Work That Matters
Every day you have the opportunity to do something important. It could be advising a friend or co-worker. It could be simply listening without injecting your views into the conversation. It could be taking...
Aging Intelligently: Thoughts for the curious
10 Ideas To Increase Your Longevity
Know what healthy weight is for yourself, and stay within those bounds. Too much weight increases the risk of diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. Excess weight can clip 12 years off your life, according...
Aging Is Not Predicable
Stop being so darn predicable with yourself. When grocery shopping, buy (and eat) some new vegetable, to expand your food choices. More food choices lead to more life choices. Better life choices lead to...
Immigrants
Your car is German. Your vodka is Russian. Your pizza is Italian. Your kebab is Turkish. Your democracy is Greek. Your coffee is Brazilian. Your movies are American. Your tea is Tamil. Your shirt...
Why Small Questions Matter
Boredom of the brain is rampant. If you repeat the same thing over and over, your brain shuts off if unless you are paying attention. The repetition of scales on a piano gets you...
Life Is A Process
All of us have a right to age intelligently, without restraints or judgement. It isn’t just for the wealthy, the gene-strong, the lucky, and the few deserving. It is everyone’s right to age well....
Buckle My Shoe, Twist & Shout
We know how to flex our spines. We do it every day. Bend forward, touch our toes, or maybe just knees, if the hamstrings are tight. Boost the groceries from the trunk of the...
Why Make Time To Cook?
Your brain loves challenges. It loves unusual, different, novel things. Somehow, cooking doesn’t seem to fit that category, but in fact, it does. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, in March of 2015,...
Why Aging Isn’t Old
If I say “aging”, why do you think “old?” They are not necessarily related. You are aging from birth: to a five year old, eleven is old. To the eleven year old, twenty-two is...
Could Smiling Kill Germs?
Smiling changes your facial structure: face cheeks don’t sag, and your color perks up. You retain tone in your face, which means you are burning a few extra calories. A smile reduces your stress,...