Exploring divorce, dating and relationships post 50

Relationships can bring us our greatest joys and our deepest heartaches. Navigating them in the second half of life comes with its own particular challenges surprises and opportunities.

As an award-winning journalist, author and dating coach who has also experienced the end of a 32-year marriage and the sometimes bewildering world of dating later in life, I'm fascinated by how we love, lose connect and begin again.

Here, I explore the realities of divorce, the adventures and misadventures of dating after 50, the complexities of long-term relationships and the importance of friendship, intimacy and independence.

I also believe that finding a new romantic partner isn't necessarily the happy ending everyone needs—or wants. There are many ways to build a rich, connected and meaningful life.

Whether you're newly single, happily partnered, cautiously dating or contentedly on your own, I hope you'll find something here that makes you  feel understood.

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