Lynne M. Spreen's Blog, page 6

A Simple Way to Work Against Gun Violence

One simple thing I can do to help cut gun violence.

RIP Las Vegas

I can’t do a blog post today. My little essays are meaningless in the face of such tragedy. I feel despair about the carnage, and about the possibility of it ever getting better. But if we didn’t learn anything from seeing twenty 6-year-olds being slaughtered, if we weren’t moved by a President’s tears, there’s no […]

How to Be Happy (or Get Through the Pain)

As we age, we encounter more reasons to grieve. Yet older people tend to have better equilibrium in the face of sadness. Maybe it's because they employ these helpful strategies.

Staying Brave as We Age

As we age, we might allow ourselves to give in to fear, to reduce risk and the chance of being hurt. But whether fear of falling or falling in love, that caution can go too far.

10 Tips for Mastering Your Life from Boomer Reinvention

An uplifting, practical, realistic look at life after fifty, in the workplace and beyond.

11 Audacious Women are Changing What It Means to be Female

You never know how your eyes will be opened when you read a good new feminist book.

Tech Can Ruin Your Ability to Focus, and What to Do About It

To retain the ability to absorb complex information, you have to perform deep work on a regular basis. Shallow work - like the frenetic, constant use of internet tools - can weaken your mind permanently.

Why Older Women End Up Poor (and How To Avoid It)

If women could remember to do this one thing, and teach their daughters to do it, the pay gap could shrink and we'd have more money in our old age.

Do People Change after Middle Age?

I couldn't believe these high-minded, well-intentioned journalists were making this horrible mistake.

Six Tips for Beating the Blues

Another neat thing about getting older: you learn how to manage your moods. Here are six tips I've learned over the years. What are yours?