Two Adventure Divas set out to be the first black woman to travel to every country in the world. 55-year-old Woni Spotts did it without sharing it on the internet, while Jessica Nabongo is still very much in the... Read more
Archive for category: Later in Life
As adventure divas we may be faced with similar fears: we're too old, we don't have enough money, we don't have enough courage. These old scripts that we read from don't serve us well. They become... Read more
I live with something called "Graves Disease." It reared it's ugly head the week Hurricane Katrina blew in back in 2005, a fitting harbinger for the health storm that was about to come along for the ride. ... Read more
Ten years ago, if you had asked me what I was afraid of, I would have told you: heights, a world chocolate shortage, and snakes.
Today? Getting old, getting sick, being alone, being irrelevant, peeing my pants and dying.
Ageing... Read more
I fell down a rabbit hole this morning, and it left me anxious to share this TED Talk given by 71-year-old Chilean author, Isabel Allende. There was astonishing synchronicity for me, from the quote she shared by another... Read more
30 years ago I was a very young woman on a very big adventure. Traveling West through several provinces on business, I was treated to a night up in the mountains at the Banff Springs Hotel. My... Read more
It's cold out today. Last night was so chilly I actually pulled my fleece lounge pants on. This wouldn't be so surprising if it wasn't still early in August, the supposed "dog days of summer".
I was thinking... Read more
It's no surprise that as we get older the topic of death rents a lot more real-estate in our head. We lose parents, friends, and sometimes even our children, with each of these deaths being held up like... Read more
Is it possible to have great adventures with very little money, experience or courage? That’s what I’m setting out to find out … Two and a half years ago I moved into a house of my own, newly single... Read more
Ready to retire to that rocking chair on the porch and gaze off into the sunset now that the kids are grown? Me neither! This is where the good stuff starts.
You've devoted your life to your kids, your partner,... Read more