5 Powerful Reasons to Embrace the Unexpected After 60
If you’re like me, life seems perfect when there is a manageable routine. I’m not a stick-in-the-mud, but I like it when I can plan ahead, when I know how my day is going to go and when I feel confident about the tasks on my to-do list…
Read More60, Estranged, and Stuck in Negative Thinking? Three Keys to Moving Forward
Estrangement is a depressing affair. Chronic stress, grief, uncertainty, and negative thoughts are involved in this widespread condition. 27 percent of estranged individuals, emotionally or physically separated from one or more family members…
Read More7 Healthy Aging Foods that Will Also Make You Happier
We always need good nutrition, no matter our age! But as we age, our diet begins to be of greater importance – in our lifestyle, our moods, how we handle menopause and post-menopause – and for remaining as youthful as possible for as long as possible…
Read MoreHave You Told Your Grandchild Their Backstory? You Should!
When our first grandchild was born, I was enveloped with the sense of continuity, similar to the feeling that I had when my first child was born. I could almost viscerally feel the past flowing through me to the future, to him…
Read MoreAn Epidemic of Another Kind: Financial Illiteracy Among Young and Old
Quarantine. Lockdown. Shelter in place. Social distancing. Covid-19. Who heard of these terms before, or even knew what they meant – let alone were intentionally living them every day – until 2020!? Hopefully, going forward, none of us will spend…
Read MoreThe Myth of Prince Charming
More than once, as an adult, I wished a magical knight in shining armor would come and carry me away from my problems. I knew this was not going to happen, but I still yearned for the happily ever after fairytale ending with Prince Charming…
Read MoreHow Poetry Changed Since the Time We Went to School
When most of us were in grade school, we were mainly exposed to classical poets such as Chaucer and Shakespeare. Mixed in might have been some limerick poems…
Read MoreHow Real Freedom Lies in Knowing When to Say, “I’ve Had Enough”
You push away from the dinner table because you’ve had enough to eat, averting obesity and health problems. You have a lovely glass of wine instead of too many, because you know one is enough…
Read MoreExperiencing the Joy of Cooking
Have you ever cooked from Irma Rombauer’s The Joy of Cooking? Please raise your hand. I can’t see you, of course, but I would guess there are quite a few. It was a sort of cooking bible in my house in the 1950s. My father…
Read MoreThe Importance of Setting Goals When You’re Flying Solo After 60
Many of us find ourselves living alone as we get older, whether through death, divorce or a lifelong commitment to singleness. Many of us embrace this independence, while others are not as comfortable with it…
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