Have you ever noticed that happiness doesn’t just “happen,” even when life is going well? Maybe you have a lovely home, good friends, and plenty of reasons to feel grateful – yet the spark just isn’t there. That doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with you…

This little phrase can help you in the smallest tasks throughout your day, or in very large decisions that will affect your future. What is it that you are wondering about doing today, or wishing you were on the other side of?

I’ll be the first to admit that finding gift ideas for women over 60 is tough – even when you’re one yourself! As I’ve gotten a little older, I’ve started to notice that buying presents for my friends has become more difficult…

Chances are that during the course of your lifetime, or maybe more so in your 50s and 60s, you’ve known people who’ve said that they wanted to end their lives. Perhaps they were victims of trauma or were dealing with physical…

I don’t think I’m going out on a limb when I say we’re living in troubling times. But rather than spending our time getting into all of that, I prefer instead we turn our attention in an even more important direction: to our own experience in it all…

At 67, Clare realized that she’d been asking herself the wrong question her entire life. Fall was settling into Oregon, the morning light filtering through Douglas firs where the first leaves were beginning to turn. The season here held a quiet grace, so different from the dramatic autumn…

I NEVER cry. Honestly. I was one of those people who just did not shed tears. I felt sad many, many times over my 70+ years. I might get a lump in my throat during a sad movie or stressful time but no eye leakage. Some tears dropped when I initially…

I’ve been thinking lately about how many of us have a longing or desire that has either been put on pause, pushed aside, or temporarily or permanently forgotten. Or talents, abilities, and skills that are just waiting to be discovered. For instance, I recently heard a story of a woman…

Self-compassion practices are exercises that allow us to treat ourselves with the same warmth and understanding we would offer a dear friend. After decades of caring for others (children, partners, careers), learning to extend that kindness inward can become an act of self-love…

We’ve seen the brochures. You know the ones – smiling, gray-haired couples are playing tennis, having dinner on a patio, toasting during a midnight sail. Celebrating The Perfect Retirement.  But is the entire retired world lounging at the golf course 24/7?