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RISK MANAGEMENT FOR MARRIAGE

September 11, 2023 by

Does risk management apply to marriage? Only if you’re married. Single people have other risks to mitigate. So what are the risks for married people? The biggest risk is in not apologizing often enough. For example:

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BOOMER ALCOHOL: AN INTERVIEW INTERVENTION

September 1, 2023 by

Boomer alcohol? They’ve met before, Baby Boomers and Alcohol. But have they ever really talked to each other? What would they say? Let’s find out:

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NOT RIGHT? HOW TO GET RIGHT SOONER THAN LATER WITH THE RIGHT FOOD

July 31, 2023 by

Feelings of being not right could be from something you ate? What’s the last thing you found on your plate or in your bowl? It’s probably not food poisoning, but it could be something. For example:

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ROLE MODEL RECIPE STARTER KIT

April 20, 2023 by

To start, a role model recipe needs a pinch of gray, but not some wizard looking rig with robes and a long beard. Just a pinch. Why? Nothing says “Follow Me” better than someone who looks like they’ve been somewhere. Got it? So follow me on this:

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HEALTHY ALCOHOL LAST CALL NO LAUGHING MATTER

April 5, 2023 by

The latest news on healthy alcohol? It’s not as healthy as promised. A glass of red wine is no longer the health standard, as if it ever was. But it’s had a good run.

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MARRIAGE TRAP, STARRING BEN AFFLECK

December 12, 2022 by

Does a ‘marriage trap’ sound different than a marriage between two movie stars? Edward Hopper painted what looks like a marriage trap. A couple in a room ignoring each other, trying to find anything to do besides talk. He reads bad news, she taps a sad note. Looks like a trap to me. But, what’s […]

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HOLIDAY HEART SYNDROME REVIEW FROM CARDIAC REHAB

November 25, 2021 by

Holiday heart syndrome information hits home when you hear about it during a session in cardiac rehab. Everyone in the room, except the staff, wore a heart monitor power pack strapped around their neck with three contacts attached to wires. White contact attached to the right collar bone, the other two on the side below […]

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FEELING EMPTY? HOW TO FILL UP WITHOUT GUILT

September 3, 2021 by

Feeling empty sounds about right, but that doesn’t make it right. What to do? No one needs some random Boomer explaining how they filled up ‘back in the day.’ Besides, was there ever a time like this where finger pointing got out of control with so many solutions for feeling empty? And so much blame? […]

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DRY JANUARY? START NOW, PARTY LATER

January 2, 2020 by

Dry January, or No Drink January, came as a surprise. One of my favorite booze-hounds came up with it before I’d ever heard of it. “I’m thinking of doing a dry January,” he said.

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WHAT SORT OF PARENT DID YOUR PARENTS WARN YOU ABOUT

December 19, 2018 by

    Did you become the sort of parent your parents warned you about? Are you surprised? We had stern warnings growing up about kids from unsupervised homes, which meant anyone different than us. Those were houses we weren’t allowed to visit. It was supposed to be a vaccine against hard partying high school nights. […]

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