Living with Intention in Senior Living
In the world of senior living, living with intention means many things. For one, it means deciding for
Being Mortal—Planning for a Gentle Death
Planning for a graceful death is smart. Here’s how to get started. A quiet, gentle death without ongoing medical interventions....
Shelly Parks Wants You to Get to Know Cohousing
Shelly Parks will tell you right away that “people aren’t attracted to cohousing unless it speaks to them.” So when...
Simone de Beauvoir Recommends We Fight for Ourselves as We Age
Elderhood is what the French existential philosopher Simone de Beauvoir called the “crusher” of humankind. Experiences...
The Tension of Peace-of-Mind
I’m 75. I figure I can reasonably live to age 90. So that gives me 15 more years of life. That’s a fair amount of time...
Shedding Society’s Image of What “Good” Skin Care Looks Like for Older Women
Everyone ages. And when this happens, wrinkles, lines, and deep folds can develop on our faces. Skin can become loose, sagging,...
Navigating Grief— Blue Days
As a person who was never prone to crying and could count on one hand the number of times I had done so in my life, my “blue...