Don’t Retire-ReFire: How to Keep Your Mind Sharp

By Gail Supplee Tatum, Columnist, The Times Have you ever forgotten where you put your keys? Do you sometimes forget words or names? Do you feel like your brain is just getting duller? Have you ever felt like you have nothing to add to a conversation? Don’t panic! It’s part of the natural aging process. However, there is growing evidence that tells us otherwise. We do possess the power and we do...

All About Connecting: Make your own luck

It’s about preparation and strategy, for the most part By Nancy Plummer, Columnist, The Times We’ve all been sold on the idea that successful people are just lucky. We are always complaining that we too could have been a millionaire like our brother-in law who made it big by being “lucky enough” to get in at the right time with a great start-up firm, or we could have a husband like our...

Creating a winning online profile

While pictures matter, your words do, too By Nancy Plummer, Columnist, The Times We all hear about the importance of having stunning, professional quality pictures for our online dating profile, but what about our written profile? As Benjamin Franklin one said, “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” In other words, don’t bother writing just any profile, but instead,...

In the blame game, everyone loses

At the end of the day, only you can make yourself happy By Nancy Plummer, Columnist, The Times I had a client come to me, bitter, angry, and practically frothing at the mouth as she raged on about how her ex-husband had destroyed her life and the lives of her children. When I asked her how long ago they were divorced, she answered boldly, “5 years.” All of us at some time in our lives have blamed...