Written by Best-Selling Author, Marci Shimoff At last, we’re in the final countdown of the holidays! I’ve been waiting excitedly to share with you one of my favorite holiday stories (at the end of this article) and my favorite advice for fully enjoying the holiday spirit. If you think about it, all the gifts, parties, [...]
My Passage: How I Found the ME in Menopause. Midlife is a journey, or as best-selling author, Gail Sheehy, might say, a passage or transition. Only there are distinct differences from that original publication back in 1976 when Ms. Sheehy was in her late 30’s, and first wrote about the midlife “crisis” as passage point. [...]
We’re not talking forgetfullness but Alzheimer’s and other dementias that affect 500,000 of us under 65. Five million sufferers will triple by mid-century. While Alzheimer’s does not discriminate by gender, more women have it over 70 than men because women are living longer. Guess who the caregivers are? Primarily women…working women. No one is complaining [...]
The nation is now a caregiver, assisted by the compassionate, and highly knowledgeable medical team at the Houston-based Texas Medical Center, providing the kind of specialized acute care and rehabilitative care that a traumatic brain injury demands. I’ve been rivotted by the media attention on Gabby, and I follow her medical progress like I was [...]
What are you going to do differently this year to make 2011 your “best yet”? Making a new year better than the last requires a different action everyday that becomes a new habit and a new way of thinking. It’s no easy feat and we end up getting discouraged because it takes consistent not sporadic [...]
We often think of taking care of our aging moms, as they outlive dad by seven or more years. However, many women who today outlive their husbands are looking to their girlfriends, and other social supports that they’ve nurtured throughout their lifetime to sustain a sense of community and connectedness. In fact, with friends aplenty, [...]