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LATEST ARTICLES ( 51 )

• Finding Purpose: The Five P's

  

  This blog entry was originally posted on March 19, 2007.  I had just returned from Botswana when I wrote it.  I recently chatted with Bonnie Orton, the then... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2011 LIFE COACH, LIFESTYLE

• Walking Through Fear

  

  I'm in the middle of a whirlwind of guests, speeches and travel, and too busy to keep up with my regular, weekly blogging.  Until my life calms down again, I'm... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 LIFE COACH, LIFESTYLE

• Today's Guest Post is by Tamara Elizabeth, Author of the ...

  

  Today's guest post is by Tamara Elizabeth, author of the self-help book Fabulously Fifty: Moving Forward Through a Midlife Transition In the first 50 years of m... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2011 LIFE COACH, LIFESTYLE

• Bearing Witness

  

  Here's a post I wrote on 9/11/08. I can't believe ten years have passed: On a crystal clear morning eight years ago today, my husband and I were sitting in our... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2011 LIFE COACH, LIFESTYLE

• Successful Aging

  

  Here's a quick overview of what I've learned over the past decade about successful aging.  (It's pretty hard to defy gravity if your body and mind are going dow... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 LIFE COACH, LIFESTYLE

• Keeping Alzheimer's At Bay

  

  Today’s post was written and sent to me by Allison Gamble: Keeping Alzheimer’s at Bay As we get older, many of us ask ourselves: Will my hearing diminish? ... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2011 HEALTH, LIFE COACH, LIFESTYLE, PSYCHOLOGY

• RSVP, Please

  

  Today's post is by Betty Ruth, President of the National Association of Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Directors: In the two weeks after floods... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2011 LIFE COACH

• Mary Brewster and American Flora

  

  Sixteen years ago, at the age of 40, Mary Brewster took up ballet. She’d taken lessons as a child, but it had been 28 years since she’d regularly done any rond... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2011 LIFE COACH, LIFESTYLE

• 61-Year Old Swimmer Holds Head Up High

  

  Yesterday, in a stretch of sea half-way between Cuba and Key West, 61-year old marathon swimmer Diana Nyad abandoned a dream.   Ms. Nyad's quest was to... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2011 CURRENT, OTHER SPORTS, SPORTS

• Where is Your Work Coming From? Why Are You Doing It? W...

  

  Where is your work coming from?  Why are you doing it?  What is it you see?  These are questions pioneering photographer Jerome Leibling, who died last week at... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 LIFE COACH

• Use It Or Lose It

  Show me a group of healthy and vibrant “super seniors,” and I’ll show you a group of people who love to exercise. Like Art White and the amazingly flexible... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2011 LIFE COACH, LIFESTYLE

• The Force of Habit

  

  I'm a teacher at heart, and there’s almost nothing that thrills me more than watching someone’s eyes light up as they grasp a new concept or master a skill. Eve... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2011 LIFE COACH, LIFESTYLE

• Every Blade of Grass Has Its Angel

  

  Wini Yunker, who joined the Peace Corps at 65 and inspired me to write Defying Gravity, once told me that she couldn’t have done what she did on her own.  When ... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2011 LIFE COACH, LIFESTYLE

• Art White: Part 3

  I've been busy this week creating a new website for the TV show I do (www.ageless-tv.com) and uploading clips to it. Here's one of me interviewing Art White, th... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2011 LIFE COACH, LIFESTYLE

• Art White, 99

  

  By replacing my mom as my primary role model for aging, Art White changed my life last week. As loyal readers of this blog know, my mom is now 88. Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2011 LIFE COACH

• Questions for a 99-Year Old

  This past Monday I had a remarkable guest on my TV show. His name is Art White, and he's turning 99 this coming Friday. Somehow Art has managed to outlive the... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2011 LIFE COACH

• Harry Bernstein & Me

  

  Finally, I've put enough distance between myself and the feedback I received on the latest draft of my novel to take up my pen again. Once more, I'm sitting at... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2011 LIFE COACH, LIFESTYLE

• The Longevity Paradox

  

  I'm worried about aging.  There, I said it.  I might be the Defying-Gravity gal, but I'm as afraid as the next person of outliving my money, my loved ones and... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2011 LIFE COACH, SOCIETY

• See a Problem, Summon a Life

  

  Follow your dreams or be practical?—that’s the question WNYC host Brian Lehrer (photo below) posed on-air yesterday to the Class of 2011. This either/or approac... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2011 LIFE COACH

• Two Recommendations Today: 1) Flourish, a New Book by Ma...

  

  Two recommendations today: 1) Flourish, a new book by Martin Seligman. Ever since the Framers of the Constitution claimed that the pursuit of happiness is an... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2011 BOOKS, LIFE COACH