‘Overserved’? Certainly, and workplace sobriety is underrated
Maybe it’s time to “turn around” the assumption that alcohol is a bonding agent and a necessary source of creative inspiration at work.
Amy Gage
Elder-care duties call us to seek the best inside ourselves
I’ve been my mother’s primary caretaker since February 2012, when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
For National Bike to Work Week motivation and beyond, keep an exercise log
The journal entries reinforce my midlife exercise mantra: Something is better than nothing. Any exercise counts.
Lessons from beyond: the short, sad life of a small dog
Unlike giving birth — which is painful, traumatic and yet joyous — witnessing death is just hard and mysterious, and very sad.
What Gen X can teach Boomers about parenthood
Two Generation X mothers — educated, ambitious and deliberately underemployed — exemplify a model of work-family balance that provides a different solution to a persistent problem.
What an atheist is teaching me about the nature of faith
When I tell my son that I am “saddened” by his atheism he points out that this is a considered decision and that believers have no corner on moral virtue.
Alzheimer’s: A daughter’s journey toward acceptance
A faucet opened behind my eyes the day the neurologist told my sister and me that our mother had Alzheimer’s.
Psychologist Carol Lynn Courtney on how life integration drives success
“You can never have life-work balance. A healthy life is about integrating all of your priorities and activities.”
Become a midlife revolutionary: walk to work
Although walking to work is most common — no surprise — among young adults with relatively low incomes, it creeps up again among people 55 and older.
