A trip down memory lane is in store for the women who attend the First Annual Baby Boomer Girlfriends Spring Break April 18-20 in Daytona Beach.   Part of the weekend will include soaking up some sun, dancing and having fun on the beach just...

Here is my schedule for 2008 and my winter/spring training plan. Hope to see some of you GBers next summer!!! March- Wildman Oly Tri Orlando (use as tune-up/pacing for 70.3) April- Tour de Lake Half Century, West Point Lake, GA. (more miles in legs...

Ten Tips to Help You Live to be Drama Free at Midlife   10.  Write a list of goals you'd like to achieve. Focus on what you know you can do well.  Don’t try to be a...

My brother was worried about saving his 1000-finger banana plant; I was worried about saving my life. I’m not a major worrier, but when there’s a tropical storm/hurricane in the front yard, I get a little apprehensive. I mean, when the water...

Pat PacielloInitially, I would be gratified and humbled that the American people would elect me to the highest office in the land. Especially, since the only other position that I was elected to was assistant blackboard monitor in the fourth grade. Once I...

You have been dreaming and planning for your retirement years all your life, and now that you are close to realizing that dream and fulfilling those plans, you are starting to wonder if now is the time to make that final decision. But how do you...

    Over the course of my work with the Elderhostel Institute Network, I have “met,” usually through email, many interesting folks, and I’ve let them all know about my new book.  One of them, Joan Fitting Scott, got...

The most rewarding part of my job, whether I’m coaching privately, consulting with a small group or presenting to hundreds, is when clients leave feeling happier and more confident than they felt before! I’ve enjoyed watching adults self-esteem...

As a member of the Growing Bolder team, we're always on the lookout for examples of ageism.  Many people call it the final great "ism" that this country needs to tackle.  Usually the type of things we come across involve jobs dumping highly...

I was asked today to share some if the relationship tips I share in seminars regarding marriages and having a successful happy one.  Here are some of the tips I posted: Here's a couple for you...#1 - this applies to all relationships - marriages,...

I serve as a Media Advisor for the American Pharmacists Association, andfrequently get called upon to answer questions from the media and free-lance reporters in the healthcare field.  I did this interview many months ago, and it's been reprinted in...

Cell Phones. How did we ever live without them? Isn’t it amazing how quickly they’ve become part of our lives?  It just doesn’t feel right to leave the house without one. Like a wristwatch, we instinctively reach for it as part...

To say thank you to everyone who helped or contributed to “Learning Later, Living Greater,” I mailed about 85 copies of the book out.  Here are some of the comments.  It certainly is nice to read them.   Harry R. (Rick)...

As we welcome in the New Year, lets hope 2008 will bring with it meaningful change in the way America deals with its aging population. Dylan said it first but it’s never been truer than now: “The times they are a-changin.” A social revolution is...

No one's happier about America's weight problem than the $50-billion-a-year diet industry. That's why I've decided to write a diet book. I've done a little research and it should be pretty easy. After all, it doesn't have to work. 95% of all diets...