Healthy Aging Series, Mark Neese, True North Counseling,

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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Mark Neese, Healthy Aging Series, True North Counseling

The Unluckiest Lottery | Healthy Aging Series: S10 E18

I Got Lucky I almost burned down a church once. Okay, okay, relax. It was an accident. I was the pastor of a little Baptist church in Arch, New Mexico. That was forty years ago. One of my duties as the young pastor was to baptize new converts. The baptistry was behind the pulpit area...

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Mark Neese, Louisville, KY, Healthy Aging Series

How to Make Lemonade | Healthy Aging Series: S10 E17

Greater Prairie Chickens  It was the spring of 1973 and we were headed to Prairie Ridge State Park in Central Illinois to watch the courtship of Greater Prairie Chickens. It was my friend Don Andrews, Willard Gray, our 4H County Extension Agent, and me. We drove over on a Friday afternoon. It was 65° when...

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