesn’t get you up
and moving…well maybe your butt has been secretly glued to the couch. It is never too late…you are not too old. Most of us may not be able to dance as elegantly and beautifully [...]
Meet Deandra Ellerbe, our fabulous flourishing friend for September
Posted in Inspirational Women, breast cancer survivors, flourish PDX, healthy aging, portland women, women aging well, women to know in Portland, women's health, women's personal growth, women's wisdom, tagged communities of women, Deandra Ellerbe, Flourish, flourishPDX, inspiring women, successful women, women to know in Portland, women's health on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Deandra is a role model for flourishing women! She’s an amazing creative spirit with a courageous heart and a wicked sense of humor who celebrates life and lives it fully each and every day. We asked her to share just a few of the more interesting moments of her life so far and here’s [...]
AN HOMAGE TO AGE AND FEMININITY
Posted in Aging with Zest, Fabulous older women, Inspirational, Inspirational Women, healthy aging, wisdom of age, women aging well, women's wisdom, tagged An Homage to Age and Femininity, Anne Lamott on August 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A dear friend sent me this article the other day and even though I’m sure I read it several years ago when it was first published in O Magazine, this beautiful piece written by the wonderful author Anne Lamott, came to me just when I needed to read it again. (In the month of yet [...]
Meet Gabby Tyer ~ May’s Fabulously Flourishing Friend Real
Posted in Inspirational Women, flourish PDX, healthy aging, women to know in Portland, women's health, women's wisdom, tagged cervical cancer, flourishPDX, Gabby Tyer, Inspirational Women, inspiring women, Jessica's Hope, nonprofit, Realty Solutions, successful women, women to know in Portland, women's health on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“But, I just don’t find myself that interesting!” That’s what we heard when we asked Gabby to be our Flourishing Friend for May. Excuse us, but we beg to differ and you will too, when you learn how this amazing woman turned one of her life’s saddest moments into a vision that is truly [...]
Women’s Health Week: May 10-16, 2009
Posted in Portland OR events for women, flourish PDX, healthy aging, portland women, women's health, tagged events for women, health events for women, National Women's Health Week, OHSU Womens health events, portland women's events, women's health on April 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
National Women’s Health Week is celebrating it’s 10th year and we want everyone to join the party!
This week is a time to remind all the women you love that taking care of themselves is essential to living longer, healthier, and happier lives. Women are often the caregivers for their spouses, children, and parents and forget [...]
Always look on the bright side of life.
Posted in happiness studies, healthy aging, science of happiness, women's health, tagged Nancy Thompson, inspiring women, science of happiness, happiness, happy songs on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’re borrowing a line from a great Monty Python song here because we wanted to share a fun idea. This month’s Flourish salon topic is the Science of Happiness with our local happiness guru, Ellen Raim, and judging from the large sign up, it seems like a very timely topic. Seems like we’re all getting [...]
