Defining yourself as a retiree In a previous article (“Retirement 101: Maintaining Continuity”), I discuss how continuity is one of the reasons why retirement adjustment can be hard work...
Your health is the most important thing. Yep... it's an old, over-used and variously worded cliché. But that doesn't mean it ain't true (although having a few extra bucks is not so bad, either). In this section we focus on all aspects of health -- physical, mental, and psychological. From professionals in the various fields we'll discuss what you should know and what you can do to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Vaccines and Autism
Junk research turns science on its head For the longest time, science has been at the mainstay of America and its technological achievements. But that was then. Nowadays conspiracy theories abound...
Reducing Stress Thru Chiropractic Therapy
Adjusting to a calmer you. More than 20 million Americans head to a Chiropractor each year, and most do so to get relief from various kinds of pain. If you have only a rudimentary knowledge of this...
Reducing Blood Pressure Naturally
Lifestyle changes can make a difference High blood pressure, like stress, is one of those silent killers. In fact, it’s the leading associated cause of death and is the number one reason why...
Does Your Job Prepare You For Retirement?
Psst — some jobs are better than others. The type of job you hold determines how you feel about working. Some jobs just offer more and better benefits. The tasks associated with prestigious and...
The Keys To Retirement Success
Stay vigilant and keep motivated I’ve mentioned it in other articles, but it bears repeating — successful retirement is about re-building your life from the ground up, replacing the structure and...
Hearing Aids: Do’s and Certainly Don’ts
The more you know… Before we begin this next installment of our ‘Things You Should Know’, we just wanted to follow up on our last edition, ‘Glasses’. Some folks liked the piece and others, not...
How Schools Can Smother Education
It’s time to reset our priorities. Bill Wood Let’s follow up a bit on the issue of imagination and how children develop through thinking about things they’ve never seen or...
Is Imagination Necessary Today?
Yes, and we can help our children develop that skill. By Bill Wood I had a long lunchtime conversation with a young mother today about her child’s imagination; about her daughter’s...
Drifting Apart
And finding your way back. There are lots of reasons why couples might feel disconnected. Sometimes it springs from resentments and disappointments stored up over the course of a relationship. There...