Writing a Legacy Letter for a Less Than Perfect Parent
What do you do if you want to write a tribute legacy letter to your parent, but he or she is not the perfect parent? Read More
The Power of Resilience: Don’t Give Up at Any Age
The Boomer generation is carrying forward a challenging and powerful story. We are telling a story about resilience. Read More
Starting a “Death Cafe” is an Opportunity to Discuss Your Fear of Death (Video)
At some point in our lives, each and every one of us has a fear of death. This is completely natural. Perhaps you first thought about your mortality when you lost someone close to you as a child. Or, perhaps you started thinking about death as a teenager. Read More
Introducing Death Café: How Talking Can Help You Overcome Your Fear of Dying
Ok, I have a confession to make. As much as I know that it is counterproductive, I often find myself thinking about death. Read More
What is a Death Café and How Can it Help You to Get More from Life?
If I asked you to imagine a Death Café, what kinds of images pop into your mind? If you instantly conjured up a picture of people wearing black, talking in hushed voices and drawing strange symbols, you wouldn’t be alone. I suspect that many people would have the same gut reaction. Read More
Women Over 60 – You Are Far Stronger Than You Imagine!
Like most women in the Sixty and Me community, there have been times in my life when I have felt completely overwhelmed. I have also faced situations that I could have never predicted – some positive and some downright scary! Read More
What’s on Your Happiness List?
Have you ever noticed how easy it is to forget all of the positive things in your life and focus on the negative? Why is it that our worries spin in our heads, while thinking about what we are grateful for requires conscious effort? Read More
5 Mistakes that Stop People from Finding Happiness After 50
If there’s one thing that I have learned since starting Sixty and Me it’s that happiness after 50 is a choice. You can invest in your health, wealth and happiness. Or, you can let yourself go. You can build a solid foundation for the future. Or, you can accept age-related problems as inevitable. Read More
The Bucket List: 5 Tools for Getting More from Life After 60
I was recently a participant at the Healthy Aging Conference – Taking Control of Your Life, hosted by the UCLA Longevity Center. Since I am a boomer and a senior, Dr. Gary Small, Director of the UCLA Longevity Center at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, thought I would be a good a good candidate to serve on a panel titled Bucket List: Setting and Focusing on Goals. Read More
How to Be Happier this New Year in 6 Easy Steps
What does happiness mean to you?
Often when people are young, we have a rather regimented idea of happiness – we might have thought, when we were younger, “I’ll be happy when I get to a certain place in my career,” or “I’ll be happy when I win the approval and esteem of my friends,” or “I’ll be happy when I can fit into that beautiful dress at the store,” or “I’ll be happy when I get to go on that nice vacation next summer.” Read More