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The second half of your life - Jill Shaw Ruddock

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Title
The second half of your life

Author
Jill Shaw Ruddock

format
Paperback

Publisher
Vermilion

Language
English

UK Publication Date
20110203

Description

Whoever you are at this moment, you have a choice. You can believe menopause signals the end or you can make a few small changes to finally become the person you always thought you could be.

In her groundbreaking book, Jill Shaw Ruddock offers answers to the questions women think and care about at this time of their life. 'The change' is not just physical but cerebral as well. Although a woman can no longer create life, this is the time when she can give birth to herself.

Drawing on her extensive experience, research and interviews, Jill Shaw Ruddock scrutinises what could be holding you back and provides practical, hands-on advice on how to harness the new-found focus that menopause brings. From money to the mind, dating to divorce, exercise to eating and separation to self-expression, Ruddock's inspiring book sets out a game plan to prepare and guide you to make the second half of your life the best half.

In February 2011, Jill's bookThe Second Half of Your Lifewas published in the UK by Random House/Ebury (9th printing). The book is written especially written for women over 50, using the changes around menopause as the trigger to get to the best years of your life. Although based on the science of hormones, it is inspirational and provides prescriptive advice to encourage today's ageing population that they have the power to create the life they want to live. The book has been heralded as "one of the most important women's books for a decade", "groundbreaking", "inspirational" and "the manual for women in the second half of their life."

After publication, Jill set out to expand upon the ideas in her book and to make her words literally come to life. In May 2011,The Second Half Foundation (SHF)was approved by the UK Charity Commission (Reg 1141988) with the purpose of creating community hubs to tackle social isolation and create template for positive aging and wellbeing that accurately reflects ageing and the problems our growing old population face in 21st century. The firstSecond Half Centre (SHC)opened its doors on October 29th 2012. In just over two years, the SHC has over 1500 members, 70 hours of activities weekly, engages 180 volunteers, and 400 members attending classes and workshops each week.

Using the five components of successful ageing, as detailed in Jill's book, the Second Half Foundation aims to tackle isolation and loneliness for any person over the age of 50. Providing activities, teaching new skills and hobbies, and following the "Five a Day" (which has even now been adopted by the NHS), those in the second half of their lives are encouraged to discover why this is their best half. In December 2013, the SHF announced an agreement with the charityOpen Ageto take over the running and management of the SHC effective April 1, 2014.
The Second Half Foundation intends to template the model they created in St Charles throughout London and the United Kingdom.

The Second Half of Your Life Foundation was selected by the Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea as her charity for 2011/2012. Jill Shaw Ruddock is the winner ofthe 2011 Veuve Clicquot "Woman of the Year Tribute",the 2012 Jewish Care Woman of Distinction Award, and the2012 Common Good Awardfrom Bowdoin College. Jill was named one of Kensington's 25Most Inspirational People in the June 2012 issue ofThe Hillmagazine and listed inLibertinemagazine's Top 100 Dynamic Womenin 2015.

Raised in Baltimore, Maryland and educated in its inner-city state schools, Jill Shaw Ruddock went on to get her degree in Politics from Bowdoin College in Brunswick Maine (1977). She began a career in advertising working for Young and Rubicam in New York City, and then moved to publishing, working forInc.magazine andThe Atlantic Monthly. In 1983, Jill moved to London to co-head the consulting firm of The Government Research Corporation. In 1985, she joined the US investment bank Alex Brown & Sons and became the Managing Director and Head of their London office in 1994, managing their $60 million dollar European Equity business and supervising the mergers with Bankers Trust (1997) and Deutsche Bank (1999). After retiring from finance in 1999, she joined the main board of The Donmar Warehouse (2002) and The Mousetrap Theatre Projects (2005) chairing their fundraising efforts (work she continues to do).
In 1999, she retired from finance and became In addition to her theater involvement, a board member of Bowdoin College Museum of Art. She was a trustee of Bowdoin College for ten years. She is married to Sir Paul Ruddock and has two daughters, Sophie and Isabella.

Type
BOOK

Keyword Index
Self-actualization (Psychology) in middle age.|Middle-aged women - Psychology.

Country of Publication
England

Number of Pages
304

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