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(R)aging with Grace

When you find yourself at the age you never thought you’d be, there you are.

Aging

Keep, Chuck, or Donate: Why Not Repurpose Those Heirlooms?

Dena Kouremetis on March 24, 2023

While you may not have been keen on inheriting so much of your parents' stuff, there are a few innovative ways to honor it by incorporating it into your home.

While you may not have been keen on inheriting so much of your parents' stuff, there are a few innovative ways to honor it by incorporating it into your home.

Aging

Are You "Reeling in the Years, Stowing Away the Time?"

Dena Kouremetis on September 28, 2022

Like the film Shawshank Redemption reminds us, “Get busy livin’ or get busy dyin’.” Unless DNA dictates something else, life is often all about decisions.

Like the film Shawshank Redemption reminds us, “Get busy livin’ or get busy dyin’.” Unless DNA dictates something else, life is often all about decisions.

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How Do You Characterize Aging?

Dena Kouremetis on July 31, 2022

Experts agree that older people with positive perceptions of aging perform better physically and cognitively than those with negative perceptions.

Experts agree that older people with positive perceptions of aging perform better physically and cognitively than those with negative perceptions.

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Sleep and Sex: Mutually Exclusive?

Dena Kouremetis on May 24, 2022

Couples with good problem-solving skills are able to overcome the challenges otherwise associated with being out of sync in their sleeping.

Couples with good problem-solving skills are able to overcome the challenges otherwise associated with being out of sync in their sleeping.

Aging

When Change Becomes an Imperative

Dena Kouremetis on February 16, 2022

Most personal changes are private wars. And afterward, you felt justified patting yourself on the back even though others never knew what really happened.

Most personal changes are private wars. And afterward, you felt justified patting yourself on the back even though others never knew what really happened.

Aging

Not All Humor is Created Equal

Dena Kouremetis on August 3, 2021

We can joke to break the tension we feel about getting older, or we can take baby steps to hold off the effects of aging so that we have the time to laugh even longer.

We can joke to break the tension we feel about getting older, or we can take baby steps to hold off the effects of aging so that we have the time to laugh even longer.

Aging

Getting Older: Summing Up the Decades

Dena Kouremetis on April 16, 2021

As they age, everyone’s life will have touched thousands of others, yet they will never know who or how many.

As they age, everyone’s life will have touched thousands of others, yet they will never know who or how many.

Aging

A Pocketful of Inequities

Dena Kouremetis on February 13, 2021

Women were mostly left out of the designer equation when it came to pockets, as if their practical needs were not considered as important as men’s.

Women were mostly left out of the designer equation when it came to pockets, as if their practical needs were not considered as important as men’s.

Aging

Going Gray With Conviction

Dena Kouremetis on October 4, 2020

When something becomes a choice—in your head or on your head—it’s no longer a curse.

When something becomes a choice—in your head or on your head—it’s no longer a curse.

Aging

Skin Deep or Soul Deep?

Dena Kouremetis on July 21, 2020

We have been carefully taught to suppress our interest in our looks, especially as we age, as if aging were a lost cause.

We have been carefully taught to suppress our interest in our looks, especially as we age, as if aging were a lost cause.

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