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Being resilient is a learning process
Optimists tend to be resilient. In difficult times they focus their energies on constructive efforts, using their time to enhance their lives despite adversity. Although they may feel victimized by crises at times, they can overcome those feelings by concentrating, instead, on the positive aspects of their lives.   Realistic...
Men’s Health Month
In addition to Father's Day, June also celebrates Men's Health Month; the intention is to promote awareness of preventable male health issues, early detection, and treatment. Activities during the month that support this effort include health fairs and screenings. Unfortunately, the coronavirus has dampened many of these activities for this...
Let’s stay connected
One bigtime advantage to my studying Gerontology as a means to develop an “encore” career is that I was able to directly apply what I was learning to my aging self, family, and friends. Something I learned during my first term is that loneliness has a particularly negative impact on...
The nun study, brain reserve, and plasticity
Back in 1986, the University of Minnesota began a study known as the Nun Study. For several years, researchers conducted annual cognitive exams on nuns from the order of Notre Dame.  Each participant agreed to allow autopsies of their brains after they died.  The purpose of the study was to...
Golf returns
It was a long six weeks. I'm not talking just about being housebound because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the fact that the area golf courses also were shut down. I try to play at least once a week. However, that wasn't possible during most of March and April. It...
Staying resilient and overcoming issues
Globalization is the interconnection of the world’s economies, cultures, and information that results in the cross-border flow of goods, services, people, and currencies. It has its advantages as well as its disadvantages. Developing countries have benefited by gaining world accessibility for their products and services. Businesses with international reach have...