A friend had a 60th birthday bash for her hubby and our moorage plus were invited. A group called Karaoke From Hell played for 6 [or more hours] while we partied late into the evening… And in case you are wondering: No – we never fall in the river at parties No – we…
WALK!! A study found that walking isn't just great for weight loss or for just plain old exercise – it's great for your memory too! …researchers randomly assigned 120 healthy but sedentary men and women (average age mid-60s) to one of two exercise groups. One group walked around a track three times a week, building…
When I talk to groups of people about being self-employed, it seems the older people in the audience may be a bit more afraid than younger folks about being self-employed. It isn’t just older folks who can’t find jobs but we older ones have had many more years of being in someone else’s employ…
From everything I hear, there might be a small increase in Social Security for 2012 – BUT – any increase is likely to be offset by an increase in the cost of Medicare. So it seems we will be into year 3 of no actual increase in the monthly income. The economy is improving slightly…
When people say, "You don't look your age" – or “I’d never have guessed you were that old,” we are supposed to think of it as a complement. But to me, the developmental psychologist, it means that they have a preconceived idea of what "my age" should look like: a preconceived notion or bias about…
In my book, You Can Totally Screw Up As A Mom And Still Raise Great Kids, I say this: I had a conversation one day with the mother of a one-year-old who was saying that her daughter's language development had seemed to stall – but that she was running all over the place. That happens…