I was listening to one of the podcasts that I subscribe to last week and the topic was the female brain, and how aging and hormones affect women’s and men’s brains differently. The woman was Dr. Lisa Mosconi, a Ph.D founder of Women’s Brain Initiative and associate director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic, and Assoc. …
I am on the tail end of much needed vacation. Earlier this week, I had an outdoor, socially distanced, dinner with my friend Barb. In addition to being a friend, Barb is a psychologist, and when I’m lucky, will write an occasional guest post for me. Our conversations are always interesting, and never end without …
It’s been a rough few weeks. I don’t know who this Murphy character is or why he has a law (And I didn’t really care enough to do the research.) but that law certainly seemed to fit my life experiences of late. “If anything can go wrong, it will.” If you read my recent posts, …
If you look up negativity in the dictionary, (Actually, does anyone even use a dictionary anymore? Did Webster go bankrupt?) you would discover the definition that sadly, best describes my state of mind of late. (Go ahead and Google?) I know it’s a temporary phase, but boy of boy, it’s an ugly one. It’s been …
Aging is like truth serum. Is it me, or as you age, doesn’t seem to be a helluva lot easier to be honest, not only with yourself, but others? Maybe you just stop worrying about what will happen if……. You realize that whatever happens, it probably won’t kill you. I guess that is what is …
It is so ironic. Whenever I ask my friend Barb to write a guest post, her message always seems to be the exact thing I need to hear. I mean, if beating yourself up was a sport, I would be like the welterweight champion of the world! Where’s my belt? Not to beat myself! My …
Her post title. “You got this?” There are days when I’m not sure about that! I asked my good friend and an actual psychologist to write a guest post this week so I could get a little break. It now feels like I was trying to get a free session out of her! I can’t …
I remember the first time I heard Shirley Horn sing, “Here’s to Life. Although it was recorded in 1992, I’m sure it was a good ten years later that I heard it. It was as if she was singing those lyrics directly to me. Those words spoke to me like a great song has a …
Most of us look forward to springtime. The flowers are blooming. The temperature (if we actually have an actual Spring season! And, obviously, you west coast folks have Spring all year in some places, so this part isn’t directed at you!) is just perfect. Not too hot. Not too cold. What’s not to love about …
My best friend bought me a journal for my birthday last year. There are no lines in this journal, which is actually fitting. I’ve never been that girl that followed a straight line anyway. My path has been anything but linear. I was old when I was young. I was young and fearless. I …