For a variety of reasons (see our blog on Retreat), encouraging greater engagement and building connection among residents in their community requires patience. It often requires a gradual process of trust-building and relationship-building activities on the part of staff. Recognizing the many barriers that reluctant and avoidant residents may face, efforts to build the trust […]
There is beauty in being open to a new, positive future. I can create a new definition of myself, as I want it to be. I am not stuck with how I defined myself yesterday. Our self-definition is a mental construction, and like any construction, it can be remodeled. There is the story of Steve […]
When involved with an individual who is struggling to cope with a personal challenge or problem behavior, a helpful technique may be Motivational Interviewing (MI). MI is a specific approach to helping others create a change in their thinking or behavior. Important considerations in the MI approach are that change is internally directed by the […]
This event is a Living to 100 Club conversation between two psychologists about aging well. Our host, Dr. Joe Casciani will be interviewing Dr. Hugh Pates, a clinical psychologist with a specialty in working with older adults. We will discuss some of the central elements for a successful aging journey. This includes how people cope […]
This conversation invites as its guest Angela Coleman, author of The Art of Chilling Out. This is a conversation about burnout, worry, and stress. What are ways to replace these negative states with spiritual healing, self-care, and self-love. Angela discusses the need for resilience and adaptation. She highlights how important these are today in the […]
by Joe Casciani, PhD Successful aging, the heart of the Living to 100 Club, involves a certain resolve to not worry about things we cannot control, a focus on things we can do instead of cannot do, and many other changes in our thinking. As I like to say, it’s rarely a smooth road ahead […]
Our guest for this Living to 100 Club Podcast is Jeff Seckendorf. At age 70, in about two years, Jeff will attempt to break a U.S. or international cycling hour record. Our guest shares with us his process-oriented training program, incorporating both mental and physical dimensions in his cycling competition. In addition, this conversation takes […]
David Edey is our guest on the Living to 100 Club podcast. David is a Certified Executor Advisor and has been in the financial planning industry for 35 years. From personal experience, David shares the problems that arise when families resist, avoid, and ignore conversations about death and the need for estate planning. When settling […]
Diane Gilman is the guest on this episode of the Living to 100 Club. Diane had the number one best selling brand of jeans in tele-retailing history on the Home Shopping Network. From this, she became known as the “Queen of Jeans.” In this podcast, we discuss Diane’s inspiration for women who are embracing their […]
One lesson learned working with patients in nursing homes was the concept that I am not my body. Regardless of what happens in our body, in our physical functioning, whatever decline or setback encountered, I always have the “I” or “me” in there to maintain my sense of worth. (Unless dementia comes into the picture, […]
