What You Should Know if Your Grandchild Is Born Different
When your cell phone rang and you saw the call was from your son or daughter, you were full of heart fluttering anticipation. You had been waiting so long to hear the words, “Mom, you are going to be a grandmother…”
Read MoreDecluttering the Nest: Helping Your Adult Children (and You!) to Move Forward
Why is it that so many adult children use their parents’ home to store all their childhood mementos? What effect does this have on them? And how does it affect the parents who allow it? When my husband and I bought our current home…
Read MoreCan Litter Pick Up Help Minimize Global Pollution? 72-Year-Old Action Nan Certainly Thinks So!
As a podcaster, I interview influential guests from all over the world. Many are super accomplished and work for the most prestigious media outlets and organizations. Some have massive followings. One is an Academy Award winner. Most are involved…
Read MoreHow to Restore and Reconnect with Your Childhood Imagination
When it comes to the power of your imagination, consider Albert Einstein’s famous quote, when he said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress…
Read MoreSearching for Some Kind of “Normal”
I spent over a year alone in my house, connected to the world through my computer and my phone, with promises of a vaccine and dreams of “getting back to normal.” To be honest, at that point, it wasn’t really clear to me what “normal” was any more…
Read MoreHaving Trouble with the Stairs? Don’t Just Accept It!
Do you struggle with steps, stairs or kerbs (especially on the way down)? Would you like to feel stronger, steadier and more confident on stairs, particularly when you’re out and about? If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. As a specialist exercise instructor…
Read MoreGrandchildren with Back-To-School Butterflies? These Books Will Calm Them Down
My last article included books to help your grandchildren get ready for school socially and emotionally. The books I am recommending in this article are more traditional, dealing with the uncertainties and anxieties that come every year with the beginning…
Read MoreBooks to Help Your Grandchildren Polish Their Social Skills in Time for School
School is right around the corner for your grandchildren. The start of school can be challenging in a typical year, but this is not the usual start of school. Many children have been learning remotely and will have to adjust to being with classmates again. Every year, countless back-to-school books flood the market, but many […]
Read MoreAre You Happy with How Your Grandchildren Are Being Raised?
As your children take that giant step of becoming parents themselves, what do you feel about how they are doing? Some grandmothers are highly impressed with the way their grandchildren are being brought up. Others are disappointed…
Read MoreSigns of Animal Spirit Guides in Times of Uncertainty
I was sitting in my favorite chair, pen poised over notepaper, wondering how to introduce this heartwarming post, when I caught a glimpse of a large shadow moving past my living room window. I glanced outside but didn’t see anything unusual…
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