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Remember this one?* – Second Wind

13 Feb 20219 Feb 2023

“How pleasant is the day when we give up striving to be young…” Dr. Bill Thomas Second Wind by Dr. Bill Thomas is part history, part sociology, part medicine, part advocacy, and part…

Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty

4 May 20199 Feb 2023

Listening to Diane Keaton read Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty is like listening to an old friend reminisce as you sit together on the breakwall outside her house at the beach. The sun…

Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Start Late, Finish Rich

6 Apr 20199 Feb 2023

I’m old. And as Chef Ramsey would say: “Let’s get that right, yeah?” I’m going to talk – for just a moment – about me and money. Or rather, me and my…

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Grown-up Glamour – When you have to make that incessant tapping stop!

14 Mar 20199 Feb 2023

Once upon a time, I told you about tapping. No, twice. Twice upon a time, which was actually only days ago. I also mentioned that I'm wrestling with it mightily.…

Self-Help Whispering

Remember this one? – Keep Moving

Keep Moving is an apt name for this gem by Dick Van Dyke. After all, it’s the number one thing he’s done to keep young (at heart… and body, too, by the…

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Boundaries (Where you end and I begin) – Do it now!

22 Oct 20189 Oct 2019

There are many, many books on Boundaries. Most are very good. Just to give you an idea of how many there are... here is a list from amazon.com (hint: it…

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Second Calling – When does 1/2 = 1/3?

27 Mar 20188 Aug 2021

Second Calling by Dale Hanson Bourke is a book for the woman who has come to the second half of her life, "softer, gentler, wiser and more calm" than she…

Self-Help Whispering

Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty – Then what was it?

24 Jan 201817 Mar 2021

Listening to Diane Keaton read Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty is like listening to an old friend reminisce as you sit together on the breakwall outside her house at the beach. The…

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Keep Moving – Joyful, joyful!

4 Jan 20189 Oct 2019

Keep Moving is an apt name for this gem by Dick Van Dyke. After all, it's the number one thing he's done to keep young (at heart... and body, too, by…

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