Jul 11, 2023
After losing her husband to a heart attack at the age
of 46, Francine Russo began a 10 year quest to find a
partner. When history repeated itself and she lost her second
husband, she followed the same pattern, omitting the mistakes she
had made the first time around. Combining what she learned
from her experiences, career and love for relationships and
psychology, Francine embarked on a journey to help people over 50
find love. Francine Russo is the author of Love after 50 and
They’re Your Parents, Too! Armed with a PhD in English
literature, she became a journalist focusing on psychology,
relationships and social trends. And she’s made her mark. Having
cut her teeth at the late lamented Village Voice, she’s gone on to
write for virtually every publication from the Atlantic to The New
York Times. She covered the Boomer beat at Time magazine for over a
decade, and her cover stories have appeared on Parade and
Scientific American and New York Magazine. A dynamic and polished
presenter, she is in great demand as a keynote speaker.
Francine has two grown children, three adult stepchildren and eight
amazing grandkids. She has experienced first-hand the tremendous
potential we all have to grow and transform ourselves with the
people we love. She lives in New York with her
partner.
What You Will Hear in This Episode:
1:50 Francine’s personal story
3:50 Persistence and sudden loss
7:50 Lessons learned about herself through life and career
9:50 relationships, psychology and Love After 50
12:15 Most important thing women should know about dating after 50
19:30 Habits, stepping out of your comfort zone and baggage
25:16 Common mistakes when dating and tips on how to avoid them
31:10 Issues around sex and intimacy
Quotes:
“I learned to endure the pain, to live with it and to get through it……I learned that I could survive pretty much anything and that I was stronger than I had realized and that I am strong.“
“People have to unload their baggage….We can look at it as something that’s part of our past. that we have lived through and learned from and are now at a place where we dont need to rely on that baggage anymore.”
“it's perfectly okay if you are done with sex and you're not interested, as long as you find a partner, and there are plenty of men as well as women who really just wanna cuddle and hold hands and sleep in each other's arms, and that's ok. Whatever you need, as long as you work it out with your partner.”
“Women who are older have far more options about the way they wanna have a relationship.”
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