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3 Tips for Addressing Chronic or Frequent Urinary Tract Irritation
If you or anyone you know has suffered with a urinary tract infection, then you are aware that burning, urgency, frequency, and irritation are often …
Bed Rest is Particularly Dangerous for Seniors
Not all of our honored elders end up spending an extended time in the hospital, but when one of them does, there are certain things that we should …
How to Adapt to Age Related Sensory Decline
Glasses and Hearing Aides and Walkers, oh My! Before I was 40 years old, I vowed if I ever needed reading glasses they would never hang on a lanyard …
Meditation, Mindfulness, and Maturity: The Benefits of Meditation for Seniors
May is National Meditation Month, and in honor of that, I want to take a closer look at meditation in general, and what benefits it might have for …
It’s Winter: Let’s Talk Hibernation with our Honored Elders
Growing old comes with a wide variety of changes in our bodies and brains, and those changes cause a number of predictable shifts in habits, traits, …
Sometimes Your Minor Health Problem Is A Minor Health Problem
This is not always obvious because our business model healthcare system means every ailment you present means potential business for the medical …
Life Help
On Gratitude and Dwelling in Possibility
Recently, I went to an outdoor concert with some friends. Mavis Staples, a fabulous gospel singer in her seventies, was the headliner. There was no formal seating for this concert and by the time my friends and I …
Add Self-Respect to Your Repertoire
With self-respect as your guidepost, many relationship dilemmas, crossroads, emotional hurt, sadness and anguish, are either avoidable, shorter lived, and will definitely feel less overwhelming. A major part of …
Have you Evolved Today?
Too many years of the rhythm of the school year and it is ingrained in me to see September as sort of an interim start of a new year, at least as far as most educational calendars go. Each September, I tend to think of …
Pacing Through Ten Months of Variety
The sales flyers and emails are arriving, clothing and office supply stores display promotional prices on school year basics, bookstores have teachers’ reading lists. Clearly this is August. It is a month devoted …
Senior Financial Abuse: Identifying the Signs of Elderly Financial Exploitation
A recent episode of CNBC’s American Greed highlights the rags to riches back to rags story of former basketball star Rumeal Robinson. When Robinson turned pro in 1990, he signed a multi-million-dollar contract, and …
New Ways To View Therapy
The most valuable way to decide whether therapy would be useful for you is to know your own central reason for retaining a therapist. Among your basic reasons to see a therapist, do not include satisfying someone …
Divorce
Preparing For Your Actual Date of Divorce
After possibly years of reflecting, discussing, evaluating circumstances, planning the best time for your divorce, as well as dedicating time and energy to negotiate a fair and reasonable settlement for both sides, your …
Visit to Divorce Court
I’ve have the honor of working with a University of Pennsylvania graduate student. She’s been doing my marketing and has created a powerful social media appearance for her favorite divorce coach! She found herself …
Divorce Prep School
Consider this…You want to get divorced. For every other significant transition in life, a thoughtful plan is recommended, some more extensive than others. But nothing is done without a plan. Too risky without one! …
A Heart Healthy Way to Divorce
We associate Valentine’s Day with roses, chocolate hearts and greeting cards as sweet and gooey as the candy. Love becomes that ubiquitous four-letter word heard in almost every corner of our country – all …
The Inner Life Phases of Your Divorce
I remember feeling great relief to hear “divorce is its own special universe”, spoken by the therapist who guided and supported me through my divorce. To recognize that divorce is a powerful enough time of change …
Personal Growth through Divorce
Toughest Climb Ever! I’ve walked in those shoes. Trudged actually! Although there was a lit runway of signs highlighting impending abandonment, I felt blindsided. I gave new meaning to the phrase, “the woman is …