What If We Focused on Living Well Instead of Just Living Long?
Jennifer Jank Jennifer Jank

What If We Focused on Living Well Instead of Just Living Long?

I’m a member of a number of Gen X Facebook groups, some of which are devoted to women. One of them asked what beauty procedures people were doing to stay young. I’m not shaming anyone who’s relying on plastic surgery and fillers and the rest to look younger.
But I did say I focus more on preparing my body and mind for age.

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Grief, Loss, and Productivity
Jennifer Jank Jennifer Jank

Grief, Loss, and Productivity

If you have a mental health condition, you’re in good company. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and fortunately, more people are talking about mental health, especially when it comes to grief and loss.

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Why Is Mental Health Important for Business Owners?
Jennifer Jank Jennifer Jank

Why Is Mental Health Important for Business Owners?

Two women, both age 77, both with cancer. One lives independently in a senior living community. She’s a bit frail and on oxygen, but able to get around by herself and have lunch with a friend. The other is in hospice with a few months left to live, incapable of eating any kind of solid food since she lost her last tooth several years ago.

Guess which one took care of her mental health along the way.

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