It’s been a tough year. Tough on the world, and tough on our emotions. Like me, you may have been waking up each morning, with an unsettled feeling that things are not quite right. The news is all around you—you know what has been going on and you can’t escape… Read More »Our Emotions in Turmoil in a Tough Time
It’s less than two weeks since the US election, and already President-Elect Trump and his team have waffled on many of the threats made during the campaign—yet his new administration still seems bent on keeping its promise to repeal Obamacare. Flush with victory and feeling magnanimous, Trump has rolled back… Read More »The World Watches as Obamacare Under Attack
Pattern dystrophy. It’s a strange name for an ocular condition, sounds more like a fashion accoutrement, but it’s real, and I have it. I first learned about this rare disorder thirty years ago, while in my early forties. I noticed that edges of objects had become wavy, and letters of… Read More »Pattern Dystrophy—The Eyes Have It
It appears that we older people are the happiest generation in history. Study after study says that we are. Our aging faces may not reflect this, but it’s true—we older people are considerably happier than younger people and certainly happier than people who are middle-aged. It seems that when it comes to the… Read More »The Happiest People on the Planet
If you are still tossing and turning at 3:00 am., you are not alone. It may seem that you are the only person in the world who is awake, but you have lots of company—the latest statistics say that more than 30% of the population suffers from some form of… Read More »30 Websites To a Good Nights’ Sleep!
“For a younger person,” Carl Jung says, “it is almost a sin—and certainly a danger—to be too much occupied with himself. But for the aging person, it is a duty and a necessity to give serious attention to himself.” Like Jung, I believe that the end stage in life, where… Read More »Solitude: The Gift of Reflection
Whether you are 60, 70, 80, or even 90, you can use your brain in such a way that this period in your life becomes your happiest and most productive. It begins with an unguarded moment. We have all had the experience of letting our mind wander, and daydreaming about… Read More »Older Adults: Access the Gift of Creativity!
When I was younger, I delighted in the work of Grandma Moses. Imagine, I marveled, starting painting in your 70s! Now, I just shrug, so what? She had a busy life. She was a live-in housekeeper, a wife, a mother of five, and a farmer. Although she painted throughout her… Read More »Creativity And Age—Some Startling Truths
Last week, I tried to find some good news stories about people who are older. My plan was to post them on Facebook, so I could publicize something positive about seniors. I didn’t find any. Not one. Instead I found an article on Alzheimer’s, an article on how badly hospitals… Read More »Is There Any Good News About Getting Older?
What does it take to motivate seniors to exercise? What driving force, deeply embedded in our senior brains causes some of us to put on our gym shoes and go for a brisk walk at 6 am? Or to get in the car and drive for 15 or 20 minutes… Read More »Motivating Seniors to Exercise
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