You're entering midlife - the "big 5-0" may be looming or may have come and gone. You find yourself standing on the edge of the high dive wishing you could cannonball with fearless exhilaration like you did when you were ten. But you're frozen. What's holding you back? Fear of the unknown? Procrastination? Self-doubt? Fear of others judging you? Fear of failing? Amy Schmidt has been there, done that, and still doing some of it. In Cannonball, Fearlessly Facing Fifty, she shares her personal stories, and those of other women to help arm us with insights and inspiration to cannonball fearlessly into the rest of our lives with the biggest splash possible. Amy is the real deal - disarmingly open, honest, and relatable. She sometimes feels fat. She can be a perfectionist. She can procrastinate and she sometimes forgets to love herself. But as she says, "She is a work in progress," and most days she feels "absolutelyfreaking" amazing. Amy is the BFF you want climbing each rung of that ladder with you and encouraging you to cannonball into the next best phase of your life.

Cannonball!: Fearlessly Facing Midlife and Beyond

Schmidt, Amy

Parenting & Relationships

Three Tomatoes Publishing, The

Kirby Brown was a seeker who lived a life of passion and adventure. When she and two others died in a sweat lodge at a self-help retreat on October 8, 2009, it shattered her family and friends. Kirby's mother and sister detail how they learned about Kirby's ugly death, struggled through their grief, and kept moving forward through the trial of the criminally negligent guru in charge, James Arthur Ray-international best-selling motivational speaker who had been featured in "The Secret" and on Oprah. Following the trial, the family founded SEEK Safely Inc., since all seekers are entitled to safe self-improvement journeys.Even through their multi-layered grieving process, Ginny and Jean wanted to live as Kirby did-with passion and love. In sharing their story, they offer an invitation into their private hell, an immersion in their grief, and a story of evolution after trauma.

This Sweet Life: How we lived after Kirby died

Brown, Ginny

Brown, Jean

Losing a loved one is always a tragic life event. That loss became even more difficult when Stephanie Sloane lost her husband of fifty-eight years just as New York City was going into the COVID-19 lockdown. Like so many others to come, the funeral was on ZOOM. And Stephanie was left to face life alone, in an apartment meant for two, without the comfort of family or friends for hugs and a shoulder to cry on. One morning she took pen to paper to express her feelings, and then did so every day through June 8th when New York City started to open up to life again. Those daily feelings and emotions are now shared in this poignant collection of poems. Accompanied by the authors photos, Dear Me beautifully expresses her personal loss and grief and then her realization of the loss and grief of everyone during this time. And then finally... glimmers of hope.

Dear Me: Poems of loss, grief, and hope in New York's darkest days

Self-Help

Sloane, Stephanie

Relationships

Three best friends rebel against unsolicited AARP cards, hot flashes, bosses, becoming invisible, and the perceptions of what’s old. Suzy, Trish, and Madge, best friends since their early twenties, seemed to have it all. Beautiful, smart, and successful, they'd made it to the top in the most demanding city of them all, New York. Then they turned 50 and found that the world which once was their oyster started closing up faster than a New York minute. Bartenders ignore them, bosses marginalize them, and they’ve aged out of the prized 25-49 year-old demographic that marketers woo. They had suddenly become invisible. Inspired by their friendships with a supportive and thriving group of New York City women, who call themselves the “Ripe Tomatoes,” Suzy, Trish, and Madge start to realize the power of saying, “YES,” and that living your dreams has nothing to do with age. And since no one else was celebrating women over 50, Suzy, Trish, and Madge started a business to do just that. A funny and moving insider’s story about New York City’s not-so-invisible women over 50 and beyond, who are living their lives to the fullest, achieving dreams, dating, having sex, and sometimes even falling in love again. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll root them on, and you’ll never think about age the same way again. Suzy, a top ad agency executive with a wonderful supportive husband and two great kids, had propelled little known brands into household names. Then she looked around one day and realized she was the oldest person in the conference room and her “12-year old” boss dismisses most of her ideas as appealing only to women with “dried up vaginas.” Trish owns an art gallery, is married to a wealthy hedge fund guy, has a fabulous apartment overlooking Central Park, a summer home in the Hamptons, and a closet full of couture clothes…until her life is turned upside down by those dreaded words, “We have to talk.” Madge, is a highly regarded TV journalist who has traveled the world on assignments and knows celebrities, presidents and kings by their first names, but has been too busy pursuing a career to have a life - until she’s pushed out of her TV morning show and replaced by a 30-something former beauty queen and Harvard graduate.

