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Aging, General

 2 records found

How to Crack the Code to Happiness in the Second Half of Life by NPR Staff


(February 26, 2022)
You've got to do the work. You can't just wish for it, and you can't hope you get lucky.…
Topics: Achievements • Advice, Guidance & Mentoring • Attitudes • Coping • COVID-19 • Hopes & Dreams • Memories • Optimal Aging • Relationships • Research


Make Peace with the Past by Ken Potts


(October 1, 2021)
It will help you live more happily in the present…
Topics: Advice, Guidance & Mentoring • Attitudes • Contentment, Satsifaction • Coping • Optimal Aging • Relationships • Wellness



Communication

 1 record found

What Do I Say? Submitted by Stu Johnson


(June 29, 2016)
How to talk to someone who has Alzheimer's…
Topics: Communication • Coping • Disease • Relationships



Faith, Religion & Spirituality

 2 records found

Growing My Faith in the Face of Death by Timothy Keller / The Atlantic


(March 25, 2021)
I spent a lifetime counseling others before my diagnosis. Will I be able to take my own advice?…
Topics: Advice, Guidance & Mentoring • Christian Life • Coping • Dying and Death • Discipline • Disease • Faith • Fears, Concerns • Learning


How Can You Hang in There? by Bill Nichols


(August 15, 2016)
How can you remain faithful and peaceful no matter what?…
Topics: Christian Life • Coping • Faith • Trouble



Health & Wellness

 19 records found

Three Steps to Avoid Burnout for Good by Alice Turner / Stylist


(February 24, 2024)
Feeling burnt out? A trending three-step method could help you deal with continual stress. Here, psychologist Dr Audrey Tang explains how it works…
Topics: Advice, Guidance & Mentoring • Attitudes • Choices and Decision Making • Coping • Lifestyle, General • Optimal Aging • Wellness


Why I Sleep in a Separate Bed from My Husabnd by Bryony Gordon / The Telegraph


(June 10, 2023)
There’s an assumption that not sharing a bed is the death of a relationship but in many cases it can be the saviour…
Topics: Contentment, Satsifaction • Coping • Love • Optimal Aging • Relationships • Wellness


How Loneliness Reshapes the Brain by Marta Zaraska / Quantum Magazine


(March 4, 2023)
Feelings of loneliness prompt changes in the brain that further isolate people from social contact…
Topics: Coping • Loneliness • Mental Health • Optimal Aging • Research • Science & Technology • Wellness


How to Support Your Immune System When It's Running Low by Chloe Gray / Stylist


(August 12, 2022)
Here’s how to look after your immune system as flu season approaches…
Topics: Advice, Guidance & Mentoring • Coping • COVID-19 • Disease • Optimal Aging • Research • Wellness


Hope and Mental Health by James N. Watkins


(May 13, 2022)
Observing May as 'Mental Health Month,' Jim shares from his own experience on the subject…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Coping • Mental Health • Optimal Aging • Wisdom


There are 14 more items for the category Health & Wellness and the Coping topic...See the whole list


Holidays

 2 records found

It's the Most Difficult Time of the Year by James N. Watkins


(December 8, 2019)
A few ideas to help you get through the holidays…
Topics: Christmas • Coping • Depresson • Hanakkuh • Holidays • Holiday Season • Loneliness • Wellness


Redesigning Your Holiday Feelings by Barbara Miklos


(November 20, 2015)
Eight tips to help make the best of the holiday season, especially if you have suffered loss or undergone significant change in the last year…
Topics: Change • Christmas • Coping • Family • Holidays • Holiday Season • Loss & Grieving • Relationships



Inspiration

 2 records found

How to Be Thankful for Your Life by James Clear / JamesClear.com


(November 27, 2020)
Changing one word will flip your perspective for the better…
Topics: Attitudes • Circumstances, Life Events • Contentment, Satsifaction • Coping • Gratitute • Inspiration • Thanks, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving • Wellness


