Barbara Morris

You can't stop the aging process but you have the power to manage it.

You are not as old as you think you are.

Are Men Really Slobs? By Barbara Morris, R. Ph. From someplace on AOL: “Sit outdoors at a café or have a drink at a bar with a view of passersby and you’ll quickly notice something strange – grown ups in children’s clothing. While women are guilty of this sin too (pigtails anyone?) men tend to be particularly prone to wearing clothes they should have thrown out a decade ago.” Here are the clo...

Alzheimer ’s Disease: Can It Be Stopped? By Barbara Morris, R.Ph. September 21 was “World Alzheimer’s Day.” I didn’t hear anything about it in the press, but it’s just as well. What would celebration accomplish? Awareness? Walk-athons, and more money pumped into the same type of research that’s been done for years that hasn’t produced anything? In honor of the day, a press release, “Neutraceu...

Bold Retirement: Mining Your Own Silver for a Rich Life By Mary Lloyd Reviewed by Barbara Morris, R. Ph. When Mary Lloyd asked me to review her book, Bold Retirement: Mining Your Own Silver for a Rich Life I agreed but with some trepidation. There are two words in the title that are turnoffs for me: “retirement” and “silver.” I loathe and detest the word “retirement” and the word “silver” con...

Talking Yourself into Oldness Barbara Morris, R. Ph. If you ask most 50 year old women if they are old, they will indignantly reply, “Of course not!” They are right -- chronologically, they are not old. Fifty is no longer middle aged, let alone old. But can you talk yourself into being old? Absolutely. My friend Tammy is a good example. She’s fifty-ish and works really hard at “staying young.”...

Judge Judy is a font of wisdom. But is she a great role model for older women?

Middle Age is a Crock. It drives midlife people into "oldness" much too soon.

The time has come to rethink the definition of "middle age"

How to find the kind of friends who will help you grow