Senior center

I’m working with senior citizens three days a week and I’m finding it stimulating and sometimes amusing. They are alternately sweet and feisty and ornery and stubburn and witty. What a hoot. What I love is that they come to the center to keep active, be it...

A real rush

About a month ago I was power walking down at the waterfront near my home when I saw all the corporate types walking from the train station to work in the morning rush hour. I remember thinking how miserable they looked and how I never wanted to look like that. I...

Digging for dreams

I had two coaching consultations today. It never ceases to amaze me how fascinating those are. Every time. As we dissect their current lives and probe into future possibilities, I sense a shift in people. They suddenly dare to hope. We’ve made it all real. Life...

Senior moments

I’m starting a new job on Tuesday and I’m really excited about it. I’m going to be the program director for Council Senior Center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. This is some rockin’ senior center. They have classes and events ranging from...

Snowglobe

A blizzard. Law & Order Special Victims Unit. Butterscotch pudding with a dash of cinnamon. A chance to do some writing. Sex and the City. A nice long shower. The latest issue of O magazine. Fresh candles burning, including one labeled “prosperity.” A...