
Oh Boy! Time to reset (again)
Oh Boy! Time to Reset (Again) by L.T. Force, P.h.D., Gerontologist Sunset.... Sunrise.... Someone (a colleague....a member of my network....a person I have enjoyed dialoguing with) recently recommended the book “Atomic Habits” by James Clear. I really enjoyed this book and was grateful for the recommendation. In fact, I have recommended this book to a number of people. One take away, for me, from the James Clear writing was - "a change of habits should be done in small increm


Gratitude.... Really?
Gratitude....Really? by: L.T. Force, Ph.D. Gerontologist How many times have you heard the words: “You should be grateful” or “Show a little gratitude” or “Why don’t you make a gratitude-list?” Typically, you hear this advice when you really don’t want to hear this advice. Typically, you are at a point in your life - when things aren’t "in sync" and the last thing you want to hear is someone telling you: "you need a little gratitude in your life”. **** What is the origin of


Virtual Dying: Someone Always Comes for you....From the Other Side
Virtual Dying: Someone Always Come For You....From the Other Side L.T. Force, Ph.D. Gerontologist For a number of years, I have developed and teach a course on: “The Psychology of Death and Dying”. In the beginning of my 1st lecture for the semester - I tell my students: “This is not a course about dying....but rather this is a course about living”. I follow-up that statement with a quote from a former student who took the course years ago....she shared with the class: “Be no


The Weaponizing of Narcissism: Positive Lessons to Learn
The Weaponizing of Narcissism: Positive Lessons to Learn by L.T. Force, Ph.D. Gerontologist "Time is of the now!". We have been tried and tested!. It’s a new world out there - with new mannerisms, new thoughts, new mores....and new ways of doing business in this world....we have been: “COVIDITIZED!”. However, with this experience - we have also been drained, exhausted and overwhelmed. We hear the daily reports of the untimely: ‘off-time deaths’. We have watched graphs and cha