Connie Michaelis, Marketing Consultant for The Piper Assisted Living and Memory Support I recently attended my 50th class reunion from high school. What a homecoming! Everyone else seemed to get old, but the more time spent, it all began to feel very familiar. The hair color had changed, but the personalities came right back to …
Connie Michaelis, Marketing Consultant for The Piper Assisted Living and Memory Support Billy Cox, Motivational Speaker, says, “Ships don’t sink because of the water around them; ships sink because of the water that gets in them. Don’t let what’s happening around you get inside you and weigh you down.” Isn’t it true that most of …
Connie Michaelis, Marketing Consultant for The Piper Assisted Living and Memory Support A good quote represents a simple inspiration that reminds you of a larger truth. I read this today, and it resonated with everything I believe. Chris Dionigi says, “At every stage of life, you should be a rookie at something.” Are you aware …
Connie Michaelis, Marketing Consultant for The Piper Assisted Living and Memory Support Today’s researchers say that loneliness may be as detrimental to older people as cigarette smoking and high blood pressure! The multigenerational study done by the Stanford Center on Longevity’s Sightlines Project revealed that social engagement may be the single greatest guardian of health …
Connie Michaelis, Marketing Consultant for The Piper Assisted Living and Memory Support An ancient proverb says, “Age is the price of wisdom. Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake.” The benefit of a long life is being able to draw from experience. It is simply impossible for a 20-year-old to …
Connie Michaelis, Marketing Consultant for The Piper Assisted Living and Memory Support The world I work in is filled with people concerned about the effects of ageing. New research is changing this field daily. With the advent of the Baby Boomers hitting their 70’s, it is at the forefront of the medical and public conversation. …
Connie Michaelis, Marketing Consultant for The Piper Assisted Living and Memory Support My Mother, who would have been 102 years old this year, used to talk about the fun they had creating housewarming parties for newlyweds called a Shivaree. It was a combination of a welcome to the neighborhood party and some ornery friends creating …
Connie Michaelis, Marketing Consultant for The Piper Assisted Living and Memory Support I was listening to a podcast by one of my favorite authors and speakers, Dr. Bill Thomas. His crusade is for successful, outrageous ageing! The tag line of his Disrupt Aging nationwide tour is, “What if everything you know about aging is wrong?” …
Are you familiar with the term filial (fi-lē-əl) piety? Years ago, I was at the Institute on Aging at the University of Kansas and coincidently ended up observing a Chinese woman presenting her doctoral thesis to an audience of professors. She explained that her research compared over 5,000 print and film advertisements to see differences …
Connie Michaelis, Marketing Consultant for The Piper Assisted Living and Memory Support A young friend of mine has accepted an opportunity to travel around the world on a Happiness Project. She and her colleges are researching what makes people of all nationalities and cultures happy, or what they say makes them happy. It sounds fascinating, …