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Amazing Grays: A Woman's Guide to Making the Next 50 the Best 50 *Regardless of your hair color!

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At first I was skeptical of "just another book on aging", but Maggie Crane's AMAZING GRAYS has opened my life to just that....amazing grace. A lifetime of never measuring up to the approved cultural Barbie model left me, at 61, feeling like a has-been that never was! Drawing on her incredible insight and humor, Maggie speaks to self-realization in a way that finally connects; that finally makes it not only "OK" but actually, a relief to be at home in my own skin...no longer afraid to exhale.
Thanks, Maggie.

Balanced somewhere between a memoir and a how-to, this book shares the most poignant insights on what it means to be a woman "of a certain age," and how to chart a graceful course through the physical changes, emotional challenges and mental gauntlet of aging. With honesty, humor and plenty of research, Maggie lights the way for women who want to live with vibrance and joy.

AMAZING GRAYS is truly the best book on aging gracefully that I have ever read! Period. Exclamation Point! Once I got started, I couldn't put it down. Maggie has given me a whole new perspective on aging by showing me how to not succumb to the fear based chatter in my head. She has validated what I suspected - that the possibilities far outweigh the fears.

Whoever reviewed this book on Amazon and said it was all about gray hair must have been thinking about a different book. Amazing Grays has only 2 chapters out of the entire book devoted to gray hair - and even those are full of real life wisdom and humor. This is most definitely NOT a book just about going gray. It's so much more.

I can't say enough about how grateful I am as a baby boomer (1959) that Maggie wrote this wonderful book! I grabbed my yellow marker and have marked up the book with quote after quote after quote of Maggie's wisdom (not the sidebar items, although they were great too). I'm reading them over and over so that her words of wisdom stick with me - for good! Women - buy this book!

Susan Vaughn
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If you want to go gray - this book will show you how. If you have no intention of ever having gray hair - this book is for you too! As opposed to books written by celebrities, which I have found difficult to relate to, Maggie's book feels like it was written with me and my personal situation in mind.

I've learned that physical changes are part of the process, that I'm probably not getting Alzheimer's, and that my desire to cocoon is perfectly normal at this stage of life! I've also learned all about bio-identical hormones. I've begun a mindfulness practice and am exploring "roots of a deeper kind" (her words, not mine). I especially love the questions throughout the book that support me in peeling away the past and giving a voice to the future.

This book is easy to read, yet profound in the insight it offers. I highly recommend it to all maturing women - regardless of your hair color!

I am amazed at the truths found in this book. Too many women put stock in the temporal instead of the eternal perspective - including their beliefs about themselves. I am inspired to "go gray" by all of her findings about how unhealthy it is to color your hair, as well as how emotionally unhealthy it is to stay locked into the past! I have great admiration for the author, whom I know, for her courage and her inner beauty that shines through! I pray this book is a great success!

We all have had those days when everything changes, those moments when we realize we've been taken in by the Madison Avenue culture of youth and beauty, and Maggie Crone's was a few years ago while getting her gray hair dyed. BOOM, she suddenly realized that she needed a whole new perspective on being in her 50's and feeling good about it.

Maggie is determined to help us all let go of our previous conditioning and expectations of aging, and create our own experience. Her exciting new book explores and analyzes our culture's social, psychological, and spiritual assumptions about aging in the midst of our youth-obsessed culture, and all from the baby boomer perspective. She looks deeply into how our minds create unrealistic expectations just out of habit, and how important it is that we challenge those false assumptions about ourselves and our aging process.

The name of one of her chapters is: Don't believe everything you think, and it's very true! The thoughts that float around in our heads, and the fears that grow from them, actually have very little basis in reality. They stem from a lifetime of conditioning. We must challenge those beliefs and then carefully and rationally choose another perspective.

If you're ready to change your mind about aging and finally feel good about who you are, read this book![...]

While hair coloring and emerging as a "silver sage" provide a unique "hook" for this book, the breadth of Crane's topics contains ALL the critical components for empowering women at midlife and beyond. In addition to the wealth of relevant quotes, the author's generous sharing of herself lends authenticity and inspires the reader. This book went immediately on my list of resources for midlife women in my coaching business. Other than the fact that I haven't turned gray yet, it's a book I wish I had written.

Cynthia Hallanger
www.challangercoaching.com

I was interested in this book because at age 60, I am trying to muster up the courage to stop putting chemicals on my head and embrace my natural gray. I am inspired so much after reading this book that I am definitely going for it. The author talks about all aspects of aging and I found it very informative on many levels...she covers it all. I highly recommend it for baby boomer women who are determined to stay confident and sexy well into their senior years.

This is a very informative and inspiring book. It's not just about the color of our hair - We are all so much more than that!!

After reading the book I have decided to stop coloring my hair. I was going to wait until I turned 70 but January 1, 2011 I decided that the time was NOW. Hopefully by my 69th birthday in June I will be able to have most of the colored hair trimmed off.

This isn't just about the color of our hair - it is about enjoying life to the fullest!!

When I read this book I felt like I was sitting with a good friend receiving kind, loving advise. A friend who bared her soul for me to help me to maneuver through the rough roads ahead and help me to understand the difficult journey behind me. A journey every women makes when she grows older.

Read this book and let it gently guide you and help you to make your next 50 the best 50!

Thank you Maggie Rose Crane!