by Elaine Voci | May 8, 2013 | Blog, Life Transitions
There are many paths to successful aging and there has yet to be found one “right” way to grow old. But people who age well – who demonstrate “positive aging” – set an example of loving life and being grateful for everything they have. They are less depressed than...
by Elaine Voci | Jan 7, 2013 | Blog, Life Transitions
Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. She recorded their dying epiphanies in a blog called Inspiration and Chai, which gathered so much attention that she put...
by Elaine Voci | Apr 30, 2012 | Blog, Life Transitions
Life has a way of turning toward a path without warning. An email came one night last week and I learned that a friend’s husband has had a recurrence of lymphoma, a disease he thought he had seen the last of four years ago. He and his family have begun coping with...
by Elaine Voci | Nov 21, 2011 | Blog, Life Transitions
Stress is a normal part of life and is most often associated with adapting to change. Some adaptations are healthy choices we make to support a life of love and inner peace, such as finding comfort and support in good friends and loving relationships. Other...
by Elaine Voci | Mar 29, 2011 | Blog, Change, Life Coaching, Life Transitions
Life is full of change and transitions. The earthquake and tsunami in Japan a few years ago provides a perfect example. Thousands of people had to relocate their homes to new areas, bury their dead, or learn that there were no remains to be buried, after having...