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Gaining Confidence with Age: You Are Perfect Just the Way You Are

As published in Sixty and Me An old friend of mine from over a decade asked me to dance the other night. I have danced Argentine tango for over 20 years. However, each time a beautiful and elegant dancer asks

6 Ways To Find Your Inner Genius

From the Huffington Post, July 28, 2015 I’m reading Walter Isaacson’s latest book, The Innovators. It took me three weeks to get past page 20. Reading the early chapters took on epic proportion as every night I plowed through two or

Why I Stand on My Head to Find Balance, and 5 Other Ways to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone

As published in the Huffington Post, April 14, 2015 I stand on my head because I can. Every time I turn myself upside down I find my balance — literally and figuratively. That’s when I take center stage in my

Vulnerability and the Art of Family Maintenance

As published in The Huffington Post, January 6, 2015 I was walking the dogs with my daughter-in-law while on our family’s winter ski vacation, and we happened on a discussion of the three most serious stressors in life. In the

The Path to Creative Living: Be Vulnerable

I heard Dr. Brene Brown give a speech on the topic of vulnerability in a TEDTalk. She made the point that to be vulnerable is to have real strength and not just the old-fashioned muscle strength. From personal experience, Dr. Brown

Bucket Lists and Other Bliss

Here’s a potential for my bucket list: I’ve always wanted to do stand up comedy. Hasn’t everybody? But when do you decide that you have become so fearless that you can get in front of strangers and make a fool

BOOKS BY JOAN MORAN