Can You See Us Now?: A Novel for Grownups (Can You See Us Now? Can You Hear Us Now?)

Literature & Fiction

Benton, Cheryl

Genre Fiction

This book is a must read for leaders everywhere who must adapt to their changing world if they wish to succeed and thrive.______________________________________________Are you ready to lead and effectively navigate your organization in an ever-changing landscape?"Conversations are the golden threads that keep us connected to others." ~ Judith E. GlaserLeaders at all levels in organizations, large and small, have never been more challenged to create cultures of trust, to build teams that co-create with a common vision, and to create transparent conversations that lead to trust and conflict resolution. Judith E. Glaser was the world's leading authority on Conversational Intelligence® (C-IQ). Her transformational approaches use neuroscience and anthropology to enable leaders to raise their Conversational Intelligence and build agile and higher performing individuals and teams. Before her death in 2018, she spent three years educating and certifying hundreds of organizational consultants, coaches, and leaders around the world in applying C-IQ in their own work. Throughout their education they juggled time zones, cultures, and varied languages. Out of this learning emerged the European C-IQ Collective, with experienced C-IQ certified coaches who continue Judith's work to inspire personal and professional growth with a focus on individual development, diversity and inclusion, corporate culture, and leadership. It's Time to Change the Conversation.The fifteen authors of this book, from across Europe and the U.S., all members of the European C-IQ Collective, represent diverse perspectives, cultures, and experiences. They have come together to form this eclectic collection of real-world stories based on their experiences in working with organizations to change the way we converse, and the extraordinary results that ensue. This book provides key insights for leaders everywhere who must adapt to their changing world if they wish to succeed and thrive.

Changing Conversations for a Changing World

Business & Money

C-IQ Collective, European

Management & Leadership

The Long Pause and the Short Breath

A stunning debut collection of poems and photography that will make you pause and take your breath away."This Corona pausewill be a markeron our collective timeline,like pre and postwar buildingscomingled on the avenues in New York City,that are blatant but quiet monumentsto another grand before and after."With a keen artist's eye and laser sharp insights, Nicole Freezer Rubens takes you inside the pandemic bubble of New York City through the lockdown, the endless sirens, the protests, the salutes to those who cared for us, the loss of lives and freedoms, and then out the other side when the quarantine was finally lifted. The stark and often shocking beauty of her photographs tell the story of a city on pause-but it's the photos combined with the poetry that speaks volumes of lives upended that takes your breath away. You'll be swept up in a tidal wave of emotions and a love story to the "eternal flame of New York City that can never be extinguished."

