Ellen Warner on How Life Is Better In The Second Half

Photojournalist, Ellen Warner joins Health Gig to discuss her new book “The Second Half: 40 Women Reveal Life After 50” and how life gets better as we age. Through her photography and interviews, Ellen shares the wisdom imparted by these fascinating women. Listen in and be inspired!

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Quotes:
The first theme that came out in the book was that the second half of life is better than the first, which was really reassuring. Ellen Warner

It's important to forgive yourself and to forgive others. If you don't forgive others, you're going to be angry and sad. Happiness does not come from holding grudges. Ellen Warner

I was photographing a beautiful French woman called Jacqueline Dahlia who had just turned 70. I was in my fifties and thought I want to know what it's like to be 80, 90, or 107 as is the oldest woman in the book. Ellen Warner

Show Notes:

Ellen Warner: I grew up in New York and I went to school in New York. I went away to boarding school and then college.

Ellen Warner: I took a night course in photography. And I was the only woman in the school.

Ellen Warner: A contest that was sponsored by the Department of the Interior, and they picked four people to work on a project photographing New York City for nine months.

Ellen Warner: Many years later, this book started 15 years ago when I was photographing a beautiful French woman called Jacqueline Dahlia. And she had just turned 70. And I was in my fifties.

Ellen Warner: I left that photo shoot and I thought, ‘I want to know what it's like to be 80. I want to know what it's like to be 90. I want to know what it's like to be 107’ as the oldest woman in the book is.

Ellen Warner: I really narrowed it down to the women that I thought were both; had good photographs and also good interviews that would tell people something.

Ellen Warner: All women are beautiful. It's just getting them to feel comfortable.

Ellen Warner: You sort of have to fall in love with your subject when you photograph them to get a good picture.

Ellen Warner: I like black-and-white because it pares down, takes away the things that aren't essential and you get right to the person.

Ellen Warner: The things that they spoke about are valuable for younger women, older women as far as mental health and you know how to conduct your lives.

Ellen Warner: As you get older, you have to widen your horizons.

Ellen Warner: She taught me that the way you react to somebody who's disabled is the way they react to their disability.

Ellen Warner: Love is not only a gift, you have to work at it and you have to be conscious. It's a job. 

Ellen Warner: Don't try to be any other age than you are.

Ellen Warner: You have to have a passion. And that passion could be anything, but something that really excites you and that keeps you vibrant.




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