Are We Having Fun Yet?

Joan Frances Moran is a regular columnist for Women of Power Magazine Are we having Fun yet? How many times have you been invited to lunch, or dinner, to a club or to the movies with high expectations about what

What Marion Ross Taught Me About Getting the Most Out of Life

Published in Sixty & Me Magazine, Boomerly.com http://sixtyandme.com/what-marion-ross-taught-me-about-getting-the-most-out-of-life http://www.boomerly.com/what-marion-ross-taught-me-about-getting-the-most-out-of-life You’ve all heard the phrase so many times that it has become a universal mantra: If not now, when? I said that same mantra to myself in March, 1984. I was standing

A Quick Technique To Stay Positive When You’re Feeling Down

Published in Women of Power Magazine We all like to think of ourselves as the woman warrior, the indomitable female the can-do girl who lives every moment with intensity and attention. But, alas, we are human and we have our

5 Powerful Ways to Free Your Mind and Discover Personal Success

Published in the Huffington Post, 4/15/2015 My eldest son just recently left his job because he was terribly unhappy and unfulfilled. Since he has a family to support — three of my grandchildren and a wife — it felt to

Love Yourself First – Getting the Most from Life After 60

Published in Sixty and Me, July 2015 http://sixtyandme.com/love-yourself-first-getting-the-most-from-life-after-60 Lucille Ball said it: Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself first to have a positive and joyful attitude in life. Loving yourself first

GPS of the Mind: 5 Ways to Keep Directional

Published in the Huffington Post, July 14, 2015 Plutarch said, The whole life of a man is but a point in time; let us enjoy it. Plutarch’s quote reminds me of a 4-year-old black Labrador dog called NoLa, named for the

Solving the Self-Sabotaging Syndrome

As Published in the Huffington Post, July 6, 2015 Getting in the way of ourselves – or, as some call this state – being our own worst enemy – has been around since the dawn of man. Modern psychology calls

5 Ways to Break The Barrier of Fear

As published by The Huffington Post June 14, 2015 “The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life.” — Eckhart Tolle When I came across Eckhart Tolle’s quote a

5 Ways You Can Successfully Keep Up With Your Life

As published in the Huffington Post, May 29, 2015 I was sitting with a new friend at a popular local coffee shop in Austin talking about the truths of life when my friend threw me a curve ball: Are you

5 Ways to Reframe Aging With Subtlety and Grace

As published in The Huffington Post: 5/16/2005 The ageless Cher just turned 68. She recently was seen attending the Met Gala in New York City. The theme of this year’s gala was everything Chinese and those in attendance wore costumes

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