Dear Bloggers, If you can claim success for having a children's book published, would you please blog me back.

Forbes.com just published a story about interesting pet businesses that are doing well despite...

Practice What You Preach You know, us coaches are not like the Walmart happy face all of the time. We have times of frustration too. We are human.However, that said, I practice what I preach. I believe, use and teach through the power of writing. Get...

Now that “Learning Later, Living Greater” has been published and is available for purchase, I’ve become a full-time book promoter. This is definitely stepping outside my comfort zone. I’ve never been comfortable with “sales.” Years...

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I want to be a writer more than I can say. It's been my dream since I was a child, and to...

Shortly after I moved to New Hampshire, my son Jon, who is a free-lance writer with six published books to his credit and more on the way, began talking about my writing a book. He felt that lifelong learning for older adults was an important topic,...

You see it on television. You hear them on radio stations, you read them all over. The medical commercials talk about research. Diet products talk about research. So then the question is what research can you trust? The fact is anyone can do...

I have had good storytellers, great conversationalists and naturally funny people tell me that they could never be a writer. “And, why is that?” I ask. “I'm not good enough,” is the usual answer. “Good enough for what?” I...

As the rain and cold envelops my house this evening, I think it would have been lovely to...

Yesterday morning, I had to wait on the telephone for someone. I was reconnected, waited again, “Please, just one moment!” and I started to draw a bit, on a piece of paper. I drew nothing important, just some lines, some curves, some...

Dear Pharmacist, My neighbor swears by apple cider vinegar and every time I complain about my...

Fibromyalgia patients are more likely to have tingling and weakness in their legs and arms, poor balance and other neurological symptoms according to a new study conducted at the University of Washington Medicine Sleep Institute at Harborview,...

Announcing the arrival of “Heck on Heels,” my new collection of essays! Here's the text of the press release I'm sending out into the universe... "This is the second collection of essays by award-winning Wisconsin writer and photographer...

There's a good reason why I put this in the "Living" category. Because of Rick Rescorla,...

**Blogger's note: Sadly, in January of 2010, Miep Gies passed away. You can read the Washington...

86-year Old Lady's Letter to Bank Shown below, is an actual letter that was sent to a...

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) Moody, Ph.D., Director,...

Eric Shackle did it again. He's exposed another hidden gem. Another fantastic story on a person over the age of 100. We first learned of Eric through his wonderful articles on Olive Riley in Australia, who at age 108 was the World's Oldest Blogger. Or...

Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner. After 11 years as a management consultant, she embarked on a new life of adventure by rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. Her unlikely transformation...

We’re taking a look back instead of forward as we near the end of a pretty raucous decade....

Ciji Ware didn't exactly have a normal upbringing, but she hasn't complained one bit. Her father, Harlan Ware was one of two main writers for the longest running non-interrupted serial drama in radio history, "One Man's Family." Harlan died exactly 40...

I got so many comments (on twitter) from yesterday's blog that I decided to expand a little and tell you why I decided to join and how I completely disgraced myself and learned humility. It will have to be quick, though, since I really have to get some...

It Will Never Happen Again- If international pop star, Rihanna, can forgive her pop star boyfriend, Chris Brown, why shouldn't I? A few weeks ago Chris was charged with severely beating Rihanna and pictures were released to prove it. This...

Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner. After 11 years as a management consultant, she embarked on a new life of adventure by rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. Her unlikely transformation...

Andrea D. Lyon is a defense attorney. Well known in her field, she was the first female in America to represent a defendant in a death penalty trial. I watched her in action last week at a Casey Anthony hearing where one of the motions was to preclude the...

Parenting Launch Sequence Managing the change of letting go of children so they can launch into a successful life as young adults By Dwight Bain, Nationally Certified Counselor & Certified Life Coach Parents are told to give their...