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1 year ago

The Magic of Shine in Our 60s, or How Comparing Ourselves to Others Can Actually Ruin Our Lives

A few years ago, in 2011, I saw Rita Moreno in her one-woman theatre piece, Rita Moreno: Life without Makeup. She was spectacular – singing, and dancing. She was in her early 80s. Now she is 87 and still performing on the Netflix show, One Day At A Time…

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1 year ago

Grieving the Living: Coping with Ambiguous Loss

Loss comes in many forms. Some losses are tangible, like the passing of a loved one, while others are intangible – difficult to define and often harder to grieve. Ambiguous loss is one such experience: the profound sense of mourning for someone who is still alive. It’s a grief…

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1 year ago

Discipline and Detention: Looking Back at School in the 1950s

My husband and I had an unusual experience this week. We visited his old school, along with about 60 other men in their 60s and above. There were also a few other wives. Let me explain why we were there, and the impact of the visit…

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1 year ago

Changing How We See the World Around Us

When we witness a breathtaking sunset or the quiet unfolding of a morning, do we dismiss it with: I’ve seen this before – one sunset is like any other, one dawn is much the same as the last? There’s truth in this, but it’s not the whole truth. Each sunrise follows the same rhythm…

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1 year ago

5 Ways to Live a Life of Elegance and Grace After 60

I strive to live in the moment each day because of all these demands. We have opportunities every day to learn from the decisions we make. Many of these choices make us stronger. Still, we can struggle with several emotions…

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1 year ago

Personal Growth: How to Be Your Best Over 60

As we enter our 60s, we may often find ourselves frustrated. Life may not have turned out exactly as we had planned or hoped. There can be unexpected challenges or obstacles that make it more difficult to fulfill the visions we may have had of our “golden years”…

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1 year ago

How the Intermittent Pleasure Practice Can Help You to Find Calm in Your Life

Have you heard all the buzz about this brand-new way to bring calm and happiness to your life? It’s called IPP – the Intermittent Pleasure Practice. Maybe not. I just made it up. But my silly pseudo-science name is based on…

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1 year ago

Spirituality: A Pathway to Inner Peace

In our fast-paced, stressful world of heavy traffic, long commutes, crowds of people, intense work demands, and constant bombardment with news of political upheaval and war, there is another way of looking at the world – a way that brings peace. This worldview…

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1 year ago

The Hidden Value of Your Ordinary Life

We have just passed through all the big holidays, ending with New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day. At the end of the year, many of us like to have some time for reflection, not just of the past year but often over our lives in general. When we do, it’s easy to feel discouraged…

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1 year ago

How Best to Manifest: According to Dr. Jim Doty

In my last article for Sixty and Me I shared Dr. Doty ‘s new neuroscience of the brain’s manifestation process. Dr. Doty is a neuroscientist and a neurosurgeon. He recently wrote the book Mind Magic: The Neuroscience of Manifestation and How It Changes Everything…

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