Robin: "I know it's a cliche, but I do think age is just a number. It's how you live your life and how you feel. And even when you don't feel good, I think your mental state has a lot to do with that. So if you have a positive outlook and you try and do the right things, I think it all comes back and helps. So I think staying moving, staying busy, staying engaged… that’s all important. And having balance: It can’t be all work and no play or all play and no work. You’ve got to have some balance in your life."

Michele: "[It's important to me] to incorporate exercise into my life. It's something that I really enjoy when I have an opportunity to do it—I primarily walk and do yoga. But I feel that it all helps in the balance of health. Also, I’m not a vegetarian, but I eat very little meat compared to where I was two to five years ago, I'll say. And I think that has a positive effect on me as well."

Jennifer: "I think they kind of both said it already: I’ve learned to have balance in everything I do. I think all of the women in our family have a healthy balance of always trying to be ethical with our choices, both personally and publicly. I think when we choose to put things in our body, whether it's vitamins or food, we really have a research-based approach with it. I know Michele mentioned that she doesn't eat a lot of meat and that kind of transitioned to all of us not really eating meat. And I think it's the same thing when it comes to work and staying engaged politically and being engaged just in life in general. I think that's something that I've learned from my mom, my aunt, and all of the other women in our family across multiple generations."

Michele: "Jennie was an athlete in college and the whole effort and spirit and mindset that goes into that was something that I observed and in retrospect, it was just quite admirable to see her go through all of that. And I think it inspired other members of the family... the whole work ethic of being an athlete. And she's a smart person. So it's interesting. We're all able to communicate on the same level. We don't feel like anyone is lagging. And that's very stimulating and rewarding. And it is something that I think you can take a long way."

Robin: "You’ve got to be quick to keep up with Jennie because she's very quick-thinking and quick-witted. She keeps me on my toes with all that and she always keeps me... I don't want to say centered in reality, but that I don't take myself too seriously. Keep it light. Live your life. And I appreciate that because it's easy to react to things a certain way, you know? And I think she's good at keeping things in perspective. She kind of keeps me young."

Jennifer: "I think that it's important to do even the smallest thing if it makes you happy in the moment. And we were just saying this weekend that the three of us are similar because we'll do things, whether it's places to eat, or things to see that might be an extra 20 minutes out of the way, but it's just something I was craving at the moment, or it satisfies some sort of happiness."

Robin: "She’s referring to driving to Santa Barbara on a whim on a Saturday afternoon in traffic just because we like tacos."

Jennifer: "Well, I wanted tacos!"

Robin: "I love to drink coffee and it would be easy for me to go to the drive-thru Starbucks around the corner, but I don't want to go there. I want to go to the coffee shop I like, which is 15 minutes away. They know me there, they know what I want, they know how I want it made. And a lot of times I'll sit and stay there instead of just grabbing it to go. And for me that's a great ritual: to go out of the way for something that I love. It can really be as small as getting a cappuccino at the coffee shop that I like, [interacting] with people who I know and who know me."

Michele: "I think that taking a relaxing bath helps. My job can be very stressful sometimes. Rather than just having two glasses of wine every day, I seek alternatives that can help relax me. Sometimes I practice deep breathing. I think my Saturday ritual, which is going on a hike or a long walk with my walking buddy and then going to yoga, is very beneficial for me. And I turn off the TV when I feel that I'm stressed out by the political climate. Sometimes I just disengage for a couple of days and I try to pay attention to my own body. If I feel like my body is stressed by certain things, then I take the necessary steps to relax myself. And that's where I am at this point in my life."

Robin: "I think it's nice to be able to know that having taken Essential for Women, I feel confident that it will be an easy transition to Essential for Women 50+. I already know that it'll be a positive transition in terms of what I'm getting from the product and the quality."*

Michele: "I like the whole cross-generational concept of it... to include all members of the family. I think it's great that we can talk about internally amongst ourselves and then share our experiences with one another."