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Submitted by Wesley on January 22, 2010 - 12:20am.
There may be no more perfect book for the LifeTwo audience than Gretchen Rubin's new book "The Happiness Project". Rubin spent a year as a one person focus group testing every possible way to increase personal happiness. Part memoir and part "how to fix your life", "The Happiness Project" is a joy to read. »more»
Submitted by ctomshaw on January 6, 2010 - 12:33am.
Let’s just get this out of the way right up top here. Yes. It’s true. I am a single man in his 50s who lives alone with a cat. And no, this does not mean that as I write this, I’m listening to a Streisand CD before getting dressed in my best Star Wars t-shirt to join my mom for the early bird dinner at Denny’s. »more»
Submitted by Laurie Israel on December 14, 2009 - 2:27pm.
I’ve been hearing the sorry tale of Tiger Woods’ alleged deficits as a faithful husband to his beautiful Swedish wife, Elin Nordegren. It is just a more publicized and extreme version of what I see in my law practice where I spend my days as a divorce lawyer. »more»
Submitted by ctomshaw on November 22, 2009 - 10:59am.
Divorced life has taught me a lot these past three years. For instance, I’ve learned how to truly make the moments with my kids count. I’ve confirmed that what I assumed in high school is, in fact, true – dating really sucks. Also, I’ve discovered a dozen different dinners that can be made entirely during a single commercial break during an NFL game. »more»
Submitted by Wesley on November 12, 2009 - 5:32pm.
The recently release study "Gender Disparity in the Rate of Partner Abandonment in Patients with Serious Medical Illness" sheds some disappointing light on "partner abandonment"--the term for separation/divorce during a period of serious illness and the role that gender plays. »more»
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Submitted by JedDiamond on March 8, 2010 - 3:48pm.
Jed Diamond, Ph.D. has been a marriage and family counselor for the last 45 years. He is the author of 8 books, including Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places, Male Menopause, The Irritable Male Syndrome, and Mr. Mean: Saving Your Relationship from the Irritable Male Syndrome (May, 2010). »more»
Submitted by Wesley on March 8, 2010 - 8:41am.
This week's scheduled host for the BloggingBoomers disappeared without notice but fortunately blogger Midlife Crisis Queen stepped in and organized 10 interesting posts on surviving and thriving in midlife. »more»
Submitted by Deborah Hayes on March 5, 2010 - 5:36pm.
OK. You’ve taken the time to examine your life as it is today and discovered the small hidden joy within; the want not should of what you really want to do! »more»
Submitted by JedDiamond on March 1, 2010 - 7:44pm.
Jed Diamond, Ph.D. has been a marriage and family counselor for the last 45 years. He is the author of 8 books, including Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places, Male Menopause, The Irritable Male Syndrome, and Mr. Mean: Saving Your Relationship from the Irritable Male Syndrome (May, 2010). »more»
Submitted by hlesbrown on March 1, 2010 - 9:34am.
That is the cry of the "innocent victim" . . . most often followed by, "After all I've done for you!" Does this sound at all familiar? »more»
Submitted by Wesley on March 1, 2010 - 8:04am.
This week's BloggingBoomers arrives back here at LifeTwo.com. Each week a group of roughly a dozen bloggers who focus on various aspects of life above forty come together with their top blog post of the week. They are summarized in one post and then linked back to the originating blog. With no further adieu: »more»
Submitted by Wesley on February 25, 2010 - 10:00pm.
Useful checklist on how to become and stay happy from author Sonja Lyubomirsky:
1. Count your blessings. Express gratitude for what you have both privately and to others.
2. Cultivate optimism. Practice seeing the bright side of everything.
3. Avoid over-thinking and social comparison. Don't dwell on problems.
4. Practice kindness. Do good things for others. »more»
Submitted by Wesley on February 22, 2010 - 2:18pm.
The Wall Street Journal just published their Best Retirement Films of All Time". What do you think of the list? »more»
"About Schmidt" (2000)
"Cocoon" (1985)
Submitted by Wesley on February 21, 2010 - 4:14pm.
This week's edition of BloggingBoomers is up at the blog It's All About Aging. Head over there to see a collection of this week's best posts about surviving middle age.
Submitted by hlesbrown on February 21, 2010 - 11:06am.
If you haven't yet noticed my attraction to silly things, let me now bring it to your attention. I discovered a long time ago that, very often, silly things contain far more wisdom than sensible things. It's one of the great ironies of our universe. Take, for example, that incredibly silly series of books by Douglas Adams that goes by the title The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. There's enough silliness (and, consequently, wisdom) in those pages to last a person the better part of a lifetime. Take, for example, the excerpt from the Guide that appears in the third book of the trilogy (Life, The Universe, and Everything) under the heading "RECREATIONAL IMPOSSIBILITIES." According to Adams, the Guide says this about flying: "There is an art, . . . or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."* »more»
Submitted by Wesley on February 19, 2010 - 12:19pm.
Two frequent topics on LifeTwo are infidelity and the male midlife crises. Both of these subjects are covered in the new book "The Politician" which chronicles presidential candidate John Edwards' ongoing extra-marital affair. »more»
Submitted by Deborah Hayes on February 18, 2010 - 4:06pm.
We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential. - Ellen Goodman »more»
Submitted by Wesley on February 15, 2010 - 11:03am.
This week's edition of the BloggingBoomers blog carnival is up at Fabulous After 40. Visit the link to see a dozen interesting posts relating to surviving and thriving in the post 40 years.
Submitted by Wesley on February 15, 2010 - 10:24am.
Based on her therapist's advice, married homemaker of two Faye Miller typed her husband's name into the Google search engine and what she knew of her comfortable world disappeared with a single keystroke:
* Her husband of 10 years, Dr. Kenneth Mitchell, already had a wife in California when he married Miller.
* In 2003 he married another woman in Quebec. »more»
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