The Passionate Life Blog
Jumping into 2022 with Joy and Passion — Hope & Resilience — in a Difficult Time
We were convinced that, when the calendar page was turned at the beginning of 2021, all of the despair of 2020 would disappear. Yet, this year, has been, yet, another rough year. And we aren’t done with this long and difficult pandemic….If there was one lesson for me that overshadowed the many others of this year, it is that of the power of hope. Hope gives us the resilience to get through the most difficult of times….
Holding Onto Hope — in Spite of The Doctor Who Gave Up: The Sad Truth About Health Care and the Elderly _ A Blog by Dr. Mara Karpel 11-30-2021
By his own admission, the attending physician said that it could “go either way.” At the same time, he kept stating all hope was “false.” And this set the tone for other involved medical practitioners at the hospital. This is not uncommon when the patient is elderly.
How Your Home’s Lighting Affects Your Mental Health, by Guest Blogger, Chi Whitley
How Your Home’s Lighting Affects Your Mental Health By Chi Whitley of siegemedia.com for homeadvisor.com Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) affects roughly 6% of the population. This is a direct correlation between light and mood. In winter, the...
(September 28, 2021) Joy and Optimism in Times of Adversity: Lessons from the Pandemic, by Guest Blogger Derek Goodman of inbizability.com
In spite of so much strife of the pandemic, people are finding the silver linings.
(August 11, 2021) Understanding the Medicare Alphabet Soup, by Guest Blogger Derek Goodman of inbizability.com
Navigating and organizing your Medicare coverage may have you scratching your head. This resource can help you sort it out.
Customer, Serve Us! Or How I Spent My Summer Vacation! A Blog by Dr. Mara Karpel, 7-29-2021
As we emerge from our isolation, consumers beware. Predatory tactics of businesses and our consumerism appear to be “on steroids,” with the latter appearing to fuel the former, making us more vulnerable to their ploys.
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