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Body
Mind
Breathnach, Sarah Ban, Simple Abundance Journal of Gratitude
http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Abundance-Journal-Gratitude-Breathnach/dp/B000IAZOZS/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275746852&sr=1-20
A daily journal for counting one's blessings, specifically intended for women.
Coursolle, Kathryn M., et al, "Association Between Retirement and Emotional Well-being, The: Does Prior Work–Family Conflict Matter?", Journals of Gerontology (Social Sciences): Series B, September 2010 (Vol. 65B, No. 5)
http://psychsocgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/content/65B/5/609.abstract
The authors report that while retirement may come more as a relief than as a stressor for individuals previously experiencing high levels of work demands interfering with family life, retirement may not relieve the burdens of family life stressors, particularly among women.
Heart
Soul
"Crone: Women Coming of Age"
BBI Media, $22.00/year
http://www.cronemagazine.com/
A magazine that explores the gifts and concerns of women who seek to fully embrace Earth’s cycles of life and death and transformation.
McCullough, Michael E. et al, "Does Devoutness Delay Death? Psychological Investment in Religion and its Association with Longevity in the Terman Sample", Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, November 2009 (Vol. 97, No. 5)
http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/psp/97/5/866/
The authors found that women (but not men) with the lowest degrees of religiousness through adulthood had shorter lives than did women who were more religious - largely attributable to differences in personality traits, social ties, health behaviors, and mental and physical health.
Sointu, Eeva, and Woodhead, Linda, "Spirituality, Gender, and Expressive Selfhood", Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2008 (Vol. 47, No.2)
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120083089/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
Sointu and Woodhead argue that “holistic spiritualities align with traditional spheres and representations of femininity, while simultaneously supporting and encouraging a move away from selfless to expressive selfhood,” accounting for the greater involvement of women in “holistic spirituality.”
Money
Home
Empty Nest Moms
http://www.emptynestmoms.com/index.html, Free
A website for, you guessed it, empty nest moms. The site is reasonably informative, if you dig around enough, and it can lead to other good resources. It also offers forums and chat, and they will help you set up a local chapter, if you want to.
Structure
Bosworth, Barry P., and Burtless, Gary, Recessions, Wealth Destruction, and the Timing of Retirement
Boston College Center for Retirement Research, December 2010, Free
http://crr.bc.edu/images/stories/Working_Papers/wp_2010-22.pdf
Bosworth and Burtless find essentially no evidence that fluctuations in the prime-age unemployment rate have an important or systematic effect on the labor force participation rates of women past age 55, though it has a noticeable impact on the participation rate of older men.
Freed, Rachael, Women’s Lives, Women’s Legacies: Passing Your Beliefs & Blessings to Future Generations
Fairview Press, 2003, $19.95
http://www.amazon.com/Womens-Lives-Legacies-Blessings-Generations/dp/157749119X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1288206891&sr=1-1
Shows women how to create an enduring document that expresses who they are, what they value, and how they want to be remembered.
Women Employed
http://www.womenemployed.org/index.php?id=75, Free
Provides a lot of information and an active network for women with job-related problems, with special emphasis on sexual harassment and discrimination.
Wong, Jen D., and Hardy, Melissa A. , "Women's Retirement Expectations: How Stable Are They?", Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, January 2009 (Vol. 64, No. 1)
http://psychsocgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/64B/1/77
The authors have measured women’s expectations about retirement over a seven-year period and found significant fluctuations in individuals over that time, suggesting that capturing people’s feelings at multiple time points prior to retirement may provide a truer picture.