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By Joel Martin on January 26, 2010  |  Comments 0

Celebrate Haiti’s significant contribution to our world, as you give.

In the midst of an earlier crisis, Haitian author Edwidge Danticat reminds us of the contributions of Haiti’s vibrant culture and people. This reading offers a timely message for today — as the nation struggles in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake.

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Extreme Leadership: On Coaching Trust
By Joel Martin on January 21, 2010  |  Comments 0

Extreme Leadership: On Coaching Trust

If you feel your faults and defects prevent you from seeing the faults and defects of others, remember, you may be the only contact with God someone may have today. Be proud of that.” Iyanla Vanzant
I read that quote this morning. It is from Iyanla’s One Day My Soul Just Opened Up. One Day… is [...]

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AAHSA & ABHOW Advocate Making Homes For Your Mother & Fathers
By Joel Martin on January 16, 2010  |  Comments 0

AAHSA & ABHOW Advocate Making Homes For Your Mother & Fathers

Get involved in aging- yours and others. Advocating, working, and serving in the industry for the aging is rewarding work and because I (Dr. Joel Martin, the one in the middle) am an aging Baby Boomer, there is a bit of a self-serving aspect to it. My sphere of influence is the ABHOW Corporate [...]

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The Responsible Life -- A Positive Start to the Year
By Joel Martin on January 01, 2010  |  Comments 0

The Responsible Life — A Positive Start to the Year

So how do we live the responsible life. To begin with we can start with having purposeful conversations. Conversation that produce an understanding of what is really import to each of us.

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Positively Healthier - Something to Think About
By DB on November 23, 2009  |  Comments 0

Positively Healthier – Something to Think About

One of the ironies of the hunger in the United States, unlike some other countries, there is no shortage of food, just an abundance of waste. Good food (our interpretation) is overpriced, food that is said to be not good for us, foods loaded with salts, sugar and fats, are under priced. So an inquisitive person might extrapolate from all of this, let’s get healthier/nourishing food to the people who need it

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Not Always in our Best Interest
By Joel Martin on November 21, 2009  |  Comments 0

Not Always in our Best Interest

There are some things that we are pretty sure of, things that we know work  and are are good for us. Yet we go out of our way to support efforts that are clearly not good and that serve to undermine what it is that we know will work. We continue to promote foods that [...]

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Respectful Aging LGBT Services

Loree Cook-Daniels delivered a comprehensive tutorial on respectfully serving the aging LGBT populations at the annual conference of AAHSA. She has a wealth of information on her website. Here are some of the points she made and there were more available. Respect is a must  for everyone and in any situation:

Use the client’s terms: Reflecting [...]

When it comes to our health, are we poorly informed?

Is it fair to say that all of us would rather be healthy and avoid illness? Are we really lazy and not wanting to do the type of research necessary to fully understand the options that are available to us? Could I be eating better then I am, excising more? This much I know is [...]

London National Gallery-Aging Creatively Project

There is Positive and Continuous work done to learn more about how seemingly passive activities may result in providing our aging populations with ways to manage there wellness better. The London National Gallery has a program part of which is directed towards people who have suffered a stroke.
Ageing Creatively is a programme of practical art [...]

How To Turn Your Contacts Into Contracts!

How To Turn Your Contacts Into Contracts!

Be persistent. Keep knocking on the door. There are a lot of gate-keepers. Never give up! Know the culture of the company you want to work with. Go online, speak to employees, ask what the core values are to be prepared to show your expertise in ways that it will be readily received.

What does Diversity look like today?

What does Diversity look like today?

This is a pause for the cause – a different way of viewing the dimensions of diversity. Diversity, it has often been said, goes beyond race and gender. It includes generations, race, gender, organizational diversity, nationality, culture, recreational habits, personality and more. At the heart of it, regardless of their dimensions, is a human being [...]

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