Why Do We Remember Our Mistakes More Than Our Lives?
There’s something I’ve come to notice as I’ve gotten older, and once I saw it, I couldn’t unsee it. It is this basic truth: We don’t give ourselves much credit. When I look back on my life, the facts are there. I built and ran businesses. I bought, remodeled, and sold twenty-six homes. I earned a pilot’s license. I played in bands…
Read MoreThe First Step to Survive and Thrive After Divorce – Change Your Thoughts
Conflicted feelings and emotions are at an all-time high after the transition through divorce. Sometimes it’s terribly challenging to control and channel reactions to people or situations in a positive, constructive way; and as a result…
Read MoreHelping Grandchildren Practice with Money
You may remember watching your children or nieces/nephews spend “their” money differently than “your” money? Suddenly, what they asked you to buy, was not what they were willing to spend their own money on, remember that? That always made me chuckle. And now I am seeing the same scenario in our grandchildren…
Read MoreAm I Normal? 7 Emotional Changes Women Over 60 Don’t Expect
For many women, midlife is a time when they begin to recognize that something feels different. It’s not a dramatic moment, but more like a quiet realization that things have changed in ways you weren’t expecting…
Read MoreDon’t Be a Bother (Unless You’re Ordering a Sandwich)
There’s a familiar conversation that happens whenever I go out to eat with certain people in my life. It begins the way most dinner plans do. “What do you feel like having tonight?” “Oh, it doesn’t matter.” “Really, anything is fine.” “You pick.” “Whatever’s easiest.” This is meant to be helpful…
Read MoreWant to Enrich Your Life After 60? Embrace Traditions, Old and New
What traditions do you celebrate with family and friends? Traditions have an important place in our lives, and as I grow older, I value them more than ever. This month, I took part in a decades-old tradition with friends and created a new one with a family member…
Read MoreChasing Horizons: A Journey Worth Taking
If we were the pilots of our own flight of life’s fulfillment and meaning, would the Universe choose who would accompany us on our journey? Let’s see. There would be a flight crew, a co-pilot, passengers…
Read MoreLife in Three Dimensions: A Book About Seeking a Good Life
If you step into your ideal self at age 95 and look back, what do you want to see? Is it a life of happiness? Of meaning? Certainly, you want to feel…
Read MoreAre Assumptions Ending Our Relationships?
ast weekend I was taking a walk, looked down at the sidewalk and saw a small black circle next to a small hole and below was a curved branch in the shape of a wide U. What I saw in total was a smiley face staring back at me. Seeing that smiley face led me to think of current events both personal and universal…
Read MorePoem: From Victim to Creator
Oh, the “V” word is clever. It whispers, “Their fault.” And saves pain and bruises to hold in your vault. It catalogs injuries, polishes blame, Hands you a banner emblazoned with shame. It points out the villains, rehashing their crimes, And tells the same story, time after time.
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