Don’t Want to Spend My 70s Regretting My Past
I recently finished reading The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. It is an unusual novel because the story unfolds through letters, emails and other correspondence. While reading it, I began wondering whether I was still carrying regrets or punishing myself for decisions I made years, perhaps even decades, ago…
Read MoreThe Gift of Past Regrets
As a certified mindfulness meditation teacher, I have taught these practices in different spaces, and one of my favorites was teaching in my community’s park and recreation programs. Interestingly over the years the classes I offered expanded from teaching mindfulness/meditation to facilitating workshops on transitioning to retirement…
Read MoreDealing with Divorce Regret After 60? Here’s What to Do!
Does this ever happen to you? There you are, going along with your day, minding your own business and it hits you. The whiny, super-annoying feeling that tells you that no matter what you did during your marriage, it just wasn’t good enough…
Read MoreDear Me: Reflections, Regrets, and the Strength I Found
Dear Me, I’ve been thinking about you – the younger version, the braver version, the version who didn’t yet know how easily fear disguises itself as practicality. I want to start with this: you were not lazy, unmotivated, or lacking ambition. You were cautious. And when you are young, caution can quietly reroute an entire life…
Read MoreThe Rescue-and-Regret Cycle: Why You Keep Getting Pulled Back In
You promised yourself it wouldn’t happen again. You’d stop answering those late-night calls. You’d quit sending money you don’t have. You’d stop fixing problems that aren’t yours to fix. But then, the voice on the other end trembles – your adult child’s, or maybe your ex’s…
Read MoreLife Regrets – How to Stop the “What Ifs” That Haunt You
Life has a way of stirring up an array of uncomfortable thoughts and questions, especially as we get older. Just when we thought we had things neatly organized and our past tucked away where it belongs, we’re hit with the dreaded, “What if?” Women in particular…
Read More65 Regrets from a 65-Year-Old Woman: The Surprising Ways Mistakes Morph into Wisdom
I just turned 65. Which means I now qualify for senior discounts, mammogram reminders in a slightly larger font, and (if society has its way) an invisibility cloak for women of my age. But I’m not wearing it. Nor buying into society’s ageist nonsense. The truth is: I”m happier now…
Read MoreThe Silver Agony Aunt Responds: Assisted Living and Regrets
The Silver Agony Aunt responds to these question: “How do you make sure assisted living is the best possible option for a loved one, and how can you overcome feeling regret over some decisions, even though you did the best you could at the time?”
Read MoreDo You Have “I Wish I Would Have…” Regrets?
Are you a list maker? Or do you use them to help you move forward and stay organized? One of the most common To Dos on our “list” as we get older, whether it is written down or in our head, is the matter of taking action on the most procrastinated…
Read MoreRecycling Regrets – Was It All an Advertising Program?
How gullible can this consumer be? I’ve been hearing and seeing bits and pieces of reports recently that recycling of plastics really has not been, nor was intended to be, fully implemented. And further, that the industry knew it would be infeasible…
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