Inspiration

Oh dear, what a tangle of banners and cries, Of “My truth is truer!” and “Mine’s far more wise!” Of temples and doctrines and sacred decrees, All wrapped up in “holiness”. . . if you please. They march and they shout and they thump and they pound, With righteousness ringing (a very loud sound). But peek past the noise, past the flags that they wave…

Virginia once raced through the world like a woman with a personal vendetta against gravity. In her Go-Go years, she was a force of high-stakes motion. Whether she was organizing a midnight rescue for a stray llama in the Andes or perfecting the art of “extreme gardening” by planting two hundred tulip bulbs in a single afternoon, Virginia lived at a relentless pace…

Self-improvement has never been easier with a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips. Everywhere you look there is advice on faith, diet, relationships, travel, finances and career from a wide range of sources. For anyone on a self-improvement journey, it doesn’t take long to realize that delving too deeply into the self-help …

If you haven’t had this moment yet, you likely will. You look around at a life you built with care, effort, and sacrifice. And instead of clarity, you feel a quiet question underneath it all. Who am I now? It is easy to say you “lost yourself.”

At the heart of every fulfilling lifestyle is someone who embraces being the designer of their own destiny. But for most of us who are in our 60s and over, instead of being encouraged to be the star of our own lifestyle, we were likely shown how to be the supporting character…

How do you measure: are you losing or winning? Is life full of triumph or slightly head-spinning? Here’s a small exercise, simple yet wise: Take stock of your “big deals” – your lows and your highs. Your marriages, missteps, your loves and your losses, Your brilliant “I nailed it” or “Oh Well . . . that was crosses.” Your children, your choices…

I am someone who loves quotes. Saving them has changed over the years along with changes in my life and technology. I used to cut them out of magazines and paste them in a scrapbook, then I printed them out and added them to journals. When I started teaching, I would start each class with a PowerPoint slide highlighting…

At various points in my life, I have apparently been a proud member of multiple demographic clubs, none of which I remember signing up for. Born in 1963, I was considered to be on the tail end of the WWII Baby Boom movement, aptly named the Boomer generation…

Have difficult life circumstances ever influenced you to doubt your resolve to make positive changes to your lifestyle? This has happened to me more than once. The most recent was a few short years ago, following my husband Joe’s death. I was deeply saddened and overcome…

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to feel like you’re falling short? You might be having a perfectly good day… and then suddenly, there it is. An advert for a new skincare product. A “miracle” supplement. A fitness routine promising to flatten, lift…