Good friends prolong your life, studies reveal
Drink water. Don’t smoke. Exercise regularly. We know what we have to do to stay healthy; after all, we’re told often enough. What we’re not told often enough is this: that our friendships and relationships play a prominent role in keeping us happy and healthy,…
Happy International Day of Friendship!
Search the internet and you’ll find that on any given day the world is celebrating something, whether comical or profound. From Pirate Day, International Joke Day or Peach Month, there’s no shortage of interests to recognise and commemorate. Today is a celebration we wholeheartedly embrace…
Upcoming changes to the Stitch Forums
I’ll start this post with an apology: it’s a long one, as there is a lot to cover! If you are short on time, however, don’t be alarmed. I’ll start with an executive summary so you don’t need to read the whole dang thing. Executive…
The 2018 Stitch Global Get-Together: Seeing the Falling Leaves!
If you’re not yet a Stitch member, you won’t know about the exciting plans for our historic 2018 Global Get-together, this time in Saratoga Springs, New York, from October 5th to 8th. Inspired by the success of Stitch’s inaugural gathering in 2017 in Monterey, California,…
New Feature Roundup, March 2018
Stitch New Feature Roundup We’re constantly making improvements to Stitch and how the community works, which means it can sometimes be hard to keep up with all the latest changes. That’s why, every so often, we do a roundup of all changes, new features, and…
Why online dating over 50 doesn’t work … and what you should do about it
Why online dating doesn’t work … and what you should do about it The last decade has seen an explosion in the number of online dating sites around the world, and the number of people using them. According to some estimates, there are over 8,000…
Top 5 European travel destinations for active boomers
This article is a guest post written by our friends at Saga Travel UK, one of the leading travel providers for mature travellers in Europe. We thought their expertise and advice on travel in Europe may be of interest to some of our members; hope…
Getting ready for dating after 50
This article is a guest post written by Harriet Pappenheim, founding therapist of Park Avenue Relationship Consultants in New York City. We’re very proud to have Harriet contributing to the Stitch blog. If you’d like to hear more from Harriet you can find out more about her…
Divorce after 50: How to move on
This article is a guest post written by Harriet Pappenheim, founding therapist of Park Avenue Relationship Consultants in New York City. We’re very proud to have Harriet contributing to the Stitch blog. If you’d like to hear more from Harriet you can find out more about her…
Being part of Stitch: what’s in it for you?
Getting what you deserve If you know anything about Stitch, you know we’re not a normal company. By that, I mean we are not driven by the goal of making as much money as humanly possible. We are driven by something much more important: improving the lives of each…
New Feature Roundup, June 2017
Stitch New Feature Roundup Often we’re so focused on working to improve Stitch that we forget to take the time to tell everyone about the most recent changes, new features, and web site improvements that we’ve actually made. I was struck by this at our recent Global…
Creating the ultimate Social Enterprise
Andrew Dowling Community Founder (This particular article is quite a personal one – so I’ve included my picture above to help make it clear it’s written very much from my perspective, rather than on behalf of Stitch itself.) I’m often asked what my motivation was for starting Stitch.…
The Community at its best: the 2017 Stitch Global Get-Together
Update June 2017: The event was a roaring success! The Global Get-Together was all we hoped it would be, and more. With 65 members coming together from over 20 cities around the world, and organized purely through the incredible community spirit that underpins Stitch itself,…
What is Stitch, exactly?
“What is Stitch, exactly?” The question above is something I get asked quite a lot. That may not seem all that surprising – it’s quite reasonable for someone who hasn’t heard about Stitch before to ask what it is. What IS surprising is that I’m quite frequently asked…
Why you don’t have to be lonely during the holiday season
‘Tis the season to be … jolly? This time of year is most often associated with festivities, happiness and fun, but the truth is that many people find themselves extremely lonely during the holiday season. For anyone grieving over the loss of a loved one, or…
Love Decoded: Ways to Tell You’re Feeling Much More Than a Passing Infatuation
This is a guest post contributed to Stitch by Oscar Coles. Oscar is a relationship therapist who writes about relationships and marriage, and who has a growing online audience from his interesting and useful articles on the web. Love can definitely do strange things to…