Aging is something we all have in common. It’s a natural part of life. So are the changes it brings to our minds and bodies. Even though we may miss some aspects of our more youthful days, there’s much to appreciate about getting older. In…
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Have you ever thought about your legacy? What do you want to leave behind? It can be scary to think about our mortality. But, it might help to focus instead on our legacies. When we figure out what we want to leave behind, we can…
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By the time we hit our 40s and 50s, many of us have faced some life transitions. Starting and leaving school, entering the workforce, forming relationships and having families all change the rhythm and context of our everyday lives. For many, retirement is out on…
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It seems like the past few years have brought us loads of unsettling news. Because of everything happening around the globe, from the pandemic to climate changes to economic, social and political unrest, it seems like there is bad news everywhere we turn. It comes…
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The COVID pandemic brought a wave of losses to our everyday world. A staggering number of lives were lost. Yet there were also intangible losses that are harder to quantify but were, and are, very much a part of our lived experience. Processing and managing…
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Like it or not, there are a lot of social expectations out there for how we live our lives. That you should be in a relationship, have kids or opt into group activities to fit the “status quo” in our world. But these ways of…
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It’s a beautiful weekend afternoon, and you hear the din of people gathering in your next-door neighbor’s backyard. Laughter punctuates the chit-chat that ebbs and flows over the fence. Do sounds like these make you want to run over…or run away? Social connections are linked…
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When COVID hit in 2020, it interrupted our day-to-day social connections as we knew them. We were stressed, isolated and lonely—which made many realize just how much we need those connections to feel good. Social connections help us learn about new ideas, challenge our assumptions…