About

Flourish Over 50 is a community of women who are connecting with each other for support, inspiration and insight as they begin the best chapter of their lives. Your life after 50 is a time of rediscovery, a time to reinvent yourself to live life to the fullest. Share your journey with other women who are experiencing the same joys and challenges of aging with grace and vitality.

About the Founder

My name is Susan Tolles, and I live in Austin, Texas. I’m an enthusiastic member of the “Fabulous Fifties” group of women, those who have lived full lives with abundant blessings, now ready to begin a new chapter of my life.  I have been married for 30 years, and think I have the “perfect family.” I am close to completing my most important life-job, raising my three incredible children to become successful, godly young adults. I have had various jobs through the years–I’ve been an accountant, business manager, wedding coordinator, children’s ministry assistant, school board president, entrepreneur, and volunteer. Now what?

As I began visioning the next stage of my life, I was energized by all the women I met who were doing the same thing, or who had already re-invented themselves and were living their lives with new enthusiasm. Because we all had so much in common, I though “why not connect?” I began blogging, and from that I began dreaming big dreams, and Flourish Over 50 was born. Now the “new and improved me” hopes to create a community of women who can draw inspiration from one another, and find a wealth of insight and information through this site.

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About the logo

I chose the Lotus Flower as the symbol of Flourish Over 50 because of its beauty and significance across many cultures. The Lotus Flower has long represented health, long life, clarity of heart, strength, good luck and happiness. Some scholars have even talked of the Lotus Flower being a universal representation of the spiritual presence in human lives.

The Lotus Flower grows in muddy water and rises above the surface to bloom with remarkable beauty. At night the flower closes and sinks underwater, at dawn it rises and opens again. Untouched by the impurity, lotus symbolizes the purity of heart and mind.

As we embark on a time of new discovery, when we redefine ourselves and seek to reach our greatest potential, let the beauty of the Lotus Flower symbolize our renewal as we flourish over 50!