Do you have a “community” outside of family and close friends?  Think about all of the organizations you may be involved in – church, women’s or men’s organizations, golf or other sports, craft groups, library, etc.  Which do you genuinely enjoy spending time participating in and which do you do attend simply due of obligation?

We still have four months of hurricane season left in Florida, so here are some tips on how to protect yourselves and your loved ones.

REGRETS:  We all have them, and we all struggle with them.  If we live our lives to the fullest, it is nearly impossible to avoid some type of regret.  They are unavoidable.

When someone dies, the first thing to do is nothing. Don't run out and call the nurse. Don't pick up the phone. Take a deep breath and be present to the magnitude of the moment.

Do you tend to take things too personally and wind up getting your feelings hurt?  Taking things personally does not bode well for us in relationships with our spouse, children, friends, or work associates.  Habitually taking another person’s words or actions personally may be because we believe that person is intentionally referring to us in some way and we read negative intent in what they are saying or doing.  When we do this, we give that person all of the power and take away our own, by putting our feelings at the mercy of others, regardless of whether they meant to attack you personally or not.

People who are 65 and older generally have a harder time adjusting to sudden or extreme changes in temperature.  Their body’s ability to thermoregulate body heat may be due to medications, chronic medical conditions, etc.