5 Effective Ways to Stay Motivated After 60

On those days when your mature woman mojo isn’t motivated and your mind and body refuse to move, what effective techniques do you use to stay on a positive path? Game On The struggle begins when you pull the bed

5 Guideposts for Developing Patience and Reducing Stress after 60

As published in SixtyandMe Decades ago, I decided that it would be my major intention in life to develop more patience. As a result, I am always mindful of my pre-disposition to lose patience with people, places, things, and most

5 Ways to Create Lasting Positive Change in Your Life

If you want to create lasting positive change in your life in the healthiest and most instructive way, let go of the negative. What is your usual go-to attitude when something adverse happens to you? How do you respond when

Looking into the Future: What’s in Your Survival Kit?

As published in Sixty and Me Looking into the future: Wouldn’t it be lovely to have a human survival kit in your possession? The kit would answer the most important questions about your life: How will your life end? Will

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

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

Mindfulness As A Management Skill

Mindfulness might seem like a touchy-feely way to train future corporate executives in management skills, but research supports the idea that mindfulness – paying attention to what’s happening in the present moment – is essential to becoming an effective leader.

Mindful Meditation: Staying On The Path

A few nights ago I went to a meditation class. There is a new yoga studio in my neighborhood and it has a peaceful vibe. I know about it because one Sunday morning I was walking through the Brentwood Farmer’s

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