What kind of day is it going to be? Most of us turn to the weather report for a forecast. The truth is that it doesn’t matter if it’s sunny or rainy, as much as what’s going on inside you. So instead, tune in to your internal weather. Scan your inner sky for signs of…
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Shortcut Radical Change
We come to expect and mourn loss of cognitive functioning as part of aging. Oliver Sachs suggests that the opposite is also true. We can — and should –create new pathways everyday.
Jumpstart Gross National Happiness
Instead of wishing Congress would adopt Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness as the metric of success, I decided to adopt it now. This personal commitment to trade in the currency of happiness has had immediate, as well as long range effects that amaze me. I wondered what acts I could do to have an immediate impact…
#5 Aging Parents
The fifth most important concern to women facing 50 and beyond is aging parents. At some point, everything switches from the conceptual awareness to a maze you have to navigate blindfolded. For me, it came in a phone call, “Mom has had a stroke.” For Kathy, it was being a passenger in her dad’s car….
Top Concerns of Women Facing 50 and beyond
At about age 50, women encounter new demands, desires, and biological realities that are not reflected in the media or popular culture. Added to those changes, the state of the economy is forcing women to redefine many things they previously took for granted. How have these dynamics affected what women of this age group care…
A case of life and breath
The latest scientific breakthrough proves that breathing is good for you. Scientists are now linking our full and easy breathing with healthy immune, digestive, circulatory systems — even benefiting genetic expression. I use breath work in my practice, because it produces so many benefits ranging from a calmer mind to a feeling of well-being to…
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Vitamin P – Up Your Doseage
If you believe that vitamins are the secret to well being and longevity, then be sure to add mega-doses of vitamin P. We certainly didn’t learn about it in school, probably because vitamin P is pleasure. However, according to a 41 year study, pleasure is the key to a long and satisfying life. Dr Christiane…
Escape Negative Thinking
Four escape hatches that get you off the downward spiral. The challenge of transition is that you have to let yourself be in the void to get to a new place. The void will not match your expectations – if they did, you wouldn’t be in a void. No one else can tell you the…
Sisters make people happier
Deborah Tannen puts her lens to findings by Dr Tony Cassidy of the University of Ulster in the New York Times. Dr Cassidy concludes that “Sisters appear to encourage more open communication and cohesion in families. However, brothers seem to have the alternative effect. Emotional expression is fundamental to good psychological health and having sisters…