“Can’t we start with what I already have?” My friend’s question reflected her frustration in learning to tweak her golf swing, but it applies to more than golf. She mentioned this while watching my less than stellar warm-up on the driving range. My friend understood my frustration and mentioned her attitude shift. In my opinion, … Read more
Show of hands: whose life is going precisely as planned with only good things happening? Anyone? Anyone?? Not sure I see many hands raised. Maybe your life is like mine and others-it doesn’t always go according to script. The path is not always smooth and curve balls often get thrown our way. What we do … Read more
Maybe it’s because I’m aging, work with older adults or have lost friends and family, but I’m increasingly aware of how limited our moments are in life. I want to maximize my moments. Whether it’s being able to remember better, truly enjoy or impact others in a positive way, all our moments improve when we … Read more
Happy Mindful Monday! Beginning this third week of January exploring goals, it’s usually about now when goals and resolutions fade like an accidentally bleached sock. Multiple reasons (& excuses) are to blame for why this occurs. Those reasons, while essential to identify, are not as important as how to get back on track. A runner … Read more
It’s finally here! No, not the snow that falls this time of year, but the beginning of the holiday season. Thanksgiving typically marks the start, although it certainly seems as if it’s already begun with holiday advertising in full swing. Most of the retail world can’t capitalize on Thanksgiving, so they skip over it to the holidays … Read more
Focusing on brain awareness this month, let’s look at what I call the three S’s important to brain wellness: Stress, Sleep and Socialization. Each of these play an important role in our how well the brain functions day to day and throughout our lifetime. While we understand stress in its various forms is detrimental to … Read more