Contributors

	Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D. New York gynecologist and a first responder in caring for women’s health in their prime years. Founder of Women’s Voices for Change, a breakthrough organization dedicated to changing the perceptions of menopause in the 21st century, while providing education and advocacy to the 50 million American women of menopausal age. Collaborative partner of the North American Menopause Society.
	Ethel S. Person, M.D. Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University and supervising analyst for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. Author or editor of 10 books including, The Power of Romantic Love, and Feeling Strong.
	Helen Fisher Research Professor and member of the Center for Human Evolutionary Studies in the Dept of Anthropology, Rutgers University. Author of 4 books including, Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love; and Anatomy of Love.
	Robert Alan Glick, MD Professor of Clinical Psychiatry; Director, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. Has published many articles and chapters, and lectured on psychiatric and psychoanalytic education, psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, medication and psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic affect theory, masochism, clinical perspectives on love relationships, and women and power.
	Melanie Horn, Ph.D. San Francisco Psychologist with an active private practice; and contributing researcher to Gail’s recent books.
	Jane Glenn Haas Multi-media personality—syndicated columnist for the “Orange County Register,” author of Time of Your Life: Why Almost Everything Gets Better After Fifty. Founder of WomanSage, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering, educating and fostering mentoring relationships among women at midlife. Go to blog
	Marty Norman, M.Ed. Freelance writer, licensed therapist, workshop trainer, marketing expert, inspirational speaker, and co-founder of “First Grandmothers Club,” dedicated to serving underprivileged children through volunteerism. Go to blog
	Carol Connolly A life affirming poet who found her passion for writing at 40. Columnist for “Minnesota’s Journal of Law and Politics” and “Mpls. St. Paul” magazine.