_ Girls' Social Camouflage Skills May Delay or Prevent Autism Diagnosis By Sondra Forsyth article On parent-reporting measures, girls with autism seem to struggle more than boys with performing routine tasks like getting up and … Read More→
_ Beauty & Style 5 Life Triggers that Inspire Bold Beauty Transformations By Sondra Forsyth article It is common for women to alter their appearance when faced with a significant life challenge. When we are tested … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional Health Lack of Focus or is it Adult ADHD? By Sondra Forsyth article Twenty years ago, we hardly heard of ADHD, an acronym for Attention Deficit┬áHyperactivity┬áDisorder. Today, the term ADHD is so loosely … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional Health Do You Need A Therapist? These 5 Signs Point to Yes By Sondra Forsyth article You lose a loved one, a job, a relationship, a pet or get into an accident, have an injury, gain … Read More→
_ Parenting Why the Empty Nest Reality Is Much Less Glum Than the Myth By Sondra Forsyth article YouΓÇÖre supposed to feel weepy, forsaken and bereft. And maybe you do. Sometimes. Some days. But many parents are realizing … Read More→
_ Hearing Loss Accommodations at Work for Hearing Loss By Sondra Forsyth article The number of people with hearing loss in the United States has doubled over the past 15 years, and a … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional Health Five Steps to Greater Fulfillment in 2017 By Sondra Forsyth article ItΓÇÖs that time of year again to think about what you want to accomplish in 2017.┬á But wait! Past research … Read More→
_ Fighting Ageism: Our Time Has Come By Sondra Forsyth blog Last year, at age 63, Brooklynite Ashton Applewhite, author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto against Ageism, dyed her brown […]
_ Well-being The Secrets of Fulfilled People By Jane Farrell article Are there real tricks to becoming fulfilled in life?┬á You bet. My research and that of others suggests that there … Read More→
_ Marriage Relationships & Love Go Ahead, Pick a Fight! It's Good for Your Relationship By Jane Farrell article ΓÇ£Couples donΓÇÖt split up because they fight, they split up because they donΓÇÖt know how to grow from conflict and … Read More→
_ The Amazing Power of Love & Passion By Sondra Forsyth blog Our passions choose us. We do not choose our passions. When I think back over the passions I have pursued […]
_ Cancer Center Cancer Survivors Less Likely to Receive Callbacks from Potential Employers By Jane Farrell article Job applicants who are cancer survivors are less likely to receive callbacks from potential retail employers than those who did … Read More→
Wear More Purple, Chartreuse, and Tangerine By blog A poem by Jenny Joseph, begins ΓÇ£When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple, with a red hat […]
Mental & Emotional Health Creating a Life of Optimism By article By Dadi Janki, Peter Vegso, and Kelly Johnson Sweetness is a virtue that searches for the good in every person … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional Health Older Adults Weathered the Recession Well By Sondra Forsyth article The "Great Recession" may have put a dent in many older adults' pocketbooks, but a study presented at the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in August 2014 in San Francisco found that more than 40 percent reported a decrease in "financial strain" between 2006 and 2010.
_ Stress-Free Living Health Issues Stress Americans the Most By Sondra Forsyth article Reports of great a deal of stress are more than twice as common among people in poor health, according to an NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) poll released ton July 8th 2014. The survey examined the role of stress in Americans' lives and found that about half of the public (49%) reported that they had a major stressful event or experience in the past year. Nearly half (43%) reported that the most stressful experiences related to health.
Companion and Caregiver By blog The words companion/caregiver are positive words for us who have parents. They are also sad words. They are not positive words for our parents. I know. My mother has a ΓÇ£companion,ΓÇ¥ she says! Not a caregiver. We dare not call Mimi a caregiver. My father had a caregiver. Below are tips I have learned that I want to share with you when you may have to look for a companion or caregiver for your own parents.
_ Urban Gardeners Must Know More About Soil By Jane Farrell article People growing food in urban gardens need to know more about soil contamination, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF). Although consuming food from urban gardens can have health benefits, a lack of knowledge about soil contamination could pose potential problems for both consumers and producers.