Fear Not . . . by Faith Anne Spaulding


(December 5, 2015)
Confidence doesn't always come easy to us. . . . How do we gain confidence and where does it come from?
Topics: Christian Life • Coping • Faith • Inspiration • Personal Issues



Life Events

 4 records found

The Sunset by Lisa Bubert / Longreads


(December 2, 2022)
There are plenty of reasons to see nursing homes as sad, neglectful places. There are also reasons to see them as something else entirely…
Topics: Personal Stories (Biography/Autobiography) • Coping • COVID-19 • Dying and Death • Health Care • Memory (failing, improving) • Relationships • Social Issues


Is Depression a Gift? by James N. Watkins


(October 9, 2020)
Jim shares his own story (via video) as he asks, Are Authors in Their 'Write' Minds?…
Topics: Christian Life • Coping • Depresson • Disease • Grace • Gratitute • Health Care • Personal Issues


He Faced Death this Week by Bill Nichols


(September 1, 2019)
It made be think…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Comfort & Consolation • Contemplation, Insight • Coping • Dying and Death • Disease • Fears, Concerns • Relationships • Wellness


Joy While Grieving by Bill Nichols


(November 20, 2017)
Reflections on the loss of a dear friend…
Topics: Coping • Dying and Death • Faith • Loss & Grieving • Relationships



News & Current Events

 7 records found

COVID Fatigue and the New Fine Line by Susan Estrich / Creators


(July 29, 2022)
Who believes the numbers?…
Topics: Coping • COVID-19 • Current Events, News • Disease • Social Issues


Summer Really is Getting Hotter by Tara Yharlagadda / Inverse


(July 16, 2022)
How to prepare and stay cool…
Topics: Advice, Guidance & Mentoring • Coping • Nature • News • Optimal Aging • Seasons • Trends • Wellness


We're All Suffering 'Corona Hangover' by James N. Watkins


(August 20, 2021)
COVID-19 is going to have long-term effects on the physical and mental health around the world…
Topics: Change • Coping • COVID-19 • Crisis • Faith • Loss & Grieving • Social Issues • Trends


Consumers Turn to Biking for Safe Fun and Exercise during Pandemic by U.S. Census Bureau staff


(June 5, 2021)
Surge in demand prompts bicycle shortages and higher prices…
Topics: Change • Coping • COVID-19 • Financial • Lifestyle, General • Opportunity • Statistics • Trends • Wellness


The Time Factor Reported by Stu Johnson


(May 24, 2020)
Taking care while fighting the isolation of COVID-19 restrictions…
Topics: Coping • COVID-19 • Current Events, News • Disease • News • Wellness


Outside In by Stu Johnson


(May 14, 2020)
Being engaged while staying safer at home…
Topics: Advice, Guidance & Mentoring • Coping • COVID-19 • Current Events, News • Internet • Learning • Leisure • News • Technology • Travel


Life Lessons by Greg Asimakoupoulos


(May 3, 2020)
What we should learn from global pandemic…
Topics: Coping • COVID-19 • Crisis • Current Events, News • Disease • Learning • News • Wellness



Sports & Recreation

 1 record found

COVID-19 and Sports by Rusty Wright


(August 13, 2020)
NFL coach John Harbaugh on the 'delay of game'…
Topics: Change • Coping • COVID-19 • Current Events, News • Faith • News • Sports



Tragedy

 1 record found

Your Crisis is Only Part of the Picture by Bill Nichols


(February 9, 2016)
We often get defined by our crises, but need to see a bigger picture…
Topics: Character, Integrity • Coping • Crisis • Tragedy • Wellness



Trends

 1 record found

A Tragic Trend by James N. Watkins


(August 24, 2019)
When you or a friend are contemplating suicide…
Topics: Choices and Decision Making • Coping • Fears, Concerns • Future • Loneliness • Social Issues • Stress • Tragedy • Trends • Trouble • Wellness