Active Aging The International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) has identified seven dimensions of wellness which should be considered within the context of the nine principles that make up their active aging model. These nine principles are as follows: Populations Perceptions People Programs Products Promotions Places Policy Potential Much has been written about the […]

Preventing Falls Among community-dwelling adults aged 65 or older, 30—40% fall at least once per year. Many of these falls have accompanying injury and many of these falls and injuries are preventable. A sound approach to fall prevention focusses on risk factors which increase the chance of falling and intervention strategies to reduce or mitigate […]

  WE ARE EACH HEROES AND HEROINES OF OUR OWN STORY We are always telling stories to one another. It’s part of who we are, how we share information, how we communicate. Did you listen to the news today? Someone told you a story. Did you repeat it to someone else? You told a story to […]

Dementia Differences  I receive a lot of questions about dementia. Often people use the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease as though it describes all types of dementias but this is not the case. Alzheimer’s disease is only one of many conditions which are all variations of dementing illnesses. In this column I’ll describe some of the […]

If you have a parent with NPD, or you are co-parenting with a narcissist, you probably experience a lot of frustration and confusion.  Sometimes they seem like a loving parent, sometimes not at all; sometimes they seem caring and involved, and then in the next moment, not at all.  How do you make sense of […]

Is a relationship in your life making your feel crazy? You might be involved with a narcissist.  What is a narcissist and how do you know if you’re involved with one?  This video will explore this personality disorder and help you understand how to take care of yourself if you’re involved with a narcissist. Narcissistic […]

  First to clarify, abusers are often, but not always narcissists and narcissists are often, but not always abusers so I’m including both because both types of relationships have very similar effects on people and healing from them takes the same journey.  These 7 insights and strategies plus some thoughts at the end about how […]

Yes a Narcissist has Feelings; Just Not For You! There is a lot of confusion when it comes to how a narcissist feels.  Many say, ‘narcissists don’t have feelings’, but this isn’t true.  What IS true is that they feel completely differently than people without this disorder, and until you really understand that, you are […]