Our Voices Matter – 4 Simple Steps to Gain Confidence as a Speaker
As I walked behind two professionally dressed older men, I couldn’t help but overhear their conversation. I was heading to a class that promised to address public speaking anxiety. Apparently, these two men were headed in the same direction…
Read MoreThe Terror of Inheriting a Mess Part 3: Your Scary Stories
After sharing Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, and since I keep receiving comments, emails, and shared stories from readers and other women I have talked with recently, I thought it only fitting to finish with one more blog on the scariest day of the year…
Read MoreTo Sleep or Not to Sleep: How Feng Shui Can Help Banish Your Senior Insomnia
For a variety of reasons, many of us over 60 experience sleep issues. You may have a hard time falling asleep or wake up in the middle of the night and can’t get back to sleep. Or maybe you just wake up too early…
Read MoreBattling the Cost of Living Over the Years
We are all worrying about prices and the cost of energy, aren’t we? We wonder how we will cope this winter. I feel for young families in 2022. But it has made me think what life was like. I grew up in the 1950s when…
Read MoreStaying Social After 60: How to Make Someone’s Day by Watching for Opportunities to Connect
What’s the first thing you do every morning? I used to stretch, touch my toes and take a few deep breaths. Now I instinctively reach for my iPhone to see what new disaster looms on the horizon. And so the day begins…
Read MoreHow to Balance Freedom and Commitment in Your Marriage After 60
It takes more than love and determination to make a marriage work. People in successful marriages know that they have to compromise, they have to accept a certain loss of independence, sacrifice some of their goals, and more often…
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 MoreLife After Retirement Without a Car? It’s Easier Than You Think!
Like most American teenagers, I couldn’t wait to get my first driver’s license. That was more years ago than I care to admit, and I’ve had a love-hate relationship with driving ever since. Of course, I loved the freedom driving…
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 MoreTwo Words That Help When Someone Experiences a Death or Loss
When someone in your life circle passes away, everyone in that circle feels the heaviness of grief in one way or another. It’s hard to know what to say to relatives, friends, or even acquaintances as they experience deep grief and loss…
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