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Joan Moran is an author, speaker, blogger for Sixty and Me, American Film Institute Fellow, and former Hollywood screenwriter. She holds master's degrees in Theater and Education, taught acting and theater history at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, and is the founder of the Meadows Playhouse, Las Vegas' first year-round theater. She is the author of seven books, including Suddenly Jewish: The Life and Times of My Jewish Mother, and Up From Hell, a Texas crime trilogy. Joan is based in Austin, Texas.

Latest Posts By Joan Frances Moran

2 years ago

Sowing the Seeds of Autumn: 7 Ways to Change Your Life This Coming Season

Season alert: autumn has arrived. This is actually my time of the year because it feels abundantly joyful to adhere to the custom of planting new seeds and witnessing new growth. In a spiritual sense, autumn is about taking inventory and making an assessment…

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2 years ago

5 Lifestyle Ideas for Boomers to Manage Expectations

It’s a rarity that we have time to sit down and reflect on our lives. 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…

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2 years ago

Why Boomers Need to Get Better at Asking the Tough Questions

We all have fears that stop us from thinking about the really important things. Personally, I think that we should be contemplating bigger issues so that we can make informed decisions. Only then can we take action to make the world better…

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2 years ago

4 Ways to Find Your Center This Spring

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…

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2 years ago

Don’t Let These 8 Important Healthy Aging Habits Get Away from You

Life can get super busy. You lunge from pillar to post in a matter of minutes, forget appointments, miss food items from your list at the supermarket, can’t fit in daily exercise, or fail to call people you promised to call…

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3 years ago

A Powerful Reason to Give Gratitude During the Holidays and into the New Year

How many times a day do you give gratitude for your gifts, for your family and for the blessings of your life? I’ll admit it. Some days I forget to make my gratitude intentional, and then when I realize I haven’t done so, I understand why my day is off balance…

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3 years ago

What Does Personal Growth and Transformation Mean for Women Over 60?

It can be infuriating to answer a question with a question. But if you think about the idea of personal growth and transformation as a journey that is in flux every decade of your life, it makes sense to ask one more follow up question. Or, at least, it does to me…

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3 years ago

20 Sure Ways to Wake Up Feeling Positive

Have you ever spent a night in fitful sleep, had disturbing dreams or just awakened at 3 am with a mind so active you had to take a sleeping pill? Or are those just redundant questions? As I’ve gotten older, now in my mid 70s, I’ve noticed that it’s darn…

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3 years ago

3 Ways to Maintain the Allure of Confidence in Your 60s

The most alluring attribute a woman can possess is confidence. Confidence turns heads, makes easy introductions and can stop the world in its tracks. I just spent a week’s vacation with two of my grammar school chums. Each of us is unique…

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3 years ago

Your Adult Children Are All Grown Up. Get Over It!

Having children is overrated. The idea is you raise your kids until they’re 18 and it’s over. No, it isn’t. It’s never over because your those kids become your parents when they grow up. My children are grown and I’d love to get over them, but I can’t…

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