There are two ways to handle becoming older: accept it, and decide to live a diminished life, accept it but stay as involved and competent as possible. You might be tempted to think, “I’ve worked hard all my life, why shouldn’t I take it easy and rest on my laurels… Read More »Becoming Wiser and More Alive as You Age
Ageism is alive and well. Not only is it practiced in official capacities, it is also thriving in our social situations. It is harmful to people, especially older adults and their families. The term “ageism” refers to two concepts: A socially constructed way of thinking about older persons based on… Read More »Ageism-Does it Exist? Does it matter?
Most people around the retirement age of 60 or 65 think in terms of living to age 80. As we come closer to that age, we begin to think about what lies beyond. Will we live to 85? Or even 90? Do we want to reach that age? Do we… Read More »Do You Want to Live Longer? Here’s How!
For many seniors who have lived a long and full life, whether in a house or apartment, moving to a retirement residence may be the next step. Like any move, this will have the same challenges, if not more. They will be losing some of their independence. They will have… Read More »How to Prepare For a Move to a Senior Residence
When you were a kid, you knew what friends were for. You lived for having friendships. Your life would be worthless, you believed, if you didn’t have friends. You wanted to do everything with them, have meals with them, share happy times with them, even have sleep-overs with them. Your… Read More »That’s What Friends Are For
Several months have rolled by since I wrote a post about my exercise routine. I’m happy to report that I’m still at it, although the setting and some of the equipment have changed. I am no longer in the same home, and consequently, the view I have from my exercise… Read More »The Risk of Putting Exercise on Pause
So, you have decided to move. If you haven’t moved a lot in your life, you might think, “Oh, this will be easy. I’ll just get some boxes, a black felt pen, a roll of white paper, and start packing!” But, if you have moved a few times before, you’ll… Read More »Transfer Trauma, or in Other Words, Moving
This week more and more data and details about the pandemic have been directed at us. How does all that information affect us? How does it impact our emotions? And most importantly, where does it all go? Most of it, according to popular thinking, is stored in the left-brain hemisphere.… Read More »Our Emotions on a Roller Coaster
It has been hard for me to practice mindfulness and reach a state of calm during these past few months of Covid 19. Judging from the statistics we see about depression, drug overdoses, suicides, and other psychological challenges, many people feel the same. Some of us feel we are living… Read More »Mindfulness-And Finding Your Calm
Being a kid should be fun. This is a time for children learning, using their imagination, testing their skills against the world. But being a kid during a pandemic is no fun at all. Not being able to go to school to meet up with friends, challenge their intellect, and… Read More »Nothing Easy About School This Fall
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