Imagine your life spiraling out of control so that you have no idea what is happening to you or why things are so seriously wrong. Then you hit rock bottom. Meet Michaela Fissel. Michaela is a recovery advocate and says more than likely if it weren’t for the recovery program, … Read More
Yvonne Alston Founder/Principal, Indelible Impressions Consulting, LLC What is it like to walk in the shoes of individuals who are blind, obese, scarred, or have a different color skin than your own? How often do we talk about or understand the impact of privilege, namely white privilege? Have you ever … Read More
From Prime Time Emmy Award Winning executive producer and social media strategist to Alaskan Park Ranger Naomi Boak was an executive producer of the award winning program The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer’s, the documentaries FAT and Through a Dog’s Eyes and the PBS series Life (Part 2). Prior to … Read More
With millions of people out of work, many are asking “Do I even want to return to what I was doing? Or, I feel trapped where I am but I fear taking a risk to look elsewhere in such an uncertain environment. I feel fairly safe here, but there is … Read More
by Paula Usrey When I ask people what they want their lives to look like in the future, almost everyone I’ve talked to will tell me they want to be happy, healthy, and free—at least once they retired. But when I ask people how they are going to make that … Read More
There’s a simple fact of life that none of us can escape…the end of it. No matter how rich, poor, healthy, sick or stubborn you may be, we all have to say sayonara at some point or another. With that in mind, I propose a simple experiment: Just for today, … Read More
June 17, 2020 …a day I will never forget. That’s when I started feeling sick. My kids wanted to go to the pool. While there, I developed chills. After we arrived home, I went to bed. That was just the beginning. By evening I vomited uncontrollably and had no control … Read More
For the first time in U.S. history, people sixty and over now outnumber those 18 and younger. Yet we still live in a youth-centric culture that reinforces the separation of people based on age. Separation in the Workplace, in Our Neighborhoods , and in Schools Research suggests that workers over fifty have more … Read More
In October 1999 Bernice Bratter who was then Executive Director, Los Angeles Women’s Foundation, contacted her colleague, Helen Dennis, and inquired if anyone was doing anything about professional women facing retirement. Helen specialized in aging, employment and retirement, said “not much and let’s talk.” A four-hour lunch later ended with … Read More
I recently sold my business which I started 35 years ago at the age of 35. I was planning the new chapter in my life, trying to re-invent myself when the pandemic hit, leaving me quite undone. My challenge is to find a new sense of purpose when so much … Read More