Since May is Mental Health Awareness month, this seems like the perfect time to talk about something that definitely affects how many milligrams of Lexapro I need: negative news. Here’s a perfect example; today I woke up to this headline: Pollution can be 5 to 10 times worse in your…

Have you heard the word “Bitcoin”? I’m sure you have. And while it might be confirmation bias (and by “confirmation bias” I mean a Google algorithm) that makes the word show up every day in my news feed, I doubt that can explain why it’s always on ‘World News Tonight…

I’d love to think I’m an evolved adult woman. And in many ways, I’ve learned a lot over my 64 years and have made some healthy improvements (like, one shot of tequila is enough — the other five won’t make me a better singer or dancer). But one area in…

Depending on which study you read, one-third to nearly one-half of Americans have some fear of flying. Whether it’s turbulence, unusual sounds, or claustrophobia, fear of flying is one of the most common phobias, second only to fear of public speaking. And in March 2020, we added a new phobia…

Last night on the Golden Globes, Rosamund Pike won “Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical/Comedy” for her portrayal of Marla Grayson, a professional legal guardian who defrauds her elderly clients using loopholes in the US guardian/conservatorship system, in the Netflix movie “I Care a Lot.” “If we delivered…

We’ve scored another distinction, fellow Baby Boomers, having recently been recognized in the Wall Street Journal as “dominating” the online shopping market. “Older Americans are increasingly buying groceries — and just about everything else — on the Internet, and those over 65 are now the fastest-growing category of e-commerce shoppers.” …

Rick La Roche, Navy SEAL, diplomat, pilot, college professor, champion gamer, motivational speaker on geopolitical, leadership and team-building issues, blogger, and reality TV star — at 73 — wakes up every day with curiosity, excitement and vigor. Part of the reason for his attitude are the three rules about aging…

Are you getting 7–8 hours of uninterrupted sleep every night? Wait let me rephrase that … are you over 55 and getting 7–8 hours of uninterrupted sleep every night without taking anything? Because I’m not. I used to. I’d fall asleep literally sitting up in bed with my Kindle in…

“… singing Do Wah Diddy, Diddy Dum, Diddy Do. Snapping her fingers and shuffling her feet” … and that’s when she face planted, just as natural as could be! That’s what happened Tuesday when I was jogging down the street, headphones blaring some awesome tune from my 60s mix, definitely…