Look and Listen

Biography

Maggie Crane, author of "Amazing Grays - A Woman’s Guide to Making the Next 50 the Best 50 (Regardless of your hair color!) is a leading-edge baby boomer. After traveling the country delivering leadership and life skills workshops for women, the demands of her travel schedule and the onset of menopause collided with the big 5-0. She was moved to press the pause button on her life and reassess her priorities. Gradually, Maggie learned that her frustrations, fears and anxieties about aging grew quiet when she faced them directly. She learned to refocus her energies on the people, things and activities that brought a smile to her face and a song to her heart. By letting go of old identities and rediscovering new passions, she has gradually (but not always gracefully) hitched her rope to a growing movement of Amazing Grays, women who have decided to age with grace, gratitude and gusto!

Inspiration

When an epiphany in a hair salon convinced me to stop coloring my hair - the dirt hit the fan! During the grow-out process all my fears about getting and being old in a youth obsessed culture came up. In the process of confronting these issues, I was moved to press the "pause" button on my life. I went on a 3 month silent retreat, where the idea of chronicling my experience bubbled up. Back home, I spent the next few years challenging old stereotypes, choosing new options, getting clear on what I valued and became intimate with the woman I had become. Then, I put it all in my book in an effort to midwife other woman struggling with similar challenges.