The beginning of a new year is a natural time to pause, reflect and reset. It motivates us to make New Year's resolutions to feel better, move more, reduce stress, and basically create a healthier life. This a turning point that matters. Yet, New Year's resolutions have earned a reputation for failure. Many people start the year motivated and hopeful, only to feel discouraged weeks later when progress stalls. Research shows that nearly 80% of resolutions are abandoned by mid January. This...

A fter listening to discouraging newscasts I wonder, what can I do?  When my internal focus is fixed on worry and frustration, I can easily become curt or distracted with the delivery driver or the grocery store clerk. It isn’t about them, it’s the worry and fear I’ve been ruminating on rising to the surface and spilling over onto those around me. I may not even realize how it’s brushing off into the world. As the end of 2025 approaches, we all feel the effects of a year full of change,...

Celebrate all those birthday candles! This year, when I turned 70, I immediately felt old. No one could convince me that I wasn’t. When the clock turned to my birthday, I defined myself by the new number, seventy.  Just the day before, I was thinking younger.  I was in my 60’s after all!  How could one day make me old?  Now that I’m into this 70 th  year, I’ve realized something powerful. How we think about aging can shape how we experience it.  Thinking old  can actually make you feel...