If you’ve ever woken up in the morning to stiff, aching joints that cracked and popped as you began to move, you’re definitely not alone. You don’t have to have been a professional athlete to suffer joint pain — we all become more prone to it as we age. That’s because the cartilage between your […]

Money. We all need it, and most of us want it. And like it or not, we all have a relationship with it, a relationship that can involve an overwhelming amount of stress.  In her article How to Confront the Shame of Being Bad with Money [1], Theresa Avila points out that it’s easy to […]

We all procrastinate to some degree, and we have since long ago. The ancient Greeks called it akrasia, acting against our better judgment. But with all this time and experience under our belts, why do we still tend to put things off, and how do we break the habit? “One explanation for why akrasia rules […]

Every adult needs advance directives. Unexpected events can render a person unable to make decisions about his or her medical care at any age.  “Ever since Congress passed the Patient Self-Determination Act in 1990, health professionals and consumer advocates have urged Americans, especially older adults, to draw up advance directives and distribute them to families […]