It was a typical Friday movie night with my husband and we decided to re-live our youth a bit by rewatching the 1985 classic Back to the Future. Five minutes in, my husband was already “mansplaining” time paradoxes to me… Twenty minutes in, we were arguing about whether we’d go…
Author: Laura MItchell
Laura MItchell
Laura is the editorial voice of Living Better After 50.
She focuses on writing about energy, reinvention, and the small habits that help everyday life feel calmer and more fulfilling for people over 50.
Her work blends humor, lived-in wisdom, and practical encouragement in a way that is NEVER preachy or boring.
WARNING: The following is a true story of one woman’s almost scandalous love affair with something called pickleball. No, I’m not kidding…. It happened on an otherwise typical Thursday afternoon that had started innocent enough. The local community center had just finished painting new lines on the basketball court and…
For more than thirty years, Cherie lived in a body that felt like it was slowly giving up on her. Her back pain began in her twenties after a serious injury lifting her brother’s motorcycle. At the time, she assumed it was a pulled muscle, a strain – something rest…
I once spent an entire night worrying if retirement savings could survive the price of coffee in 2040. Then at 3 a.m., my dog was snoring peacefully while my mind sprinted through every possible worry from medical bills to the rising cost of literally everything. By sunrise I decided that…
Have a great business idea but afraid the clock might be ticking to make it happen? Think again!!! The truth is there is no better time to start a new business than RIGHT NOW and after 50. Still have doubts??? Then keep reading… My 71 Year Old CEO Neighbor Last…
Last week I found an old fitness magazine buried in a storage bin… right next to a tangle of phone chargers that definitely don’t belong to any device we still own. On the cover was a young (pre-Terminator) Arnold Schwarzenegger, looking like a Greek god and promising that anyone could…
The other day, I tried something called a “HIIT” workout in my living room. No, it has nothing to do with Mixed Martial Arts or boxing (I’m way too delicate for all that!)… It actually means high-intensity interval training – quick bursts of effort followed by recovery. By minute five…
Charlie was a Korean War veteran who was hurt in combat. In fact, it was a miracle he even survived. But after a long recovery in a military hospital he returned home to his wife and children in Michigan. He eventually started his own business and made a good life…
As we get older one thing becomes clear: the world feels different — not smaller, but more inviting. The rush of early adulthood slows down just enough to make room for something we often put off… Travel. And according to the latest AARP travel trends, seven in ten Americans over 50…
“Am I ever going to live without back pain again?” If you ever thought that, you’re not alone. More than 80 million Americans are trapped in the same daily struggle — the kind of pain that doesn’t just slow you down, it steals your life. It starts out as small…