Women talk about brains and second adulthood

August 28, 9:05 AMSF Boomers ExaminerSuzanna Stinnett

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Lady Godiva sculpture by Patrick Amiot, Sebastopol, California.

It is about fun, isn't it?

Suzanne Braun Levine's blog is an educational place to hang out. She talks about all the aspects of women in what she calls "Second Adulthood."

From the Overview
"Inventing the Rest of Our Lives: Women in Second Adulthood" is a smart, funny, and informative road map for a generation of women who have already changed the way women think of themselves and are now confronting uncharted new territory, Second Adulthood. As they approach their fiftieth birthdays, they move out of the roles of their first adulthood – daughter, wife, mother, employee, volunteer, grandmother, all-around self-sacrificing nurturer – and begin building new identities, new relationships, and new roles in the culture. The 37 million “boomer” women are creating a new social movement at the same time as they are discovering a new frontier within themselves. Yet, despite the numbers of women on this journey, each woman often feels that she is traveling alone.

Dr. Louann Brizendine delivered a few controversial ideas in her book, "The Female Brain." Her blog is called "The Brain Blog," and I always find something there I'd never thought about. "You are as brave as your basal amygdala," the lead-in to the article Brizendine refers to on her brain blog, is my new favorite quote. Brizendine is now working on "The Male Brain." Now there's some balance, hm? Check out the book at Random House.

Eileen Williams helps us understand why aging is not just something to complain about. In her post on Great Adaptations, she explains a little bit about why wisdom occurs -- it may be physiological -- and what we have to be happy about even if we are a little bit forgetful.

Suzanna