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''THERE is nothing more sexist than wanting Hillary Clinton as president because she's a woman.'' That is the attack I faced, in December, from women on a cruise organized by [...]

Today, grandmothers are different than they were several years ago. Some are divorced and dating, or in a second marriage. Others are full-time employees and still others enjoy vacations and being athletic. A grandmother's role is to be supportive and spontaneous to her grandchild.

Hillary Clinton discusses her precocious childhood, academic excellence and how she has dealt with her husband's philandering after all these years.

Byline: Gail Sheehy Daniel Rodriguez joined the Army when his home life collapsed. His parents split. His father dropped from a heart attack. He was 18 and on the runty [...]

IN OUR PRIME The Invention of Middle Age By Patricia Cohen Illustrated. 306 pages. Scribner. $25. If middle age is truly the prime of life, as posited by Patricia Cohen, [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy Mary Claire Orenic has the ideal family life to enjoy high well-being in middle age, except for one thing: She has only one child. Two children is [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy 'When I turned 40, I swear, it struck midnight and I gained 5 pounds!' Mary Claire Orenic confided to me. When she complained to her gynecologist, he [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy 'I've never worked less than 40 hours a week,' acknowledges Mary Claire Orenic, a 50-year-old Californian who ranks at the top of the Healthways Well-Being Index. 'In [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy Luckily, overall well-being depends on a cluster of physical, emotional and social experience. And in this down economy, it pays to keep your optimism high. In case [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy Having hundreds of æfriends' on Facebook is great for business and self-promotion, but they won't be there for you in a crisis. Midlife women are flourishing compared [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy Mothers and daughters need to talk about how to prevent osteoporosis. Follow a diet high in fruits, vegetables and non-fat dairy. Do more weight-bearing exercise, which is [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy 'I'm trying to create the Rosie the Riveter campaign for our generation,' says Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, D-N.Y. 'The country needs YOU!' She calls women to action at [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy My friend Anne is a poster woman for high well-being in middle age. She starts her day with meditation and a mean spinning class. She is addicted [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy A caregiver's busy and stressful life is one reason that obesity, smoking and chronic diseases are increasing in midlife women. They are less healthy than their mothers [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy Why do Americans in midlife rank lowest in well-being and highest in depression? They eat more, smoke more and are developing serious chronic diseases earlier than in [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy When Ginny Masullo's husband suddenly turned his back on their robust sex life, she thought he had to be cheating on her. He denied it. The actual [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy Just in startling stats on exercise from Harvard Business School: 67% of men over age 50 who exercise more than 15 minutes a day feel tired all [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy Younger Boomers are nothing if not resilient. They are reinventing themselves to meet the new midlife passage head-on. More 50-plus Boomers are re-entering the workforce than 20-plus [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy 'Ninety percent of remembering is paying attention.' That reminder got the full attention of an audience of 1,000 family members of people with dementia at a conference [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy Journalist and lecturer Gail Sheehy is the author of 16 books about adult life stages, including Passages in Caregiving. Family caregivers are the largest caregiver group in [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy Journalist and lecturer Gail Sheehy is the author of 16 books about adult life stages, including Passages in Caregiving. So, what have you done lately about global [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy Journalist and lecturer Gail Sheehy is the author of 16 books about adult life stages, including Passages in Caregiving. I will never forget the thrill of that [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy 'Hell, no, we won't go!' That's the answer I hear most often from seasoned Baby Boomers when I ask if they're getting ready to move to retirement [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy Being fired in this economy is a five-alarm wake-up call. But for many men over 50 whom I've interviewed, it turns out to be just what they [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy Journalist and lecturer Gail Sheehy is the author of 16 books about adult life stages, including Passages in Caregiving. 'You won't believe this -- the dog ate [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy Journalist and lecturer Gail Sheehy is the author of 16 books about adult life stages, including Passages in Caregiving. OK, let's get rid of the term 'end-of-life [...]

Journalist and lecturer Gail Sheehy is the author of 16 books about adult life stages, including Passages in Caregiving. I love yoga, along with some 15 million other Americans. So [...]

Byline: Journalist and lecturer Gail Sheehy Journalist and lecturer Gail Sheehy is the author of 16 books about adult life stages, including Passages in Caregiving. 'Dad, you shouldn't be driving [...]

Byline: Gail Sheehy Journalist and lecturer Gail Sheehy is the author of 16 books about adult life stages, including Passages in Caregiving. What if it isn't a dog-eat-dog world? What [...]

WE don't normally cover anniversaries,' said the TV producer, whose network was undecided on how to 'handle' the second anniversary of Sept. 11. The person calling on behalf of family [...]

QUOTE: 'When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.' --Sheehy, Gail SUBJECT: [...]

QUOTE: 'All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can [...]

QUOTE: 'The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those [...]

QUOTE: 'There is no more defiant denial of one man's ability to possess one woman exclusively than the prostitute who refuses to redeemed.' --Sheehy, Gail SUBJECT: [...]

The abilities of George W. Bush, and possibility that he could be dyslexic, are examined in detail.

The loss of youth can be more difficult for men to accept than for women, despite public opinion to the contrary. The shift into midlife can be easier with exercise, a greater interest in spiritual matters and a nurturance of love.