“Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.” ~ Honoré de Balzac In my June 22, 2015 Ageless Beat blog, “Alone Doesn’t Mean Lonely….” I spoke about how we all may experience loneliness and, though it may seem ironic, sometimes it’s beneficial to spend time alone doing something nurturing to […]
Alone Doesn’t Mean Lonely
Have any of you been through a recent change or loss which transformed your role in and/or perspective about life and your future? With graduations, weddings, and kids going off to camp, college, or on a global trek — all marker events which reach a crescendo at this time of year — many of […]
Sit Back & Relax…
Fuel is the starting source for producing energy and, just as with our home heating systems, our bodies require fuel in order to avoid depletion and keep going. You can’t run on empty. Becoming worn out not only affects physical health, but, in a domino effect, may also place a (literal and figurative) drag […]
Now is Better Than Later
“Human beings have a very limited ability to accurately predict or even imagine the needs of their future self. It is especially true when that future contains scary possibilities.” ~ Dr. Bill Thomas I lost my mom before she died. I could no longer deny that her Alzheimer’s was full-blown. She had early onset […]
Time Out
Springtime is all about renewal and rebirthing … aren’t we supposed to feel energized and rarin’ to go? Yet, instead, do you find yourself struggling to stay on top of all that needs attention in your life, never mind finding time for relaxation and pleasure? Forget about extreme Self-care! Clients, colleagues, and friends are […]
Home Is Where the Heart Is…
“Ah! There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.” ~ Jane Austen Is it any wonder that as we grow older so many of us want to remain in our own homes? After all, our home is often the space where we have lived for years, if not decades, a place that […]
Lessons from Hunza, by Cecelia Hurwich
This post is a much abridged version of a remarkable journey described by Ageless Expert Cecelia Hurwich in “The Road to Hunza Valley.” Read every last transformative, vivid, ageless detail in the full article here. I had been fascinated by the health and longevity of the Hunzakuts—the people of the Hunza Valley in Pakistan— ever since […]
Mental Health and Older Adults
Guest post by Hershal Pandya, Project Officer, International Federation on Ageing (IFA) Visit the ifa blog here: http://www.ifa-fiv.org/news/blog/ Last Week (October 10th, 2013) marked the occasion of World Mental Health Day as designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Federation of Mental Health (WFMH). This year’s theme is “Mental Health and Older Adults.” […]
One Secret of Graceful Aging
or Some Things Just Don’t Work the Way They Used To By Sidra L. Stone, Ph.D. The war was over and the big day had finally arrived. My mother and I took the subway to Manhattan to a fine department store for my first pair of really special shoes. They were perfectly delicious—a luxuriously soft […]
Conscious Aging: A New Level of Growth in Later Life
Guest post by Harry R. Moody, Speaker, Author, and current Director of Academic Affairs for AARP in Washington, DC What does it mean to say that Conscious Aging represnts a new form of “growth” in later adulthood? It means that Conscious Aging amounts to a higher level of functioning correlated to the […]
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