The idea of aging with grace has multiple definitions. It’s different for everyone: presence, elegance, refinement, and ease are a few qualities associated with aging. To achieve a state of grace is to achieve a healthy, well-balanced life full of joy and respect. Sounds simple, yet, aging gracefully is a learning process, or a re-learning […]
Anxious About Aging? Get Rid of the Fears
Are you anxious about aging? Don’t be. I recently read David Bowie’s quote and smiled: “Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been.” I’m being mindful of that mantra every day of my life since the age of 50. We all know that age is more an attitude […]
Morning Motivation: 12 Reasons to Get Out of Bed
As published in The Huffington Post Getting out of bed in the morning required motivation. Sometimes be the most difficult activity of the day, especially when you are retired. Some might call getting out of bed an ordeal, some might say it’s painful, but no matter what you label the first waking minutes of the […]
5 Ways To Reduce Stress and Find Balance in Life After 60
As published in Sixty and Me: I’ve spent a lifetime aging and had my fair share of stress while pursuing balance. And, if you are part of the boomer generation, you know what I mean. Sometimes the decades go by and you wake up and you’re 64! How did that happen? Where did the time […]
6 Ways To Find Your Inner Genius
From the Huffington Post, July 28, 2015 I’m reading Walter Isaacson’s latest book, The Innovators. It took me three weeks to get past page 20. Reading the early chapters took on epic proportion as every night I plowed through two or three pages trying to understand what in the world these innovators were trying to accomplish. […]
Are We Having Fun Yet?
Joan Frances Moran is a regular columnist for Women of Power Magazine Are we having Fun yet? How many times have you been invited to lunch, or dinner, to a club or to the movies with high expectations about what will happen? How fun it will be! Getting together with the girls or in a […]
GPS of the Mind: 5 Ways to Keep Directional
Published in the Huffington Post, July 14, 2015 Plutarch said, The whole life of a man is but a point in time; let us enjoy it. Plutarch’s quote reminds me of a 4-year-old black Labrador dog called NoLa, named for the city of New Orleans. After years of not being able to be dog trained, my […]
7 Ways To Create A Successful Life
Life doesn’t have to be perfect for it to be wonderful. The possibility of creating a successful life that is balanced and blissful keeps options and opportunities alive so we can grow and change. To create a successful life also means being comfortable with what fits with who you are and who you want to […]
5 AMAZING FACTS YOU CAN LEARN FROM YOURSELF
Today is everyday. And everyday is an opportunity to learn something fabulous about who you are. Think of your life as a giant goodie basket. You can use everything in this goodie basket to your advantage, such as taking on life’s challenges head on, meeting important needs or finding personal and professional success. Life is a […]
Kick Butt Every Day
I was talking to my bestest friend today and we both said the same thing at the same time: Kick Butt Every Day and give that day the best of who you are. We were drinking our TGIF margaritas after I gave him a tango lesson as is our usual ritual at the end of the […]