July marks Sandwich Generation Month and is a chance to pay tribute to adult children who
are juggling the demands of raising kids while taking care of aging parents. The number of Americans 65 and older is projected to increase from 40 million in 2010 to over 88 million by 2050, doubling the ranks of those experiencing this stressful combination of responsibilities.
Experts Blogs
Life coaches and experts blog and share their wisdom on how to live a happy, fulfilled life. They write about self management and parenting advice, career and how to succeed articles as well as answer questions from you about how to best navigate your life.
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The Weather Has Changed Now It's Your Turn
Now that summer is in full bloom, are you looking for ways to make new beginnings yourself? You've been seeing flowers popping their heads up, risking bad weather to bloom once more. If you've wanted to make some changes in your old habits but have b
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Elderly who want to keep driving
As we age our independence becomes one of the most important aspects of life. Losing the ability to drive can make us feel "trapped" and decrease our quality of life. We don't want to be a burden on family members and often have a difficult tim
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Courage, Golf and Self-Discovery
What do yoga and visualization have to do with improving your golf game? More than you think. In March 1999, Susan Morgan wrote an article entitled “Par Excellence” for Mirabella about a five-day workshop called “Golf in the Kingdom: An Explor
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How to Alleviate Back Pain from Too Much Sitting
Sitting for one hour correlates to a decrease in life expectancy of 21.8 minutes, according to an October 2012 study from the British Journal of Sports Medicine. In this study, they found that on average, people sit for 50-70% of the day. Sitting als
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3 Ways to Manage Conflict When Your Brain is Hooked on Being Right
I'm sure it's happened to you: You're in a tense team meeting trying to defend your position on a big project and start to feel yourself losing ground. Your voice gets louder. You talk over one of your colleagues and correct his point of view. He p
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5 Strategies for Time Management
Do you sometimes feel like time is getting away from you? I make list after list of what I want to accomplish each day – and often get a large chunk completed - but never seem to get everything done. Now that I make my lists on my PDA, it's easier to
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FACE IT! To Forgive Someone Takes Courage
What is forgiveness? How do you go about forgiving? What happens when you actually go ahead and forgive? Forgiving requires a courageous choice. The courageous choice is whether you are willing to consent to this healing. In Greek, to forgive m
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Sad? 8 Ways to Beat the Blues in Winter
Winter weather, for most in the Northern Hemisphere, is cold, dark and dreary - with little chance of a break for several months. The transition back from the holiday season with its increased activity and social engagement - parties, gift giving,
Recent blog posts
Why are headaches so common, and how can they be so debilitating? Most headaches are grouped under the term “cervicogenic headache,” meaning that the primary source of the headache is 
coming from the cervical spine. Whip lash injuries, disc diseases, and progressive arthritis can cause long lasting headaches. The cervical spine would need to be treated to reduce the head pain associated with these causes.
Last week during a heat wave, I was seriously drooping. Just walking to my car in the sun knocked me out.
Prior to the first mutiple sclerosis episode 32 years ago, heat wasn't an issue. Since then, I melt in heat and my function drops dramatically.
But here's the thing: once I'm in a cool place, I cool down and feel fine (or at least better). Lovely. My body is still resilient, that way, after all this time.
I hadn't noticed resilience in myself until I'd lived with illness for a decade. When I recognized it, I sensed this would help...
Do you find yourself pondering on your essential approach to life? Probably it's not a daily recurrence (or I hope not). But this thought could be helpful if you're engaged in trying to change some deeply rooted patterns.
To recognize everyday courage, it helps to distinguish the various facets of courage. There is physical courage (the one our culture identifies with the most), political courage, leadership
courage, moral courage, and personal courage, to name a few. Some of us manifest certain types of courage well but come up short in other areas. In this article, I will expand on the concept of spiritual courage, and how it works to become an inside job both at work and home.