Self-Care Should Not Be Selfish: Why Leaders Thrive When They Look Beyond Themselves

SOPHIA COLLAPSED INTO HER CHAIR AT 7 P.M., scrolling through her phone with one hand while mechanically eating dinner with the other. It was the same routine every evening.

Ways to use the Winter Olympics to stay active

THINK THIS MONTH’S WINTER OLYMPICS ARE ONLY FOR ATHLETES?Think again–they’re for you, too, especially senior citizens. Anyone can participate in easy movement in support of the 2026 Winter Olympics.Why?

Theological Thoughts: Jesus as the strange leader

AXIOM•Now, you think you understand God, and your confidence wanes.•State facts about God even when you are not sure where God is leading you.•When God is ahead of you, be astonished by what God reveals.

How to thank caregivers

CAREGIVERS,WHETHERTHEY’RE MEDICAL professional or informal caregivers like family members, are integral components of many health care teams.Caregivers work tirelessly for the benefit of a person in need, although the job often proves humbling and even overwhelming.

Should you take dietary supplements

WHAT ARE SUPPLEMENTS, AND ARE THEY GOOD FOR YOU?Many of us take dietary supplements, such as vitamins, minerals, fibers, and other products that we read about or have heard of, that can supplement our diets and help manage our health issues.

February: a time for planning, not planting

THOUGH THE GROUND IS FROZEN, now is the time for the gardener’s heart and mind to grow abuzz with ideas and desires for the upcoming season.This includes what you are going to grow and where. Do you want more flowers for pollinators and cut arrangements?

Alcohol-free January to help mind, body and spirit

IMAGINE WATCHING A BIG FOOTBALL GAME WITHOUT A BEER, TOASTING an achievement without bourbon, warming up by a fire without a peaty single-malt Scotch or winding down from a rough day without a glass of wine.

Making friends in your golden years

AGING AND CHANGE GO HAND IN HAND.Physical changes associated with aging, such as graying hair or reduced muscle mass, may garner the most attention. But personal relationships also can change as people age.As a person ages, interests could change and home base may not be what it once was.

Theological Thoughts: spiritually stale

AXIOM•AN ANTIDOTE TO SPIRITUAL STALENESS IS FRESHNESS IN THE LIFE OF GOD.•Beginning to understand the condition of spiritual staleness.•Turning doubt into joy. Love is patient, love is kind....... For we know in part, and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.