by Dorothy Greco | Jan 12, 2023 | Aging, Articles, Sage Forum, Spirituality
Once we hit fifty, we’re officially past our prime and our bodies know it. Muscles take longer to recover from injury or overuse. Illnesses take longer to shake. Our joints and teeth begin to show signs of wear. Depression can become an unwanted companion. Solid sleep...
by Dorothy Greco | Jul 3, 2021 | Aging, Articles, Perennial Gen
What does it look like to cultivate healthy friendships in midlife and beyond and is it really worth the effort? When most of us were growing up, friendship were more narrowly defined. Our extended family likely lived within a one-day drive. Friendship circles were...
by Dorothy Greco | Feb 4, 2021 | Aging, Podcast/Radio, Podcasts & radio shows
Marriage in the Middle Ever heard of andropause? Dorothy Greco, the author of Marriage in the Middle, says andropause or male menopause is real and it’s affecting marriages. Women talk openly about these issues but men often don’t discuss the changes happening to...
by Dorothy Greco | Sep 24, 2020 | Aging, Articles, Blog, Christianity Today, Marriage in the Middle
“How might our marriages become more resilient in the face of enormous pressures? And how, in particular, do we navigate marriage in the middle of life, when the romance may have faded? Writer Dorothy Littell Greco tackles questions like these in Marriage in the...
by Dorothy Greco | Jan 27, 2020 | Aging, Articles, Redbud Writers' Guild, Spirituality
Mid-life throws us some mean curves. We expect certain losses: our parents passing away, our kids moving on, our bodies changing. It’s the ones we least expect that sometimes catapult us into crisis. As we sat listening to the sermon, my husband and I gripped each...
by Dorothy Greco | Sep 9, 2019 | Aging, Articles, Perennial Gen
I expected the hot flashes and night sweats. I braced for the mood swings. What I wasn’t prepared for was the anger: the white-hot, surging-through-my-veins anger. Offenses that I had successfully overlooked for the previous five decades pricked this vein, including:...
