Adult and Senior Development Articles

Our Emotional Operating System (EOS) is not the same as our Inner Guidance System (IGS). But, the two systems work so similarly that they are easy to confuse.

It is perhaps one of the greatest challenges. How do we find it within ourselves to love our enemies? Why would we even want to? These days, I can think of nobody I know who I can see as my enemy. That wasn’t always true. Many years ago I had a boss who was in complete control of his emotions. ...

Considering that accidents happen at a fairly consistent rate it is probable that at some point a disability will hit with in the home that reduces a person’s mobility. When an accident occurs it is likely individuals can find themselves dependent upon the use of a wheelchair, walker or scooter device. Also, as people age the simple act of maneuvering around the home becomes trickier. Often times these are the points in life that it is realized the space within the home and

How do you get insomnia? Okay, so staying up late at night can mean one thing. But what if you are trying to get a good night’s sleep but can’t? Well, there are actually many different kinds of insomnia that all deprives you of sleep. Today in this article, I am going to explain to you what are the different kinds of insomnia that you can get and the common causes of it. Not to mention, I would also include some common treatments of treating the different types of insomni

Healthy bodies and minds are important components of a happy life. Many celebrities are outspoken advocates of a healthy lifestyle and find ways to incorporate health into their busy schedules. Here are a few health tips from some of our favorite health-conscious celebs. Reba McIntire & Vitamins Treating your body to the recommended amount of daily vitamins is extremely important. There are many negative symptoms associated with lack of sufficient vitamins including depressio

My previous articles have discussed the Source of power in your life and the neutral role it plays in the universe, returning both the positive and negative energy you pour into it. Here are a few ideas you can incorporate into your life that will help you focus positive energy and tap into that Source of power on a regular basis. Daily Practice of Meditation We discussed how to set up a daily practice of meditation in the last entry. The more you meditate, the more you activate your creative potential through connecting with the “silent source” of potential. Practice Non-Judgment

One of life’s most difficult situations is when someone you love is no longer present in your life, especially if that someone is a child. It’s a given thing that sometime, as a parent, you and a child are going to have a major disagreement. This so frequently happens with life ...

I don’t know anyone who isn’t riveted on the Gulf Coast situation and the devastation of New Orleans, deeply conce ed, thinking and praying for the survivors, the ones who didn’t survive, the helpers, and those who have loved ones not accounted for. I do know individuals who are handling it ...

Years ago I read a book called Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss with the desire to better understand my mother, whose own mother passed when she was just under 4 yrs. old. It did indeed shed some light of understanding for me. Additionally, it helped me gain insight into some of the experiences I’d had as a teenager after my father passed. At the time I felt the book could have been called “Fatherless Daughters” or “Parentless Kids”.

Pheromones are chemicals that are released from animals and humans. These chemicals are attractants that tell other animals a wide range of things. Things such as type of animal, sex of the animal, social group that the animal belongs to and if the animal is in heat or not. These pheromones ...Pheromones are chemicals that are released from animals and humans. These chemicals are attractants that tell other animals a wide range of things. Things such as type of animal, sex of

In this digital world, people are considering playing games online. There are a lot of websites from where online games can be played. The best thing about virtual gaming is that it can be played online and offline as well. Hundreds of games whose graphics seamlessly relates to virtual life and everything looks so real. Both these things seem to be very interesting and crazy but in real playing online games is really very harmful to our health. Now, this doesn't mean that you

We can tap into the source of everything by overcoming the constant internal monologue of our rational mind through meditation. We can utilize this connection once we’ve established it in our lives by focusing our attention and energy. We can and do influence the source whether we have established a conscious connection or not. This connection strengthens our ability to remain grounded and self-empowered—relying on the real source inside ourselves. By maintaining this connection to the source, our desires are realized with diminishing effort on our part.

The best managers are the ones with emotional intelligence! Here's why. 1. Managers are called upon to make decisions. Primitive emotions, unmonitored, automatic, powerful and not always conscious can “hijack” us making us react thoughtlessly to people and situations instead of thinking ...

I stopped by a preschool the other day, and met Sam. He caught my eye right away because he had presence. We call him “Mr. President,” the teacher told me. “He’s bossy.” Sam was focused on a car he was playing with. When I walked up to him, he looked up slowly, with confidence. Something ...

I just received word that my new friend passed away this weekend. Death announcements have been coming my way with great regularity. You see, I’m at that phase in life where aging family members are shifting the way and where I spend my time. In the past year I’ve said goodbye to my ...

