I just returned from a three-week trip to northern Spain and Portugal. Every day, every minute, I was living outside my comfort zone. Granted, I was having a fabulous time, given that I was encountering new people, places and things, learning about new cultures, food, and different ways of living life. Yet, it took me […]
5 Powerful Rituals of Mentally Strong People
It is a myth that you are born with characteristics that make you mentally strong throughout your life. The truth is, you can develop mental strength with practice, fortitude, and intention as you grow and develop your personality. In a previous blog for Sixty and Me, I suggested you have the power to stretch your mind […]
Mental Self-Defense after 60
The idea that you can retain the power to stretch your mind after you hit 60 and still have the ability to mentally defend yourself against the negative influences that often pervade your consciousness powerfully increases your sense of self and well-being. Mind stretching is the process of teaching the brain a new way of […]
AN ODE TO WOMEN OVER 60: LEAN INTO THE EQUALITY YOU DESERVE
Women are amazing creations! We have been mythologized, idealized, idolized, lionized, patronized, held up as paragons of virtues, and painted as fallen angels. That’s why I love being a woman and adore feeling the feminine deep inside myself. And I also revere what being a woman represents in mythology, psychology, and society. It’s not just […]
4 WAYS TO FIND YOUR CENTER
Since the popularity of the modern yoga and meditation movement several decades ago, specifically the late 80s and early 90s, practitioners and gurus have focused on creating a stronger connection between the mind, body, and spirit. The mind, body, spirit connection defines your center, your true self. By knowing and understanding your center, you discover […]
19 Lessons Your Conscious Mind Can Teach You
Today Is Everyday, And everyday is an opportunity to learn something fabulous about who You Are. Maybe it’s just a human thing, but I think we spend too much time seeking help from outside resources to find happiness and fulfillment. We listen to presentations on how to reinvent ourselves, how to increase happiness, how to […]
AN ACCIDENTAL CUBAN: WRITING AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS
When I talk about the launch for my coming book, An Accidental Cuban, friends and acquaintances respond with a smile and positive reinforcement. And then they tell me how much they want to write their story. They also ask how I got the idea to write about a Cuban national who desperately wants to leave the island, and how […]
3 Ways to Enhance Creativity: Color,Contrast, and Curiosity
Retirement is a fruitful time to develop creative projects and activities that inspire and increase the general health of your mind, body, and spirit. So, let’s get creative!
5 Ways To Manage Your Expectations
As women who have lived for over five decades, we already know that central to most problems in the human condition is the idea that you create expectations for many situations in life. It’s an emotional sink hole, highly difficult to maintain. An expectation is an assumption that something in the future will happen, or […]
5 Effective Ways to Stay Motivated After 60
On those days when your mature woman mojo isn’t motivated and your mind and body refuse to move, what effective techniques do you use to stay on a positive path? Game On The struggle begins when you pull the bed covers off your comfy, warm body and start your day with a hot coffee or […]