Claire R. McIntosh is editor in chief of Sisters From AARP, and a senior editor at AARP The Magazine and AARP Bulletin. She has also contributed award-winning content to platforms such as Essence, Ebony, Working Mother, Heart & Soul, Black Enterprise, Crain's New York Business, Bettycrocker.com, Food Network, MSNBC, NBC, Generalmills.com and aarp.org. She is a coauthor of Health And Healing for African Americans.
Editor in Chief Claire McIntosh
Talk isn’t cheap. Our families and friends are losing money to scams at the rate of $9 billion a year. A language and culture of victim shaming is helping thugs get away with it.
You already know one of these behaviors can be deadly. The other five are ‘harmless’-seeming habits of booked and busy people.
Invite your besties to break out the markers and join you for a coffee break as you mindfully create a colorful, joyful and serene scene celebrating sister-friendship.
We’re giving away copies of Miss Aldridge Regrets, a delightful historical novel in a new series by Louise Hare.
We exhale roughly 8 million times a year. Chances are you could be doing it better. Take a moment to try conscious breathing and begin reaping benefits.
Whether we’re celebrating reaching a weight loss milestone or starting over after a setback, these tips can help us avoid the dreaded yo-yo effect.
We are moms, mentors, aunties, neighbors, grandmothers and more to teens facing challenges we never imagined when we were their age. Please join and share this important conversation.
‘Sisters’ speaks with the ‘Dreamgirls,’ ‘Moesha’ and ‘Ray Donovan’ actress, who now shines as a teacher on the record-smashing ABC hit, ‘Abbott Elementary.’
Ladies, let’s fuel our retirement savings by paying less at the pump. Now, about that junk in the trunk …
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Sweetheart swindles top the list of costly consumer frauds. Here’s how to guard your heart and wallet.