As you try to maintain the collective sanity during this maybe-last-first phase of the coronavirus, you can be sure the pandemic is wearing on everyone. Though at first the pandemic looked impossible to endure, you have endured. You’ve self-quarantined, isolated, hibernated, bloviated, and generally imploded a few times. It’s only natural. No need to pile […]
MANAGE YOUR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH IN DIFFICULT TIMES
For decades, boomers have been exposed to a myriad of changes, and you have managed your mental and emotional health in difficult times. The good news is that your are still here by the grace of either good genes, mindful health practices, or just plain luck. My favorite song from Stephen Sondheim’s Follies is called “I’m Still […]
4 TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL HOLIDAYS WITH BLENDED FAMILIES
Celebrating holidays are often difficult and awkward, especially with blended families and strangers. One of the quirkiest Thanksgiving holidays I attended happened in the early 80s. I had recently moved with my two sons from Las Vegas to La Jolla, California. Because I had no family for the holiday, I was invited to dine with […]
5 Helpful Steps to Creating A Fulfilling Future
How often do you think about creating your third act? If you are my age, days ago turning 76, you might think about it more often than not. You’re comfortable now, and yet, you somehow feel that there will be a few adjustments or changes in your future. After all, this is your third act, […]
EMBRACING TRAVEL: MY TRIP TO VIETNAM
My first travel memory comes from the time when I was eight. My parents, who embraced the love of travel when they were newly married in the early 1930s, introduced my brother and I to the wonders of travel with a road trip in 1952 – to all 50 states. I accompanied my parents on […]
TAKE CARE OF YOUR TEETH AFTER 60
I was recently sitting at a dinner table in Vietnam with fellow tourists on one of our first nights together. The woman sitting next to me said something I didn’t hear because I was distracted by the poor condition of her teeth. Her teeth were a shade of gray flecked with yellow, and it was […]
TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEARING LOSS AFTER 60
When I was in high school and a smart-aleck with my friends, we used to tease my dad because it as obvious that he wasn’t taking care of his hearing loss. Thank goodness he had a great sense of humor and a knowing sense of self. My dad was in his 60s and in pretty […]
TAKE CARE OF YOUR EYES AFTER 60
Entering your 60s can be overwhelming when it comes to feeling that your body, particularly your eyes, are not functioning to their best capacity. You imagine all sorts of imaginary issues, talk about cataract surgery, and then put it aside for another time.. Yet, underneath the attempt to age well, there resides an underlying fear […]
5 Lifestyle Ideas for Boomers to Manage Expectations
It’s a rarity that you have time to sit down and reflect about how to manage expectations. Self-reflection is considered a luxury instead of a necessity.. You rush from pillar to post and the minutes tick by until the end of the day when you literally fall into bed. There you drift into a stupor […]
5 Mistakes Women Make on the Road to Happiness
Before I made an intentional decision at the beginning of this year to wake up every day with joy, I thought about 5 mistakes that women make on the road to happiness. I began to draw a considerable list of no-nos – thinking patterns that produce adverse effects on the unconscious mind and reflect negatively in the […]