Five Keys to Aging Well 

by Guillermo Vidal | Jan 27, 2020 | Aging Well

Growing older is a fact of life. We see it in our children as they change from babies to adulthood. Our face wrinkles and greying hair become the signs that the years are traveling past us, yet few of us give thought to the aging process while our lives fly by. If you...

Irritability and Bad Moods Are Rooted in Your Faulty Thinking

by Guillermo Vidal | Dec 23, 2019 | Aging Well

The other day, I was driving late on my way to meet friends and play tennis. There was no one else to blame for my belatedness but me, as I had over-scheduled myself with too many activities. This is something I often do. But I took no responsibility. From the moment...

Life Becomes Better When You Focus on What You Have

by Guillermo Vidal | Nov 25, 2019 | Aging Well

I loved the series Mad Men. It was a crazy and entertaining reminder of how we are suckers for glib and flashy ads. While this show was enjoyable TV watching, it also reminded me that the premise of sales is to make us believe we are lacking joy, comfort or ease...

Friends Are like Family Members You Get to Choose

by Guillermo Vidal | Nov 4, 2019 | Aging Well

Our society teaches us that family always comes first. This is so ingrained in us we are shocked when some of the people next to us behave like scumbags. Unfortunately, this is a fact of life, for we didn’t get to choose our family members. As author Harper Lee aptly...

You Were Not Meant for Everybody Nor Was Everyone Meant for You 

by Guillermo Vidal | Oct 30, 2019 | Aging Well

It is very difficult for people pleasers, like me, to accept the concept we were not meant for everyone nor was everyone meant for us. The reason for this is that people pleasers get our sense of worth from the approval of others. I learned, however, that, no matter...

Your Purpose is Not Defined by Titles and Achievements

by Guillermo Vidal | Oct 28, 2019 | Aging Well

Even if you assume we are just one of countless microcosms in the Universe, nature shows you daily that even the smallest organism has a purpose. Let’s take the human body as an example. Scientist have proven that your body replaces every cell roughly every seven...