Barbara Morris

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 support of … [Read more...] about Wait? Or Make It Happen?

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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 inheritance … [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 this series, we … [Read more...] about How to Have a Youthful Walk: The Second Secret

Certainly, not all old women become bitter and angry. But let's get real. You've probably known or met more than a few of them.

As we continue the journey of our lives, we are often slowed down or stopped by negative feelings that can overwhelm us. We might believe that we are helpless in resolving painful situations. This can take us further so that we also become hopeless. The combination of these feelings can destroy us - if we allow this to happen.

That is right; we don’t have to allow it! We can give … [Read more...] about Our Ememies Within

Losing It

If losing weight and keeping it off was easy everyone would be thin and there would be no such thing as the weight loss industry.

As many women and men will attest however long-term weight loss can be fiendishly difficult and for some people seemingly nearly impossible. Why this is so is a conundrum which is still only partially understood, … [Read more...] about Obesity: The “New Normal” Part Three

People might say there’s a lot to complain about these days, and so it’s been throughout history. How’s that working for you and for all of us so far? 

We all complain aloud at times. Does it count as complaining if we do it silently to ourselves? Yep. And we’re likely guiltier of this silent “complaint-athon” activity than complaining aloud because of how many thoughts we have … [Read more...] about What’s There to Complain About?

The mantra of our libertine culture is, “It’s my body – don’t tell me what I can or cannot do to it or with it.” Sounds good but when it comes to treating cancer, apparently the government has the primary say about what you can or cannot do to or with your body.

Want to try an unapproved cancer drug? The government says you can’t have it. Not because it’s harmful … [Read more...] about “It’s My Body, So Leave Me Alone”