At one time it was thought that if you were a single woman, 50 or older, your dating life was over. Nothing is further from the truth. According to our guest today, Alice Solomon, author of the book, Find The Love of Your Life After 50, it’s just a matter of knowing how and taking the risk. Her book is filled with useful advice about how to find healthy relationships with men. 

She graduated from Wellesley College cum laude at the age of 50, then wrote the syndicated newspaper column, A Guide for Gorgeous Grandmas. 

She has her own radio show and is the author of two books on dating in later life. She has appeared on The Today Show and National Public Radio.

“Being single stinks,” she says.  ”A gal 50 to 70 lives with a companion for 35-40 years.  Then he dies or leaves the marriage.  He’s gone, she’s alone - supporting herself alone on half the income. If she does nothing about it she eventually becomes spiritually, intellectually, societally destroyed.  Then her married friends disappear.” 

Alice Solomon paints a gloomy picture.  But then she tells women what to do about it.  “You need courage.  You need to be adventurous, open-minded, adaptable and flexible.  Stop being so chummy with old friends.  Be open to making new friends.”

In this spirited and enlightening interview women learn what to look for in cyberspace, where to go to find companionship, if there’s such a thing as a perfect man and more of what they need to know in order to find the love of their life after 50.

It may sound like a strange question, but how long do you want to live? Wouldn’t everyone say as long as possible? As long as they can be healthy? Well, according to Dr. Eric Plasker, you are deciding every day how long you live by how you manage your life. Are you managing your life to have as high a quality as possible and to live to be 100? Or are you managing your life filled with destructive patterns, survival strategies or complacency? On this podcast Dr. Plasker will tell you why change is easy– it’s thinking about change that is hard.

Health and wellness expert Dr. Eric Plasker has written the bestselling book The 100 Year Lifestyle, which reveals the secrets to making the most of our extended life spans and living it to the fullest.  He is also a licensed chiropractor and the founder of The Family Practice—a chiropractic coaching and training organization geared toward building highly successful and profitable family practices.Dr. Plasker explains how the quality of your first 100 years can be as high as the quantity.  And if you think it’s too late to make changes, you’re dead wrong.  Dr. Plasker tells us why we think changes are hard to make and how to break ourselves of that negative attitude.