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Confessions of a Housesitter — Nadine Cresswell-Myatt

July 3, 2019 by Nadine Cresswell-Myatt 2 Comments
Older woman mature style
Many older women are turning to alternative income streams and flexible living arrangements as they adjust to changes in circumstance, be it through separation, divorce, retirement, or simply the need for a change of scene. For writer Nadine Cresswell-Myatt, housesitting offers a way to keep living costs down between larger trips, with a few amusing anecdotes to boot.

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Reading time: 9 min
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The Age of Activism — June Norman Uses Age to Her Advantage

April 9, 2019 by Casey Rafferty No Comments
June Norman Grey Activist
June Norman was a good girl who always did what she was told. But all that changed when she hit her 60s. Now the 76-year-old great-grandmother is a convicted criminal who is using her age as a weapon to influence environmental and social change, Selise McLaggan writes.

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Health, Life, Uncategorized

Diana Williams is one of Australia’s Most Successful Entrepreneurs

January 28, 2019 by Casey Rafferty No Comments
Diana Williams Career after Fifty
How was a stay at home mother with no formal business training and not a lot of cash able to start one of Australia’s most successful private companies? According to Fernwood Fitness Founder and refreshingly humble entrepreneur Diana Williams, it was just good, old fashioned hard work. From modest beginnings in a Bendigo schoolroom nearly 30 years ago, she would turn her first female-only health club into a nationwide enterprise of some 68 clubs, with over 2,000 employees.

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WTF Mum?? Getting a Grip on Social Media Etiquette

December 12, 2018 by Casey Rafferty No Comments
Deborah Darling by Rakesh Mistry.
Despite being labeled as digitally ‘out-of-touch’ research shows baby boomers are spending more time online than any other generation, viewing social media as having a positive impact on their lives. It should come as no surprise that Facebook is the most popular social hangout for women over fifty in Australia, but for those of us that might not be as au fait on the interwebs as we would like, Deborah Chambers proffers a little insight as to how social media just like a millenial.

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Life, Travel

The Older Women Who Are Running Airbnb

December 2, 2018 by Nadine Cresswell-Myatt No Comments
Sylvie Airbnb Older Women
Increasingly, women over fifty are turning to alternative, supplementary income streams such as Airbnb, to assist with the rising cost of living. As a result, mature women are the fastest growing segment in this unique hosting community, and are often the highest-rated hosts on the platform. Our own Airbnb aficionado, Nadine Cresswell-Myatt takes a look at some of the benefits of becoming an Airbnb host, and the many ways it is empowering older women financially.

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Broad is the premier publication dedicated to the life, style and beauty needs of mature Australian women. We put women aged 50-plus centre stage, to disrupt the stereotype of ageing through quality journalism and a design lens that embraces the beauty of being older.

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In her new book, 'Lived Experience: Reflections on In her new book, 'Lived Experience: Reflections on LGBTQ Life', French-Senegalese photographer Delphine Diallo presents portraits of LGBTQ people over the age of 50 from around the world, alongside their stories of resilience, progress, and love. 📷 of writer, speaker, and activist Alexis De Veaux (left) and visual scholar, writer, activist, and educator Sokari Ekine (right) © Delphine Diallo.⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #loveislove #lgbtqi #pride #portrait #portraitmode #portraitphotographer #portraitphotography #greyhair #grayhair #grey #silverhair #maturestyle #olderwomen #50plus #60plus #overfifty #oversixty #disruptageing #representation #daretobedifferent #agepositive #wisdomofage #queercommunity #womensupportingwomen
Stefanie Osborne @osborne_society is used to turni Stefanie Osborne @osborne_society is used to turning heads. The Adelaide based silver stylist lives and breathes fashion and has a contagious passion for Australian designers and style leaders. Head to the link in our bio where we talk to Stefanie about her experience launching a business in her 60’s and how she has found that living a stylish life only gets easier with age. Dress by @white_label_noba⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #osbornemonarchstyle #osbornemonarch #australianfashion #australianstyle #silverhair #silverfox #greyhair #50plus #60plus #maturestyle #womeninbusiness #daretobedifferent #50plusandfabulous #60plusandfabulous #fashionover50 #fashionover60 #shorthair #statementhair #agelessstyle⁠ #agelessfashion #broadswelove
Where have you been hiding @jennycloverhacker?? Je Where have you been hiding @jennycloverhacker?? Jenny, who describes herself as a 'late bloomer-boomer' was recently discovered and is now being represented by modeling agent and founder, Martez Saporta-Rothuysen, of MMM Agency, Cape Town, South Africa, and we can't wait to see where her new journey takes her! 📸 of Jenny by Grethe Rosseaux.⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #maturemodel⁠ #fashionover50⁠ #over50style⁠ #silverfoxMMM⁠ #silverhair⁠ #maturebeauty⁠ #bestagermodel⁠ #over50andfabulous⁠ #commercialmodel⁠ #lifestylemodel⁠ #capetownmodels⁠ #maturestyle⁠ #greyhair⁠ #50plusstyle⁠ #60plusstyle⁠ #agelessstyle⁠ #agelessfashion⁠ #daretobedifferent
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One from the archives during a time where we have One from the archives during a time where we have to celebrate our culinary and artistic greats from a distance — Executive Chef Karen Batson is a coiled dynamo always at the ready. Yet ironically for someone who heads up some of Melbourne's most iconic kitchens, she has never formally trained as a chef, instead rising on her own wave of creativity, on currents that buoyed her from all corners of the globe. Just head to the link in our bio for a read, and when the world reopens, head to Cookie or Magic for a feed. 😋 Photo of Karen Batson by Jay Donohue.⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #australianchef #melbournefoodie #cookiemelbourne #karenbatson #inspiringwomen #iconic #realstories #inspiring #daretobedifferent #over50 #over60 #ageing #ageisjusanumber #disruptageing #greyhairdontcare #silvershavemorefun #womenoverfifty #fiftyplus #ladyboss #becurious #changethescript #chooseadventure #broadswelove ⁠

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