The problem of erectile dysfunction in thousands of men has made the male enhancement treatments popular. There are many types of treatments available but the men must choose one that is most suitable to them and is also safe. The treatments available may be in the form of pills, products, devices or exercises. To select a safe treatment, the men must have the knowledge on the safety levels in different types of treatment. Among all the treatments available in the market, som

So many adults with ADD are plagued with clutter! Our desks are covered with papers. Our sinks are full of dishes. Our floors and counters are strewn with stuff.nn Where Does Clutter Come From? nnClutter builds up easily for many ADDers. Sometimes, we get distracted and just place a paper or an object wherever it's convenient. Other times we find that, despite our best efforts, we just don't know where to put something, so we put it anywhere. Other times, we just don't care w

I read a quote in one of those celebrity columns recently that just blew me away. It’s not that I believe everything I read, especially when it comes to Hollywood, but for the sake of discussion, let’s assume that the quote was correctly stated. nnIt was attributed to Angus Young, member of the band AC/DC. Think big arena rock, throbbing bass, and screeching vocals. You could identify an AC/DC song in the first few measures by its distinctive bass line and ribald lyrics.

Home health aide agencies provide a valuable service and have been doing so for decades. It is common that families seek out these services because there is very little adjusting needed to be made on the part of the patient.rn rnUnlike moving someone from their home and into a facility, which can be devastating to an individual (especially someone already experiencing significant mental and physical changes). Millions of people throughout several continents receive some form

In a recent article in Forbes magazine, Wachovia CEO G. Kennedy Thompson is quoted as saying that Beta Theta Pi, which he joined while an undergrad at the University of North Carolina, gave him "the opportunity to meet people from different backgrounds and places, and the connections have ...

If you've always worked for someone else, you may harbor fantasies of what it would be like to "be your own boss." While working for yourself has major advantages; if you choose this route you may find some surprises. 1. MYTH: I won't have to work as hard. REALITY: You'll probably work ...

No more New Year’s resolutions!! No more thinking about projects to finish, exercise classes to start or diets to loose that same ten pounds. Baby Boomers, parents, career professionals; we all strive for better health, less stress, being more organized. A great solution for a Great New Year is to clear the air and to forget about you, start thinking about others. To do this, you have to put two things in place.

A few months ago I traveled from Canada to a school reunion in England. As events go, maybe this does not rank as amazing. But amazing it was and taught me more about how we develop as adults than reading a ton of books on the subject. Here was a group of fifty or more men and women, most of ...

In today's fast-changing world, there's hardly a more important emotional intelligence competency to have than resilience. Resilience means being able to bounce back after setbacks, failures, disappointments and losses. It means not giving up, and continuing to face the future with optimism ...

The medical grouping hasn't yet faced a statement writer labyrinthine tha HIV/AIDS. Imperfect immunodeficiency virus, truncated as HIV is a life-threatening virus that causes the most pernicious disease ever familiar to anthropoid beings, AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome). It is said that the first officialdom instance of HIV AIDS was launch in gay men in the Married States in the 1980s. By 1982, nearly 14 nations had reportable cases of HIV AIDS incident making it on

My granddaughter has great parents and also great grandparents, and we all do things differently. As parents, we love our children and also are responsible for emotional intelligence training and also character training! We want them to grow up to be responsible adults, contributing members ...

In-Home care aids typically take on a wide variety of duties that help their patients function throughout their day. The main job of an in-home care aid is to prevent the need for an elderly adult to move into an institutional setting for nursing care. Their duties typically fall into a few large categories including personal hygiene and health, cleaning and food preparation, and daily chores. Personal hygiene may be the most important collection of duties for many Los Gatos

One of the age old questions for all parents!!! It’s the same as when a friend asked me “When do your children sleep through the night?” My answer, “Never! You can be ready for that after midnight call for the rest of your life.” Baby Boomers and those over ...

You’d have to be living under a rock not to have heard of Emotional Intelligence (EQ). More and more businesses are recognizing the need for an EQ culture. Businesses have used it to ease the strain of diversity, multicultural and global offices; to decrease negative friction in the ...

Safety first whenever you're in the car, but for most of us, it's a pocket of time, and time is what we have the least of. Know yourself. If you're the kind who can't do two things at once, don't. Driving time can be a great source of stress if you let it be, but if you are intentional, and ...

Have you considered having a personal rebirth this spring, recreating your life, planting new seeds to bring about a different harvest? A coach can help you do this. "A garden in the early stage is not a pleasant or compelling place: it's a lot of arduous, messy, noisome work -- digging up ...

