These Are Not Your Parent’s Grandparents By Terry Portis Did you (or will you) have mixed emotions about becoming a grandparent? Sure, you cannot wait to hold the baby, but taking on the title of “grandma” is just not all that exciting for you. For some people, the word “grandparent” conjures up an image of [...]
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TWELVE GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS The OutLook staff put together a list of a dozen different but fun gifts, which any of us would love to find tucked under our tree on Christmas morning. To make Santa’s job a bit easier, we’ve even included websites to find some of these treasures. 1. A birdfeeder, preferably squirrel–proof, [...]
Full Story »Relax: Celebrating the Holidays with Mindfulness
Relax: Celebrating the Holidays with Mindfulness By Pat Jurgens Whatever your cultural or religious tradition, the holiday season will be more enjoyable if you cultivate mindfulness. A powerful Eastern practice founded in Buddhism, mindfulness meditation has attracted thousands in the West who seek peace amidst the complexity of modern living. Many of us meditate [...]
Full Story »Sisters and Girlfriends, Like Fine Wines, Get Better with Age
Sisters and Girlfriends, Like Fine Wines, Get Better with Age By Joanne R. Alloway Do you have a sister, a sister-in-law, a cousin or a stepsister you love and can confide in? Maybe not, but do you have a girlfriend that is just like a sister? All a woman needs is a girlfriend [...]
Full Story »Marriage Survival Guide
Krasnow’s Newest Book is a Marriage Survival Guide By Leah Lancione Annapolis-based author Iris Krasnow tackled the complicated issue of marriage in her New York Times best-seller Surrendering to Marriage: Husbands, Wives and Other Imperfections and does so again in her newest book, The Secret Lives of Wives: Women Share What It Really [...]
Full Story »Word to the Wise: What Not to Say to Young People
Word to the Wise: What Not to Say To Young People By Melissa Conroy As the holidays roll around, families and friends cluster together to spread cheer and ring in the new season. This is a wonderful time of year to reconnect with everyone and find out what is happening in people’s lives. No [...]
Full Story »AACC OFFERS A VIBRANT LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR OLDER ADULTS
AACC OFFERS A VIBRANT LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR OLDER ADULTS By Terry Portis, Ed.D. Self-directed learning communities have formed all over the country in recent years. Members manage their own learning with peers and pursue interests and discussions with people who have a similar goal. This kind of rich learning environment is especially important for middle-aged [...]
Full Story »Yoga Power!
Yoga Power! By Melissa Conroy If you are looking to start a workout routine or change the one you have, there are a dizzying array of options available. You can try slide aerobics (put on some plastic booties and slide around on an 8-foot slab of plastic), jazzercise, Taibo, kickboxing, water aerobics, pole dancing exercises [...]
Full Story »Weigh Less, Live More
Weigh Less, Live More By Ellen Kittredge The fifth and final installment in a series of articles on finding the right foods to naturally rev up your metabolism and see lasting weight loss. In the first four articles in this series, we have learned that the most exciting information on the medical weight-loss scene does [...]
Full Story »CREATING MORE SPACE IN LIFE
CREATING MORE SPACE IN LIFE By Kater Leatherman In these changing times, it seems as though having enough space is fast becoming a rare commodity. We just don’t seem to have enough of it. When life feels like a juggling act of obligations, to-do lists and pressure to keep up, one [...]
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