After menopause women's heart disease risk increases. Yet, only 56 percent of women identify it as the greatest health problem facing them today. Learn key ways to take care of your heart after 50 from preventive cardiologist, Courtney Jordan Baechler.

Social connections matter throughout your life, but especially in your 50s. Research has shown that strong relationships and personal connections help you live longer and bring joy to your life. Imagine the difference you can make in your own life and the lives of others by taking the first step to connect and build deeper relationships with these 25 fresh ideas.

We can shape the future of societal norms surrounding aging, particularly in women. We can demonstrate by example that our worth as we age is not defined by unrealistic and unattainable superficial beauty standards any more than it should be for our younger daughters, granddaughters, and nieces.

We don’t have to accept aging trends focused on how we look, how we dress, our skincare, and our makeup routines. We can age by design, in our way, as we choose.

By uncovering your unconscious biases, you can reshape your perspectives, decisions, and behaviors. Adopting a learning mindset toward yourself and your personal biases is a start to making more conscious decisions, altering your thought patterns, and resetting your mindset for flourishing after 50.

The one to three word(s) practice helps you be intentional about the upcoming year and can also help you break the cycle of unfulfilled New Year’s resolutions. Over 80 percent of us fail to achieve our annual resolutions.  By choosing words for the year, you become more intentional about how you want to live your life, which in turn helps you be more successful in reaching your goals.