Sharon has been a freelance writer and content creator since 2011.
Sharon’s freelance work focuses on the senior care and eldercare space, as well as the home design, maintenance, and real estate industries. Sharon is currently working part-time as a quality control editor for the Meredith Corporation on the BHG.com platform.
Sharon was the Parenting Young Adults Expert on Verywell.com, and her essays and articles have been published on many websites including AARP, Next Avenue, Purple Clover, Scary Mommy, and HuffPost.
Contact Sharon at sharongreenthal@gmail.com
Publications
- Grown and Flown: How to Support Your Teen, Stay Close as a Family, and Raise Independent Adults
- AARP
- Purple Clover
- Scary Mommy
- Huffington Post
- 50 Things to Do When You Turn 50 – Anthology
- Better After 50
- Grown and Flown
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Interviews, Honors, and Awards
- Interview on USA Today about downsizing in the empty nest
- Appeared on the Katie Couric Show as an Empty Nesting Expert
- Interview on the For Women Over 40 Radio Show with Cyma Shapiro
- Quoted in the New York Times article The Empty Nest Book Hatchery
- Here I am interviewed for a CNN.com article about Michelle Obama turning 50
- I am honored to be included on Sixty & Me’s list of 20 Inspirational Women That Every Woman Over Sixty Should Know About
- Radio appearance on the Voice of America with The Boom-Chicka-Boomers of Fun and Fit
- New Attendee Mentor, BlogHer’14
- Digital Citizen of the Year, 2014
- Book Group Facilitator, AARP Life Reimagined
- Round Table Facilitator, TypeA Conference 2013
- Speaker, BlogHer’13, Midlife Bloggers Session
- AARP Decide.Create.Share Initiative Panelist 2013
- BlogHer Influencer and Advisory Panel 2012-2016