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improvisation and dementia

Alzheimer’s/Dementia Part III: How to Speak Dementia-Thought of the Day

Stan Goldberg
February 6, 2015
Alzheimer’s/dementia, Thoughts of the Day
Who would think there is anything humorous about Dementia? Most people who experience it or their caregivers wouldn't. But humor and improvisation...
older couple cooking

Alzheimer’s and Dementia (Part II): 5 Strategies for Recreating the Rules for Living. Thought of the Day

Stan Goldberg
February 4, 2015
Alzheimer’s/dementia, Thoughts of the Day
3 Comments
In part one of this weekly series, I discussed some myths and facts about Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. I stressed the most alarming...
Woman with Alzheimer's

Alzheimer’s and Dementia (Part I): What It Is and What It Isn’t. Thought of the Day

Stan Goldberg
February 2, 2015
Alzheimer’s/dementia, Thoughts of the Day
8 Comments
Alzheimer's: it's becoming a less distant illness and something directly touching us. If a friend or relative doesn't have it or had it, it's just a...
old man thought to be useless

Elder Abuse: What They Don’t Show on TV

Stan Goldberg
January 15, 2015
Aging, Thoughts of the Day
Thought of the Day. A number of years ago I witnessed elder abuse as I walked behind a twenty-something-year-old couple in downtown San Francisco. My...
Man dying

Let Go: Why You Should Prepare Today for Your Eventual Death

Stan Goldberg
January 13, 2015
End of Life, Thoughts of the Day
4 Comments
Thought of the Day. Maybe it's the senseless violence of the last few days. Maybe it's realizing my dance with cancer will end. Maybe it's becoming...

Why You Should Avoid Anger and How to Do It

Stan Goldberg
November 19, 2014
Grieving and Recovery, Life, Thoughts of the Day
06/13/14  I think everyone has a limited ability to function well. As we age, that threshold becomes lower. Imagine this ability is a 10” pie. The...

Does Your Computer Hate You?

Stan Goldberg
November 19, 2014
Aging, Thoughts of the Day
06/10/14  I’ve finally accepted that my computer doesn’t hate me. Doesn’t try to make my life miserable. Doesn’t introduce new lines of code...

Aging: In Praise of Adaptation

Stan Goldberg
November 19, 2014
Aging, Thoughts of the Day
06/09/14   As I age and read books on how I can recreate the body I had when I was 20 by just buying a jar of this newly developed elixer that...

Aging: Others But Not Me

Stan Goldberg
November 19, 2014
Aging, Thoughts of the Day
06/04/14   I recently met a friend who I hadn’t seen for 10 years. Looking at him I thought, “My God, he’s gotten old!” Of course in my...
aging and adaptation

Aging and Self-Image

Stan Goldberg
August 5, 2014
Aging
8 Comments
Many people pretend they bathe daily in the Fountain of Youth. While the delusion may be soothing for those who are aging, the gap between self-image...

Joyful Aging—Adapt, Don’t Fight

Stan Goldberg
June 24, 2014
Aging
19 Comments
When I see commercials on how to recreate the body I had at 20-years-of-age by applying a magical cream that isn’t sold in any regulated stores and...
being contented as one ages

Aging and Identity Part III: We’re Not Dead Yet

Stan Goldberg
May 12, 2014
Aging
24 Comments
We may be changing, but we’re not dead yet. I think people who are younger than us—like our adult children—are often confused about how to react to our diminishing abilities.

Aging and Identity Part II-When the Ground Shakes

Stan Goldberg
April 15, 2014
Aging
9 Comments
In 2009 I wrote, When the Ground Shakes, an article in which I described finding my mother coming out of a forested area holding a bunch of sticks...
being contented as one ages

Aging and Identity: Part I-The Perfect Storm

Stan Goldberg
March 12, 2014
Aging
11 Comments
In 2010, I wrote Top 10 Insults for Old People, a tongue-in-cheek article about an insensitive young couple I watched making fun of an older man as...

Now the Bad News:Living With Chronic Illness

Stan Goldberg
June 10, 2013
Chronic illness
18 Comments
I was asked to join Thich Nhat Hanh, Jane Goodall, Norman Fischer, and other writers I have long admired in contributing to Shambhala Sun’s July...
Change should be almost as easy as not changing

Caregiving: Why Change is Difficult

Stan Goldberg
May 18, 2013
Caregiving
10 Comments
(An Excerpt from Leaning Into Sharp Points). Change is analogous to a large boulder balanced on a precipice. It looks like it could tumble off the...

Seeing Life Through Our Personal History: It’s a Gray World

Stan Goldberg
October 15, 2012
Aging, Grieving and Recovery, Life
16 Comments
Most of us believe the world should be viewed as we see it. And when there is a discrepancy between the right way—ours—and the wrong way, we are,...

Understanding Aging: We’re Not Children

Stan Goldberg
July 18, 2012
Aging
22 Comments
The good news is we are living longer. The bad news is it’s taking us longer to die. Soygul Rinpoche, the Tibetan monk and philosopher said that “Death is no big deal. You breathe in, you breathe out, and then you don’t breathe in anymore.”

The Psychology of Pain: It’s Not What You Think

Stan Goldberg
May 30, 2012
Chronic illness
24 Comments
What would you do if you learned from this moment until you died you would be in pain? Not something mild like an occasional headache, but something...

When You Can’t Let Go

Stan Goldberg
April 25, 2012
Grieving and Recovery
24 Comments
Whenever I hear about the importance of letting go of the past, I think about a conversation I had with my mother more than thirty years ago. She...
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