Barbara Morris

When you blame others or events for how you feel, you give your power to them. You’re saying they control your thoughts, emotions, and subsequent words and actions. How’s that worked for you so far? 

It was a combination of things: too many days that were too active, various more-than-usual stresses each day, and a need for rest and sleep that led to my being more … [Read more...] about Stop Giving Away Your Personal Power Through Blaming and Complaining

A stent is a very small mesh that is inserted into an artery to improve the flow of blood. As we get older we often have hardening of the arteries, or whatever problem that slows our blood circulation. This stent, fairly new in the medical world, can make a huge difference in our health…for a time.

The average patient who has a stent is usually an … [Read more...] about Get Stents Checked for Blockage

While self-help books and articles are good as far as they go, I found that I needed to look more deeply into myself to understand how I became who I was (depressed, anxious, and hating myself). Therapy helped me become who I am now (very much alive). So when I learn about others who—maybe for reasons they don't know—can't get … [Read more...] about Therapy: Let’s Talk About It

All too often life changes and we have no choice but to go along with those changes be they death, divorce or retirement. However sometimes we don’t change the required administrative paperwork that goes along with our life changes and all of a sudden we find that our intent isn’t being met. Perfect example is when a couple divorces but one spouse forgets to change the … [Read more...] about When Financial Intent and Life Objectives Change

 Broccoli to Fight Skin Cancer ** Vitamin C Saves Dying Man of Viral Pneumonia ** Fecal Transplant Pill Wipes Out Infection ** Dangers of Fake Marijuana Called 'Spice' or 'K2' ** Surgeon Uses Fat Transfer for Mastectomy Reconstruction  

Hepatitis C Test for Baby Boomers Urged by Health Panel

An … [Read more...] about Information to Help Live and Feel Better – November

Over the years I have read many “anti-aging” books. Some were good, many were great, and a few were spectacular. The Beverly Hills Anti-Aging Prescription by Dr. Andre Berger is spectacular.

Initially, I wasn’t excited about reviewing the book because I thought it was probably just a public relations piece designed to create … [Read more...] about “The Beverly Hills Anti-Aging Prescription”

While we’re actively working on “careers,” there’s rarely a question about whether we need to make something happen or whether we’re better off waiting for it to happen.  If it’s your job and it’s supposed to happen by a certain time, you’re on it.  If it’s a goal you set for the business, even if it’s your business and you’re the only employee, you get it done.  At home in … [Read more...] about Wait? Or Make It Happen?

Tattoos Reduce Chances of Getting a Job **  Twitter and Privacy: One-In-Five Tweets Divulge User Location ** Bacteria Responsible for Gum Disease Facilitates Rheumatoid Arthritis ** 110 million sexually transmitted infections in U.S.: CDC report ** Vitamin C Dissolves Alzheimer's Plaque 

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People establish trusts for many different reasons. Some for the management aspects to make sure their assets will be properly invested and not squandered away by a spendthrift child or spouse. Others establish trusts to make sure that if sued, their assets are protected from the claims of a creditor. A careful parent or grandparent may establish a trust to provide an … [Read more...] about Is Your Trust Still Fulfilling Your Objectives?

Let’s explore How to Have a Youthful Walk, Secret Number Two!  Here’s what we mentioned in the first article:  One of the healthiest exercises we can do is to walk, and yet there’s a problem: Most older people walk like they’re much older than they are.  And yet there are other older people, the same age, who walk like they’re young.  Why?

In the second article in … [Read more...] about How to Have a Youthful Walk: The Second Secret