November, 2010 - Aging Abundantly

Saying Yes to Life

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt It’s not always easy to figure out why people do what they do, especially when…

Chris Moon-Willems ~ Founder of Relative Matters

Chris Moon-Willems is the founder and owner of Relative Matters an elderly care consultancy in England. With over thirty years of experience as a professional in social care and NHS, as well as, five years of personal experience caring for her own aging parents, she has mastered the ins and…

GRAVY DAYS by Sue Ann Crockett

Sue Ann Crockett is a delight both on and off the page. Her enthusiasm for life is infectious and her smile and wit light up the room. A newspaper columnist and freelance writer, lives in the Pacific Northwest where her award-winning Gravy Days column appears in The Ferndale Record. In…

"Always Be Pure, Simple and Honest"

I just opened up a bag of Yogi tea so I might have something hot to sip on this cool, fall afternoon. I adore herbal tea, more for the medicinal value than the taste. When I sip a new odd mixture of steeped leaves for the first time, any slightly…

DALE CARTER~ Transition Aging Parents

Dale Carter, an Aging Advocate/Speaker/Coach, loves teaching others how to guide their own aging parent or loved one through the changes they often face. Focusing on the preservation and strengthening of relationships, Dale will show you how to save time, money and heartache. Here is how Dale describes her journey…

Babyboomers Traveling by Doris Gallan

Thirty years of working as a reporter and writing for others, Doris Gallan decided it was now time to work for herself. In 2006 Doris and her husband quit their well-paying jobs, sold their house and 99 percent of their worldly possessions and set out on a 26 month ’round-the-world…