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
May 7th, 2012 
Connie Joy After 50+ Women’s Retreat: A Life-Changing Vacation I have been leading women’s retreats since 1993. What I know for sure is that I was born to do this. I say that, not in an ego-centric way, but as a simple acknowledgment of gratitude for doing the work that I love. I wish that for [...]
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1 Comment » March 5th, 2012 Connie Finding Happiness after 50: Your Dream, Life Purpose and a Women’s Retreat My book, Joy after Fifty: A Women’s Guide to Passion, Purpose and Lasting Happiness, is a 52 weekly resource guide for deeply remembering the essence of our true nature which is joy. Week 7 is about your life dream. Week Seven As a [...]
February 24th, 2012 Connie Women’s Happiness: A Retreat to Rejuvenate, Reclaim Passion and Purpose Why a retreat? I recently came across this “gem” which was published in The Mendocino Beacon on December 24, 2003. I have saved it all these years because it wakes me up to what really matters as I negotiate life’s responsibilities in these fast, challenging [...]
Posted in Travel Tags: Anti-stress, Boomer blog, Boomer Women, Boomer womens blog, empowerment, happiness, Inspiration, jean shinoda bolen, joy, Life Calling, Mattie Stepanek, mental health, Motivation, over 60, Retreats, Sonoma ca, Travel 50+, Westerbeke Ranch, women over 50, women's health, women's retreats, Womens travel 2 Comments » December 20th, 2011 Connie Best Holiday Tip: The Gift of Winter Solstice 2011 Winter Solstice is one of my favorite holidays of the entire year. While I used to dread (a joy-buster) the darkness and cold of winter, I have now befriended the dark. I love to sit in the quiet, light a candle and enjoy the moment, as [...]
Posted in Holiday Tips Tags: Anti-stress, books for women, Boomer Women, Boomer womens blog, Boomers, gifts for women, gifts for women over 50, gratitude, happiness, Happy Holidays, Happy Mood, Holiday Tips, John Gray, joy, Motivation, stress, women over 50, women's health, womens books 3 Comments » December 12th, 2011 Connie Announcing the release of the “Spirited Woman Directory”. Enjoy this amazing guide to all kinds of services offered by incredible women from around the country and the world. You will find me on page 103. I hope you enjoy it! Stay tuned for my posts on Winter Solstice and Tips for a JOYful Holiday Season. [...]
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 » 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 » June 22nd, 2011 Connie 60+ Women Sizzle: Racing to a Successful Finish Regardless of Age Last week, we celebrated an inspirational woman who, at 81, realized her lifelong dream of earning a college degree. This week, we celebrate two amazing women who are living proof that “age is nothing but a number.” Meet Jamie Rivers (age 60) and Melody-Anne [...]
Posted in Fitness Tags: 60 year old women wins race, boomer athletes, Boomer fitness, Boomer womens blog, Dipsea race, Dr Walter Bortz, empowerment, fitness after fifty, fitness for women, grandmother sets record in Boston marathon, grandmother wins races, Inspiration, Jamie Rivers wins Dipsea race, Longevity, marathons, Marin County Ca, mental health, Motivation, northern California race, over 60, success, vitality, women over 50, women over 60, 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 »
