Results from one of the longest continuous scientific studies in the world on well being, specifically happiness, conducted by Harvard University, finds that the best predictor of good health and happiness at 80 is the quality of one’s relationships at 50. Cognitive functioning, physical health as defined by physiological markers…
In a time when youthfulness is commonly held up as the only measure of beauty, I found it deeply heart warming and a great reminder when my friend, married for 20 years, said to me while talking about her half century old husband, “I think he’s more handsome now than…
At some point in life one either moves on from the past or is forever imprisoned by it. Train smart, have fun and never give up. PCD
1. Develop and commitment to a well organized, gradually progressive plan which is grounded in the concept of achieving successive approximations. Be accountable to yourself and someone else you trust and set goals, that linked together represent a clear and reasonable path to your end goal. 2. Be tirelessly persistent.…
In the middle of a challenging balance exercise, which required keen focus on breath, strength and responsiveness, an open-hearted 80 year old friend/client says to me, “you got me, right Cris?”and I say, “you bet I do,” and she says, “I know.” Sometimes it’s our words, other times are deliberate…
Life is complicated n way too short. The less time I have, the more I see clearly what matters the most. Be sure that your life is much bigger than you are and… do all that you can, in the time that you have to see that that what you…
Almost 40 years I was given the gift of a life time, a deeply personal and tender interaction with god that changed my life forever. On a chilly early winters eve, November 1978, my family got the crushing news that our dad had passed away (on) from a sudden and…
If you’re moving more days than not, you are on the right track. Keep it up! If you’re feeling stuck and like progress is lagging a bit consider judiciously playing with the intensity of your sessions. The ideas included in the article below are not just for beginners, please, my…
A wise old curanduro once said, “I wish there was a way to know you are in the good old days before you actually left them.” I’m not sure anything more true has ever been said. Life is so slippery and we tend be so distracted, fickle and fragile (for…
“There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come…