Do you want to feel empowered? Energetic? Self-confident? One way to do that is by trying new things and confronting your fears. When you step outside your comfort zone and challenge yourself with a new sport, a new technology, or even something easy like a new food, you’ll view yourself differently. Once you try something … Read more
Loss is something every one of us carries. By the time we reach our 60s and beyond, we’ve often lived through many forms of loss. We’ve lost loved ones, relationships, roles, health, identity, routines, pets, familiar chapters of life and faced many transitions. While age brings us wisdom, it does not make grief any easier. … Read more
Some seasons arrive quietly and undo us. This November has been one of those months for me. At the beginning of the month, I lost a long-term friend unexpectedly. My 93-year-old mom, who has been slowly disappearing into Alzheimer’s for four years, entered hospice and is now nearing the end of her life. My dad … Read more
By the time you reach 60, you’ve buried people you love. Maybe your best friend from college. Maybe siblings, parents, the person you thought you’d grow old with. And with those losses often comes something harder to name: a deep loneliness, even when you’re surrounded by family. A heaviness that won’t lift. A sense that … Read more