How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who’s Sick
As we age, our family and friends face illness. Letty Cottin Pogrebin’s book, “How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who’s Sick” offers advice on what to say and how to help.
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5 Tips for Members of the Club Sandwich Generation
We grandmas are part of the “club sandwich generation” with demands from all sides: taking care of our aging parents, helping our adult children and babysitting our grandchildren.
Read More »Downsize and Organize for the New Year
We grandmas can do our adult children a big favor by downsizing our possessions while we still have the mental and physical energy instead of leaving the responsibility to them.
Read More »Health Advice – Be Like Your Grandparents
Today’s young families can learn some valuable health advice from their grandparents and start the New Year off on the right foot.
Read More »How Do You Handle Disappointment?
We must learn to handle life’s disappointments with each new experience. Here are tips to get you through disappointments that happen during the holidays.
Read More »When Grandmas Take on Too Much
I confess to being an overachiever for most of my adult life. I bring that same mindset to being a grandma and sometimes it gets me into trouble because I take on too much.
Read More »Developing Patience Begins with Ourselves
The more we see life as messy and unpredictable, and people as bumbling through life the best they can, the more patience we bring to the circumstances and people in our lives.
Read More »Do You Know How to Be a Good Listener?
People think that when we hear, we listen. But listening is really hard work, and takes a lot of concentration. Here are 3 ways to become a better listener.
Read More »Why Are Women So Obsessed With Their Bellies?
Women of all ages are obsessed with their bellies. We are way too harsh on ourselves. We need to break the cycle of self-criticism before it reaches the next generation.
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