Welcome to joyafterfifty.com.
A classroom, a community,
and a sanctuary where you will discover the most relevant information and inspiration to empower your: Passion, Purpose, Prosperity, and Peace of Mind.
I invite you to visit often, join our circle of amazing women, share your thoughts, and remember to “make time for joy today”!
With love and respect,
Connie Clark
Founder, Joy after Fifty
July 18th, 2013 
Connie Aging and Stress Solutions: 6 Tips for a Joyful Life I think we’d all agree that life today—natural disasters, global unrest, economic uncertainty—creates a stress response within. Since it’s proven that stress is the single factor most responsible for illness, anxiety and depression, I’d like to introduce you to 6 of the scientifically-proven practices […]
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Tags: Aging, Anti-stress, Boomer Women, Boomer womens blog, happiness, Happy Mood, joy, mental health, Science of Happiness, stress, women's health 
No Comments » November 13th, 2012 Connie San Rafael CA – November 12, 2012 – San Rafael resident and author, Connie Clark, whose expertise is the subject of Joy, will be speaking at Book Passage, in Corte Madera, Sunday, December 2 from 1 pm to 2 pm. A practicing psychotherapist, Clark presents principles and practices inspired by the science of happiness. Clark […]
September 18th, 2012 Connie First, I am glad to reconnect with you after honoring my need to be present for my family over the last few months. I hope your summer was filled with juicy delights. As autumn approaches, with its theme of harvest, I invite you to consider the bountiful harvest of your life at 50, 60 and […]
May 31st, 2012 Connie Brene Brown’s Ted Talk on Vulnerability is Key to Loving Relationships. Watch this Inspiring YouTube Video. Even if you’ve seen this amazing Ted Talk, I encourage you to watch it again. Here are 10 highlights from her talk for you to save and share: “Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as […]
Posted in Inspiration Tags: Boomer Women, Boomer womens blog, Brene Brown, brene brown on youtube, Couples Therapy, empowerment, happiness, Happy Mood, Inspiration, love, mental health, Motivation, Relationships, Science of Happiness, Self- Love, self-worth, spirituality, Ted Talks, vulnerability, women's health No Comments » October 14th, 2011 Connie ****JUST PUBLISHED: Joy after Fifty: A Woman’s Guide to Passion, Purpose and Lasting Happiness**** ~A SIMPLE BLUEPRINT FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AT 50, 60 70 AND BEYOND~ The following is a excerpt from the Introduction to my book. Click here for rave reviews and to order. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~An Invitation~ Even though we’ve never met, you […]
Posted in Women's Health and Aging Tags: Aging, Aging Brain, Anti-stress, books for boomer women, books for women 50+, books for women aging women, Boomer Women, Boomer womens blog, Boomers, Dalai Lama, depression, empowerment, happiness, Happy Mood, Inspiration, joy, Joy After Fifty book, joyworks, Life Calling, love, mental health, Motivation, over 60, Positive Psychology, Positivity, Science of Happiness, Serenity, spirituality, vitality, women over 50, women's health, Women's Leadership, Womens Journals No Comments » September 30th, 2011 Connie It’s proven. Other women are good for your health! We women share from our souls, listen intently, offer support, empathy and abiding friendship. Below you will find an excerpt from my new book, Â Joy After Fifty: A Woman’s Guide to Passion, Purpose and Lasting Happiness. Click here to read all about it! […]
Posted in Health Tags: Anti-stress, Boomer Women, Boomer womens blog, depression, empowerment, happiness, Happiness Books, Happy Mood, health, Inspiration, joy, Joy after Fifty, Marci Shimoff, mental health, Motivation, Positive Psychology, Science of Happiness, women over 50, women's health No Comments » September 10th, 2011 Connie A 9-11 Memorial to a True American Hero 10 Years Later A chance encounter in a Greenwich Village restaurant in August, 2001 altered the course of my life and work. My friend, Pam, introduced me to her friends—Nicole and Frank DeMartini— who were seated at a nearby table. It’s difficult to explain how it was […]
Posted in September 11 Tags: 10 years later, 10th anniversay of 9-11, 9-11, 9-11 heroes, 9-11 tribute, 911 memorial, Frank DeMartini, gratitude, ground zero, happiness, heroes, joy, joyworks, love, Memorable Holidays, Pablo Ortiz, Positive Psychology, Retreats, Science of Happiness, TLC video of frank demartinin, Tribute, world trade center, WTC 1 Comment » August 15th, 2011 Connie A Girlfriend Dies But Her Spirit Lives On Through Her Love: How Will You and I Be Remembered? I am just now able to write to you after the loss of one of my very dearest, long-time friends. For the last many weeks, life as usual just wasn’t. Rather than extend myself outward to the […]
Posted in Friendship, Inspiration Tags: Aging and Dying, Boomer Women, Comfort in Grieving, Death, Friendship, Girlfriends, Grief, happiness, Inspiration, joy, Julia Child, Laura Esquivel, love, Memorial services, Mourning, Positive Psychology, recipes, Science of Happiness, Serenity, Sobonfu Some, spirituality, women over 50, women's health No Comments » May 24th, 2011 Connie Laugh Your Way to Health and Happiness Sometimes, laughter really is the best medicine. It can relieve anything from stress, chronic pain, depression, anxiety, loneliness, weak immunity, fatigue, heart disease, and more. Tension and stress melt away when you laugh because laughter loosens the body; a good, long laugh can relax your muscles for roughly […]
Posted in Health Tags: Aging Brain, Anti-stress, blog for women 50+, Boomer blog, Boomer womens blog, cancer treatments, concer, depression, Dr Madan Kataria, Dr Patch Adams, happiness, Happy Mood, health, Laughter, Laughter Yoga, Norman Cousins and Healing, pain, Positivity, Science of Happiness, stress, treatment for pain, vitality, women over 50, women's health No Comments » April 25th, 2011 Connie Joy is the new success in life and work! From my studies of the fields of positive psychology and the science of happiness, I have deepened my respect for the essential nature of joy in our lives. It’s now proven that people who know how to activate inner joy are more successful in all areas […]
Posted in Success Tags: BLOGS FOR WOMEN, BLOGS FOR WOMEN 50+, bOOMER BLOGS, Boomer Women, Boomers, happiness, Happiness and Health, Happiness and Longevity, Happiness and Success, Holiday Tips, Inspiration, joy, joyworks, mental health, Motivation, Positivity, Science of Happiness, stress, success, vitality, women over 50, women's health No Comments »