The disability of losing the ability to walk can be an incredible motivator or it can lock you into discouraging thoughts. There are 2 paths I found in dealing with disabilities. I could focus on the thoughts and fears of what was happening to me, which would leave me completely discouraged. Or I could be so clear on what I wanted that it forced me to discover new ways to accomplish my goals. MS is a tricky illness. Disabilities can come and go without any logical explanatio

Male enhancement is the need of many men today and there are so many options available to fulfill this need. Among so many options available, it is difficult to decide the most suitable. Information before action is necessary for maximum satisfaction so you must collect relevant information from maximum sources and then compare all the information to select the most suitable option. Internet is a good medium where you can search tons of sites which could provide you the relev

More people are hiring a coach every day. Choosing a coach is an important decision. To choose wisely, use your emotional intelligence - all parts of your brain, emotional as well as cognitive. HOW TO START YOUR SEARCH Start by doing the research. n· Enter "EQ coach" on a search engine, ...

Difficult to diagnose, with no known cause (and/or multiple causes), and no known cure, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or ME) plagues over 1,000,000 people in the US. Here are some of the latest findings about this syndrome: 1. About 1.3 million people in the US have ...

Matthew is not ambivalent about the war. He’s for it, 100%. This is his “first” war, being 30 years old. He’s watching the news avidly on t.v., is glad we’re over there, and sends me emails to that affect. My client in Australia has strain in her voice when we talk. She assumes I’m “against ...

Type 2 diabetes risk increases with sleep loss but a new study has found that catching up on lost sleep may help reverse this. Many Americans sleep patterns revolve around short amounts of sleep throughout the week and longer hours of sleep on the weekend. Previous research has suggested that continuous nights of only four to five hours of sleep can raise the risk of type 2 diabetes by 20 percent. The new findings suggest that by catching up on lost sleep for two days may be

Did you know that more than 47% of US households are headed by unmarried individuals? The American Association for Single People projects this figure will continue to rise in the coming decade. Therefore, if you are single you are not alone. And … if you have single adults in your social ...

If you are seeking the right living situation for an elderly loved one, an active adult community may be the right choice. There are many types of centers for older adults and it's important to choose one that fits the need of the person about whom you're concerned. The following are four ways that adult communities can be beneficial for elderly people who may be facing risks and quality of life issues living on their own. A More Active Social Life Many older adults are socia

Our Emotional Fitness has a significant bearing on the rest of our health. If you have any doubts about that, simply look at how you are affected when you become anxious, or overly angry, or very joyous, or feel a lot of stress. Do you experience mental or physical reactions to those emotional ...

Your unconscious mind is full of thoughts, feelings, and emotions from your past. And because past memories are brought up by your conscious mind continually, some of them bring out a resisting feeling, some of them bring out a pushing feeling, and some of them bring out a clutching feeling. nnCan you let go of resisting? Will you let go of pushing? Could you then let go of clutching? I certainly hope so, because, if you ever expect to find peace-of-mind AND eliminate distres

Have you or someone you know been diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD)? If so, you probably have questions about what it is and how it will affect a person. Here's a brief overview to increase your understanding of macular degeneration and perhaps relieve some anxiety about the diagnosis. San Francisco Home Health Care states the following:rnMacular degeneration is a disease of the eye caused by the deterioration of the retina and resulting in an inability to

Emotional intelligence involves many separate competencies. One of them is compassion or empathy. You might think of it as ^soft.^ Well, actually some people think of emotional intelligence as ^soft.^ Which brings up an interesting point. In the Strengths e-course I offer, I ask the ...

There we were, newly married, living thousands of miles from either of our homes, in Durham, NC where he was in medical school. My husband was from Texas, and I was from the North Shore of Chicago. We came from two different cultures ourselves, and now were together in a new one. It turned ...

If you enjoy reading fiction, I invite you to read an as yet unpublished novel of mine. It’s called “State of Flux” and is about four people searching for meaning in their lives. It involves romance, spiritual growth, intrigue and mystery. I will send you an electronic copy if you let me know ...

Given that old times, areas survive via activities that generate food and basic needs. When specific items are doing not have, individuals have sought other neighborhoods to get these items. Oftentimes, these trading/business activities are carried out in certain places such as a market location or a major road in a community. Gradually, this location ends up being called a gathering place for barter and business activities. As time goes by, irreversible frameworks would cert

When a sudden medical event or general decline in health causes your loved one to need an increased assistance with daily living it may be necessary to consider Albuquerque home care. While family members can often pitch in to help out elderly relatives, over time it can become tiring and difficult. One of the first signs that Albuquerque caregiver may be needed is routine chores around the house are not getting done. As health problems worsen, things like laundry, dusting, m