Millions of parents nationwide, many of them working and single, have plunged into what might be the biggest educational experiment in history because of COVID-19, which appears to have no end in sight. Lee Jenkins, author and educator to the rescue! “Parents are panicking – they are overwhelmed by having to work, parent, AND teach […]
Archive | October, 2020
How to Reinvent Your Life after COVID-19
By Carl on October 29, 2020 in How-To, Inspirational, