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• Lessons from Parker I recently had the privilege of watching my 11-month old adorable grandson for eight days while my daughter and son-in-law went out of town.  What did I learn? Wake up smiling each day.  Parker views each morning as a great adventure waiting to happen, and he relishes every day.  So should we. Take pleasure in the little ...
• Do Male Caregivers Face Workplace Discrimination? She runs herself ragged caring for her house and kids, spends her lunch hours running errands for her aging parents, and on the rare occasion that she takes some time for herself, she may run by the salon for a quick mani/pedi! If this is how you picture a family caregiver, you’re not alone. But your ...
• Will Empty Spaces Effect Your Aging? I was working with a client not long ago who afforded me one of those “epiphany” moments. We were diligently rearranging her kitchen because she felt it difficult to work in.  She said she could not find the things she needed when she needed them, items were scattered about and nothing seemed to have any order.  ...
• Ageism and Retirement Does age discrimination exist? Not legally.  The federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), passed in 1967, states, “It shall be unlawful for an employer to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual or otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such ...
• Searching for Meaning: The Self-Transcendence Choice The working model was influenced by my life, my studies, my clients and my teachers.  The most profound of those teachers was Viktor Frankl. For three years, Frankl endured two Nazi concentration camps during the holocaust.  From the experience of torture, starvation and cruelty beyond imagination, he realized the human capacity to find meaning and purpose ...