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1 year ago

Your Midlife Wake-Up Call: The Liberating Art of Forgetting

Let’s face it. You’ve spent decades accumulating. Accumulating memories, responsibilities, worries, habits, maybe even grudges. Your mind is a jam-packed attic of experiences, some cherished, some, let’s just say, past their expiration date. But what if I told…

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1 year ago

The Fascinating World of Dreams

I am captivated by dreams and what they tell us. But I am not an expert. Just someone who has tried to interpret my own dreams – and occasionally those of my family, when asked. Do you dream a lot? It can be very interesting to try to make sense of dreams…

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1 year ago

Brother Time and Sister Space

According to Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, time and space are dimensions of the Time-Space Continuum. I picture the two dimensions as members of the same family, envisioning a sibling rivalry between time and his sister space…

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1 year ago

Setting Myself Up for a Good Day

Amidst the natural disasters, troubling news and unsettled political climate that surrounds me lately, I’ve had to level up my intentions for a peaceful and content life, adding a few extra habits into my daily practice that help me maintain an optimistic spirit, even when it feels…

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1 year ago

How to Handle Criticism and Stop Living for Other People’s Opinions

Ever find yourself replaying a critical comment over and over in your mind? Maybe it was something your boss said about your work, or a friend’s off-hand remark about your choices. Whatever it was, criticism has a way of sticking with us – especially if we’re used to seeking…

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1 year ago

How the Decisions You Make Communicate Your Priorities and Values After 60

All day long, you make decisions – some large, some small. Each one of them reflects the things that you feel are important. What is the basis for this or that decision? It’s something that may not be immediately apparent as you go about…

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1 year ago

How Happy Do You Feel in Your Own Skin? Growing Old May Have Something to Do with It

An old friend and I were chatting recently via email. She had sent me a photograph she had taken of me earlier that day. I replied that it made me notice how very white my hair is and that I needed a haircut…

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1 year ago

How to Bounce Back from Failure After 60

I know J.K. Rowling’s story by heart – the young, impoverished single mother who stayed true to her writing dream in the face of a failed marriage and what she saw as a failed career choice. The urgency of her situation turned her desire…

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1 year ago

5 Actionable Approaches to Gain the Upper Hand Over Loneliness

As part of humanity, we all experience loneliness occasionally. I know I have. When I was first divorced in 2000 and found myself spending major holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas alone for the first time, I didn’t know what to do with myself…

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1 year ago

Self-Confidence – How Can You Achieve It?

According to research done by the Body Shop, 1 in 2 women feel more self-doubt than self-love. Tragic! But why do women doubt themselves? And what can they do to boost their self-confidence? Before answering these questions…

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