Barbara Morris

Florida author Carrol Wolverton warns readers about what she feels is a infringement of the rights of older people. She writes: 

A pretty impressive group of major organizations including AARP and Huffington Post have joined forces to promote a memoir contest first advertised December 1. The deadline is February 15, 2014. All entrants must have been born before 1965. … [Read more...] about Is It a Scam, or Just a Bad Idea?

The gift of time – that’s what the baby boomer generation has been given via science, medicine, technology and new knowledge about exercise, diet and not smoking.  Some estimate this gift of time is up to thirty years longer than their parents’ generation lived.  What we do with all this time is … [Read more...] about Reinvention: A Powerful Metaphor Not a Dangerous Myth

Hello there.  This is the final part to our three part series on how to improve your driving skills.  In this article, we are going to review parts one and two and conclude our series with some really great visualization exercises.  Our goal has been to speed up driver’s reaction time behind the wheel, yet these ideas do not replace a real driving classroom situation, or what your … [Read more...] about Safe Driver Series Part Three: Take Time to Visualize Better Driving

After you’ve driven a car for a number of years you’ll probably decide to sell it or trade it in for a newer model. Similarly if you decide to move and sell your home after a period you would find a buyer on your own or through a broker and sell your home to another. In both cases it’s clearly understood that if you entered into a transaction to sell your property to … [Read more...] about What You Need To Know About a “Life Settlement” Option In a Life Insurance Policy

How many of our choices are actually false choices? What does this even mean? It means sometimes we are given or experience the illusion of choice, and may not realize this.

The simplest way to demonstrate this is with a question a parent, who wants vegetables eaten, might ask a reluctant child: Do you want broccoli or carrots? It seems a clever way to get a goal accomplished, … [Read more...] about Choices and False Choices

I don’t make ‘new year’s resolutions’ but I do think of January as a time for new beginnings.  It is never too late to try again, to start over. Everyone makes wrong decisions, which might bring terrible results. Sometimes we almost drown in regret; we can spend any amount of time wishing we could redo some of those things. We can’t do that but we CAN begin NOW to think … [Read more...] about Starting Over

Having no vision for your life is like being in a rowboat without oars: you go where the water takes you, or doesn’t. If coming up with a vision frustrates or confuses you in any way or makes you anxious, this may help.

Hermann Hesse wrote: “Most people are like a falling leaf that drifts and turns in the air, flutters, and falls to the ground. But a few others are like stars … [Read more...] about Do You Have A Vision for Your Life?

 ***Omega-3 and vitamin D may help clear Alzheimer's plaques***Biological Effects of the Popular Artificial Sweetener Sucralose***Artificial Sweeteners May Contaminate Water Downstream Of Sewage Treatment Plants And Even Drinking Water***Long-Term Use of Common Heartburn and Ulcer Medications Linked to Vitamin B12 Deficiency***Vitamin B12 May Reduce Risk of Alzheimer's Disease***How … [Read more...] about Information to Help Live and Feel Better January 2014

Hello there. Welcome to part two of our three part series on how to improve your driving skills.  In this article, I am going to explore some ideas that will introduce you to exercises that can improve your coordination while driving.  It has been proven that if a driver can speed up their reaction time, they will be safer drivers.  Yet while this article will introduce these concepts to … [Read more...] about The Safe Driver Series Part 2: Hand Eye Coordination Exercises