It is a cruel farce. Scammers use the names of federal agencies charged with protecting citizens’ financial security to rip them off. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has confirmed the existence of a new scam in which someone purporting to be from the agency contacts individuals and tells them they are eligible for a […]
Many of you may have a mother or father, grandparent, uncle/aunt, sister or brother, who may look like they need help now or as they advance in years may need help in the near future. What’s a common mistake that people make? They wait too long to have the conversation or take any action. The […]
Dear Barbara, what do you think about a patient who has been in hospice for months. He has dementia. I thought when patient’s got on hospice they would die soon yet I hear there are patients here in this nursing facility that have been here a year or more. I heard a saying, “dementia patients […]
In the words of Avicii, from Wake me up, “I tried to carry the weight of the world, but I only have two hands.” We know that life as a physician gets busy. We neglect ourselves, our relationships, and our own humanity at times. With going to school non-stop, giving up our youth to study […]
My deep dive in the ancient ways of Ka Ta See began over two decades ago. I had no idea, when I took my first workshop, that I’d just taken a huge step into a significant shift in the path of my life. Back then, I was in my late thirties and had been living […]
So many people are drawn in when a narcissist professes love for them. They think they’ve made a ‘breakthrough’, that the narcissist has changed, and they really feel love. They think maybe the narcissist will be different, more caring and empathic. Or they mistakenly think they are ‘the one’ the narcissist has been looking […]
Every parent knows how hungry their kids can be after returning from school. However, think about changing your menu before grabbing another plate of crackers and cheese. Variation in your child’s snack choices after school will help avoid fatigue from snacking and add nutritional value and variety to your child’s diet. “Snacks give you sustained […]
He was the 2nd generation of a family-owned business. He couldn’t wait for his “old man” to retire. It was his time and he was going to do things right. When it finally happened, it didn’t go so well…. After the congratulations and chest pumping honeymoon was over, real life in the President’s role set […]
Older Americans’ share of the labor force has doubled since the early 1990s, and they constitute roughly one in four workers today. But their dominance is mainly an artifact of the baby boomers’ demographic bulge moving through the labor force and says little about how employers view the growing ranks of aging workers. Employers’ willingness […]