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EMOTIONAL RESISTANCE TRAINING RESCUE

Emotional resistance training is more than ignoring bad news and waiting for clouds to lift. It takes a little work, a little effort. The definition of resistance training is clear and plain: improve muscles by making them work against a weight or force. The same definition applies to emotions: When we get challenged in a […]

FACEBOOK FRIENDS: A WHO’S WHO

All Facebook friends are not created equal. Vanity Fair loves Facebook. Who doesn’t? Can a billion people a day be wrong? Or maybe they’re cuddling up to Mark Zuckerberg, The Man, The Face, of Facebook. Understandable if they are. He is one of the big biggies of the online world. His is the biggest face […]

MAKING NEW FRIENDS

Is it harder for aging baby boomers to make new friends? When the cycle of life leaves you lonely, it feels like everyone else is on the bicycle of life and you’ve got a flat. If that’s you, get moving. Walk it out. But to where? How do you make new friends? Where do you […]

BLOGGING FOR ASPIRING WRITERS

The difference between an aspiring writer and a blogger? Story. A recent boomerpdx reader sent this comment about aspiring writers: Superb blog! Do you have any suggestions for aspiring writers? I’m planning to start my own blog soon but I’m a little lost on everything. Would you recommend starting with a free platform like WordPress […]

The Baby Boomer Side Of The Internet

What’s the first thing you do when you find a website that amazes? You either send the link to your social network because they’d all love to see it… Or, you try and break the site down to something you understand. You’re not hacking into it, just wrapping your mind around the idea. Here are […]