Mark Neese, True North Counseling, Healthy Aging Series Season 11

Healthy Aging Series: Season 11 Teaser!

I don’t know when I first watched, “The Blues Brothers.” It came out in 1980, but I was in Bible College then, so I’m kinda thinking I didn’t watch it in the theater because the college I went to had strict rules about not going to the theater, although they did approve going to see,...

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How to Make 2025 Your “Bubble” Year

                  My 13th birthday was unremarkable. Nineteen Sixty-nine was full of important events. Joe Namath led the Jets to victory over the Colts in the Super Bowl that year, 16 to 7. Richard Nixon was inaugurated as president of the United States. Katherine Hepburn and Barbara Streisand...

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Your Brain Has a Mind of Its Own | Healthy Aging Series: S10 E22

My 50th high school reunion is in a couple weeks. Hard to believe. 50 years gone…<Snapping my fingers>… just like that. I hope I’ve grown a little, improved a little. I hope I’ve become a little kinder and a little more considerate. Maybe, even more responsible. The upcoming reunion triggered some high school memories. Some...

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True North Counseling, Healthy Aging Series, Super Agers

How to be a Super Ager | Healthy Aging Series: S10 E21

My Parents Loved Books My mother taught me to love books. She was reading all the time. The first book she gave me was a copy of Mila 18 by Leon Uris.  I was a Junior in High School, and I would sit in the back of Government Class and read it during class. Sorry...

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Healthy Aging Series Season 10 Episode 20

How to Parent Your Parent | Healthy Aging Series: S10 E20

You are your parents! Well, not exactly, but your parents will determine who you are and what you do for almost your whole life. Mostly. How do you feel about yourself? Thank your parents. How do you save or spend money? Thank your parents. What kind of car do you drive? Thank your parents. (And...

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Mark Neese, True North Counseling, Healthy Aging Series, It's All About the Engine

Your Brain on Nature | Healthy Aging Series: S10 E19

I hate the State Fair! It’s hot. I hate the rides. Rommie, my wife, loves the quilts. OK, I enjoy the photography. But overall, I hate going to the State Fair. I don’t think I even took my boys when they were young. I don’t remember them even asking to go. I don’t know, it’s...

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