Arts & Photography

Rubens, Nicole Freezer

Photography & Video

Poems from My Pandemic Pen

When the world shuts down, what do you do? When New York City went into lockdown, Carol Ostrow stayed glued to her TV, afraid of the present and not knowing what the future would bring. But then one day, instead of calling a friend for a "normal" conversation, she picked up her pen and wrote a poem, finding a bit of humor during a dark time. She sent it to friends who appreciated the humor and wit and cheered her on. Hunkered down, hooked on a terrible Netflix series, feeling rather depressed without being able to escape her surroundings to enjoy the theatre, opera, ballet, restaurants and too afraid to venture out in the hall to empty her garbage, she put into rhyme her feelings. The results are humorous, witty, reflective, and sometimes poignant poems that cover the gamut from her expanding derriere, the art of folding toilet paper, reflections on ex-lovers, growing older, and the importance of friends. A morning ritualI have this talent with rare toilet paper,Like a gift, a talent, a great dress maker.I fold, I use, I fold again,Over the bowl, you know.No more space, 'tis time to throw,I do let go,Sometimes, it's true, I feel like fainting.This paper, so rare as a Picasso painting.Did you ever think we would come to this?Forgive me now, I have to diss,Goddamn, no paper, I have to piss.Carol's poems are a reminder to all of us that "This too shall pass." Life does change, we can all adapt and get used to what the future has in store. We will be fine. Just keep loved ones, friends, and the things we hold most dear in perspective, and we will come out of this stronger and healthier than ever.

Humor & Entertainment

Ostrow, Carol

Humor

You know those dreaded Christmas letters from those perfect families whose kids are Phi Beta Kappa, every Ivy League school is pursuing them, Dad just won a Nobel Prize, and Mom is a size zero, gourmet chef and CEO of a fortune 500 company? Well meet the Foxes- Bill and Maru, their two children Ali and Billy, and Tobi the dog- a perfectly imperfect family you will fall in love with through the annual recap of their adventures and misadventures (mostly the later.)For years, Bill and Maru's friends and family eagerly await their annual Christmas letter while their kids roll their eyes in the background. There are many moments of laugh out loud hilarity as they recount Bill's nearly annual visits to the hospital, marriages, re-marriages, Maru's Mexican family, raising kids and dogs, bear sightings, cross country moves, and so much more as they share the highlights and lowlights of each year.

Another Interesting Year: Adventures and Misadventures of the Fox Family told in Twenty Years of Christmas Letters

Fox, Maru And Bill

Pour Yourself a Martini and Enjoy the RideFrom the publishers of The Three Tomatoes, a digital lifestyle magazine for women, More Martini Wisdom is the perfect anecdote to all those motivational and inspirational books about midlife and beyond. It's all those inappropriate thought bubbles that the "martini ladies" dare to say out loud. Come on?you know you've had some of these thoughts too.Pour yourself a martini or a glass and wine and sit back and enjoy these funny irreverent quips about love, relationships, gaining weight, growing older, the pandemic, and so much. It's the perfect anywhere read and you're going to want to share it with your BFFs too.

More Martini Wisdom: and other midlife musings from The Three Tomatoes

Jenkins, Roni

"A tremendously practical and helpful guide for anyone transitioning to remote work-whether you are a leader transitioning your team, or an employee having to shift to working from home." Julie Diamond, Ph.D., author, Power: A User's Guide An indispensable and practical how to guide for employers and employees on navigating the new corporate paradigm of working from home. The COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 brought many challenges into our lives, and yet it also made space for new paradigms to emerge. One of those paradigm shifts was a changing corporate viewpoint on employees working from home. The battles fought in organizations around the privilege of working from home was suddenly seen through a different lens. Necessity became the mother of invention and creativity. Without us realizing and taking the time to learn what this 'new way of working' actually requires, we are now finding ourselves in the midst of it. To the surprise of many, it has gone much better than most would have thought. But we are also learning that these new experiences have come with a downside as well. But what are organizations doing to create a successful work culture? Meet Jenn, Laura, and Cynthia, three avatars who work for the same corporation at different levels and have very different personal situations. Through them you will experience their challenges and reflections of working from home. Using the experiences of the avatars, the reader is guided through how to use the PPAS Maturity Model and its dimensions- People, Processes, Applications, Structure. The guide provides access to ready-to-use templates to start the conversation with employers and employees on the experience of working from home, with or without a coach at your side, and an overview of how to best navigate through your learnings and experiences in a structured, reflective, and forward-looking manner.

How to Create a Successful Remote Work Culture: A Guide to Using the PPAS Maturity Model®

Franzen-Waschke, Ute

Business Culture

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