The years after 50 can be a time of great productivity, meaningful work, pleasure, creativity, and innovation. It's a huge opportunity.

My goal is to see that mental illness is treated like cancer.

My parents had an experience of life that is as opposite to mine as you can imagine.

I spent an awful lot of my life underestimating myself and, as a result, not exceeding my own expectations.

It may feel like the more you know about depression and the many forms it can take, the more questions you have. That's how I feel.

Your 40s are a major trough. About the age of 50, feelings of satisfaction begin to rebound and keep rising into your 50s, 60s and 70s, with health being a major factor.

Most of us in the baby-boom generation were raised by full-time mothers. Even as recently as 14 years ago, 6 out of 10 mothers with babies were staying at home. Today that is totally reversed. Does that mean we love our children less than our mothers loved us? No, but it certainly causes a lot of guilt trips.