Protect Yourself – Protect a Loved One

There is a great article in the New York Times today dealing with the diminished mental capacity that can occur with our loved ones and with our selves as we get older. This is one of the things we work on with our clients as they get older. We don’t refer to it...

Putting the Walker in the Closet

Incentives matter and in the story I link to the woman clearly had an incentive to not fall and to be able to put her walker away. At her age a fall might very well be a death sentence. That would motivate most people. Yet, I know several people who later in life just...

Redesigning the Website

We are upgrading the website and are trying out new features and formats this month. A tweak here a tweak there, some cutting, some pasting, and a whole lot of editing will be going on. The site was mobile friendly before but we are implementing a few things that...

Designing your Environment for Success

If you are new to working with an advisor you may not be familiar with the value that they can add to your life. One of the things a good advisor will do is try to identify those opportunities you are missing or identify the things that are sabotaging your success....

Learning new things

Today, I am taking the time to learn how to use a new program. If successful it should reduce some friction in my day to day activities make things go a little smoother. Taking the time to learn new things has many benefits to the brain and one’s happiness....