Starting Over – Over Sixty: The Female Encore

Author: June Russell-Alexander

Starting Over – Over Sixty

The Female Encore…Gloriously Defiant & Unapologetic

Reaching sixty and over isn’t the signal to step aside quietly and shrink ourselves into someone else’s idea of acceptable “for a woman our age.” That narrative has had its day, so we can joyfully burn that bridge now. We’ve spent years being functional, dependable, and digestible for everyone else. And now that we’re nearing a well-earned new chapter in our lives, the expectation is that we’ll sit back and watch the world go by?

No! (“No” has become my favourite complete sentence.)

We’ve earned our stripes. We’ve done the heavy lifting. We have the right, the absolute right, to start over in whatever way makes us feel happy and fulfilled. So let’s do it!

Starting Over – Over Sixty is scheduled for publication in November 2026