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Some women dread the approach of their fiftieth birthdays, fearing it's goodbye to good times and good looks. Others barely notice the transition; they know how to welcome each age for its particular blessings. These are the women Jaki Scarcello calls 'Women of the Harvest' - women who aren't trying to turn back the clock, but reaping the fruits of a life well lived, recognising and receiving the real gifts this stage of life brings. Women for whom 'fifty plus' doesn't mean less, but more. Drawing on her own experience, as well as exhaustive research into other women's stories - a series of interviews conducted in five countries - Scarcello shows with wisdom and wit how changing our attitude toward ageing can bring about a 'virtuous cycle' of rejuvenation. Women who know this embrace the years after 50 with a spirit of optimism and energy that is truly liberating. They understand that in maturity a woman has the potential for genuine elegance, a beauty more than skin-deep that sparkles confidently and generously from the eyes, and a whole new brand of personal sexiness. On a deeper level, they possess a secret power and joy, which radiates outward into the world and illuminates everyone around them. These women who blossom in their 50s know that their time of life is a time of grace, and that it's richer and more ripe with possibility now than at any other time in our history. Through their stories there runs a common thread of spiritual transformation - the harvest of a good life when it starts to divest itself of youth's superficial anxieties. In the space that opens up beyond 50, experience and potential form a perfect fusion: this is the most fertile ground a woman ever knows.
About the Author
Jaki Scarcello has spent 30 years listening to and supporting individuals and organisations as a leadership consultant, facilitator, and coach working with Fortune 500 companies in Canada and the USA. She lives a nomadic life with two fixed bases-Toronto and Hermosa Beach, California. Between spells in either home she travels with her husband, a writer and spiritual teacher.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book gives a unique and valuable perspective on aging and left me actually excited about getting older. It is a wonderful gift for women concerned that they will be diminished as they age. Ms. Scarcello underlines the freedom and wisdom available to older woman and effectively counters our dis-empowering cultural outlook. Her sense of humor, her honesty about her own life and her personal insights all kept my interest throughout the book and made for a very enjoyable read.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If you're expecting a self-help book, forget it. This is a reflective journey that abandons self-improvement and embraces the reality that in this stage of life we are more than enough.
Reading this book felt like taking a breather from the relentless messages around me - and inside me - to be better, different, younger...
It helped me look at the many things I've accomplished and gained in my life so far and appreciate them; and me. What a welcome concept!
It's exciting to gain the perspective that striving for external validation is out; internal knowing is in.
Having friends on a journey changes everything and as someone for whom 50 is fast approaching I can look around and see amazing women all around me who are also reaping the benefits of all they have lived.
That's definitely worth a glass of champagne and all the candles on the cake.
Elizabeth, 47
Reading this book felt like taking a breather from the relentless messages around me - and inside me - to be better, different, younger...
It helped me look at the many things I've accomplished and gained in my life so far and appreciate them; and me. What a welcome concept!
It's exciting to gain the perspective that striving for external validation is out; internal knowing is in.
Having friends on a journey changes everything and as someone for whom 50 is fast approaching I can look around and see amazing women all around me who are also reaping the benefits of all they have lived.
That's definitely worth a glass of champagne and all the candles on the cake.
Elizabeth, 47
Format:Hardcover
I was looking for a 50th Birthday gift and not sure quite what to get but this was ideal
a small little gift which i am pleased to say brought a smile to her face as well as mine.
a small little gift which i am pleased to say brought a smile to her face as well as mine.
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