The deadline to win a free copy of My Formerly Hot Life is fast approaching!
Coaches on the Edge just got a peek into the new book “My Formerly Hot Life: Dispatches From Just the Other Side of Young,” and we 
would like to answer some of the questions posed in a New York Times interview with Formerly Hot author, Stephanie Dolgoff.
So what happens when you’re no longer a Formerly? (The Coaches on the Edge have no good answer for that. Why are you looking at us like that?).
Are you just plain old? (Would you like us to throw our 4” Christian Louboutin at your head?)
“I’m not there yet,” Ms. Dolgoff said. (And neither are the Coaches on the Edge. We have learned that one’s nose does not really grow when you fib, so we can say whatever we like).
“But I think the next stage is taking the best part of being a Formerly – focusing on your own happiness rather than fitting into someone else’s version of womanhood – and running with it.” (This does not mean buying Mom jeans, does it, Stephanie?).
Meanwhile, her greatest challenge is shoes. “You do need to be able walk. I’m done sacrificing to look good. I don’t want to hurt anymore.” (Please contact the Coaches on the Edge for a rebuttal.)
Win a copy of “My Formerly Hot Life: Dispatches From Just the Other Side of Young,”
So Coaches on the Edge would like to know what you do when being faced with being ignored, overlooked or worse underappreciated because someone mistakenly considered you to be Formerly Hot? How did you fight back? If you used a weapon, we will have to report you to the authorities immediately.
We promise not to laugh (out loud). With the help of Stephanie Dolgoff, blogger and author of “My Formerly Hot Life,” we’re able to offer TWO lucky winners a copy of her book! And you don’t have to pay for it! 
This is a laugh out loud book. Don’t believe us, look at what Newsweek. Com had to say: “Remember all those deep and important life transitions going on amongst a group of smart, beautiful women that the last, tepid Sex and the City movie tried-and failed-to capture? Skip the film; Dolgoff’s got it all in her book, and in a far more genuine way….Dolgoff’s style is energetic, funny, highly engaging, and self-aware….Bottom Line: Whether you’re going through the Formerly transition yourself or looking back on it (or catching hints of it down the road), Dolgoff’s book is a wonderful take on the early 40s.” (Coaches on the Edge concur, but are keeping our hot shoes anyway – they make excellent planters).
This is where the magic begins:
1) Submit your story here by Friday, August 27th. Email your story to Coaches@Coachesontheedge.com In the “title” or “subject” line please put “Contest – How I Got my Formerly Hot Life back.” **
2)Please keep entries to 700 words max!
3) Please make sure to add your full name and email address at the end of your story. We will email you to let you know you won and then you can send us your home address.
4) Winners will be announced Wednesday, September 1, 2010.
5) Share with as many of your friends as possible!
6) We look forward to hearing how you make being formerly hot work. We all have tales to tell. Do tell.
** By sending entry via email, you submit your story to coaches@coachesontheedge.com , and it is understood that your story may be posted on Coachesontheedge.com with no monetary compensation.
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Love this idea! I will send in a story.
Love ya,
K
Thanks K!
What are you kidding? Being hot is vastly overrated. I’m 53 and I really, really, really like being able to walk by construction sites without a flutter of interest from those dirty deputies of disrespect! I’m not unattractive, but I don’t look 20-something anymore and it doesn’t bother me in the least.
There have been times when a group of young gals pass my way and I think: “How did their mothers let them out of the house dressed like that?” Then I realize, not too long ago, I too was “Formerly Hot” and dressed pretty much the same. Now, just treating myself to a hot new pair of shoes will do the trick…
Depending on the size of the ego boost I think I need the remedy could range from a new lipstick, to a hair ‘revision’, to an extra 20 minutes on the elliptical. But actually, these are just the warpaint & armor for the internal battle to maintain my own positive attitude and self-image–nobody else has to react, or even notice, for them to be effective. I think “Hotness” is as much an inside job as heel height, anyway (but I’ll admit to ongoing shoe drama nevertheless…:)
–Dispatched from the frontier of “WAAAAAAY Past ‘Formerly Hot’”…
There is something to be said for having children late in life. The amount of sleep and your attitude, as well as your partners makes for that feeling of ‘hotness’ or simply tired but trying to stay patient with small children. A good hair cut, a quick walk and a decision to try to find a sexy but appropriate skirt can help as well. I can see my positive attitude reflected in my childrens eyes when I come down for date night and my 4 yr.old daughter smiles and says – ‘nice, Mommy, do you feel like having fun and why can’t we go? Hotness means learning to love oneself, getting enough sleep and a regular babysitter.