What You Need to Know About Medicare Annual Enrollment Period
Nearly 64 million people use Medicare insurance for their healthcare needs. They are constantly bombarded with advertisements and marketing to get them to review different options. The closer we get to the Annual Enrollment Period, the more…
Read MoreFinding Your Bliss After 60: What Did You Always Want to Be When You Grew Up?
As a child, did you know what you wanted to be when you grew up? Did you aspire to be a teacher, doctor, musician or something else? When I was six, I wanted to be an actress. Your desires of long ago are clues to your innate talents…
Read MoreIt’s Time to Have “The Estate Plan Talk”
While many may recognize that drafting a will is an essential part of their estate plan, most don’t realize that it is an instrument for communicating your intentions. Although it functions as a statement of your estate wishes, it won’t help your children…
Read MoreHow (and Why) to Get a Good Night’s Sleep
My interest in the healing power of sleep really began while recovering from bacterial meningitis four years ago. For weeks after leaving the hospital, I slept 15-20 hours per day. Although this alarmed my caregivers, who wanted me…
Read MoreCan Good Balance Prolong Your Life After 60?
For the last half year, when walking from the parking lot to my office building, I would hop on a curb alongside a lawn and walk it as if it were a balance beam. It does look weird and gets me a fair share of puzzled glances…
Read MoreNeed Extra Income? Here Are 5 Ways to Get It Out of Your Home
If you’re feeling pinched these days, you’re not alone. The combination of pandemic, inflation and global events has dealt us all a wallop. And yet there are still bills to be paid, nest eggs to pad or replenish, home improvements to make and adventures…
Read MoreHonoring My Loved Ones in September, National Suicide Prevention Month
Each year in September, I honor those who have died by suicide. Unfortunately, in my six decades of living, I have to report that I now know seven individuals who have taken their lives. They’re unrelated to each other, but all tragic…
Read MoreWhat Living in Mexico Has Taught Me About the Power of Music
The first soldiers killed in battle are the musicians, for music’s power to inspire. It can change a person’s mood in minutes. It can give form to otherwise incoherent, nascent feelings. Music can take years off a world-weary spirit…
Read MoreHow to Move Past the Wounds of Estrangement and Find Relief
Feeling numb, dumbfounded, angry, and depressed over the angst of being cut off from a family member is expected. Estrangement can occur with adult children, mothers, fathers, siblings, uncles, aunts, grandparents, and grandchildren…
Read MoreLifestyle by Nature or How to Adopt a Style of Living That Helps You Thrive
Earlier this summer, a running friend told me of a book she was reading written by an amazing woman. The more she talked, I began to realize I had met this author. Still a young thing in my 50s, I participated in a Chi Running Workshop…
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