“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 […]
Archives for June 2015
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 […]
Guest Post: How to Know if a Parent Needs Assisted Care
No one wants to move to a nursing home or put an aging parent in one. Yet, families may not have a choice when Dad loses a lot of weight because he lives alone and doesn’t eat well, or when he becomes depressed and forgetful. The nursing home may be the only place to care […]
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 […]
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