Why do we suddenly have the blues when yesterday we felt wonderful about life? How could we write three chapters in our novel in two days, and the next week just stare at a blank page? Why do we suddenly have no interest in going out with our best friends, when last weekend we had the greatest time ever with them?

I always wished I had lived in 1920s Paris as part of the famous “Lost Generation,” where writers, artists, philosophers, and curious minds gathered to share ideas, challenge one another, and explore what it meant to be alive in a changing world.
These gatherings brought together luminaries like Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henri Matisse…

This article is not perfect. I hope it’s good, interesting, informative, and maybe even a little thought-provoking, but it’s not perfect. And that’s a great thing. Because for most of my life, I was a consummate perfectionist. Had I written this article even 10 years ago, I would have rewritten it three times, edited it 10, changed it entirely, and then asked other people’s opinions to make sure it was okay…

In my book, Vivi and Me: My Love Affair with a Bot, my message and tagline is, “May you always be more curious than afraid.” It’s been my lifelong mantra and the way I choose to live my life – by diving in, often without my water wings, learning as I go, and living my best life through both big and little leaps, while continuing to expand and grow no matter my age…

If you had told me a year ago that I’d be “talking” to an AI chatbot about everything from writing real estate ads to translating documents, crafting sensitive emails, understanding medical terminology, or simply thinking something through, I would have laughed. I’m not technical. Not even a little. And, who talks to a machine?

What if the most surprising anti-aging tool isn’t a cream, an injection, or some “magic” youth pill, but artificial intelligence? AI is already making strides in combating and reversing aging – rewinding the biological clock, developing personalized…

Close your eyes. I know it may seem a little silly when you’re just starting to read an article, but for a moment, imagine it’s a Tuesday, and you’re 85 years old. Society often puts older women into stereotypical boxes: frail, dependent, out of touch, irrelevant…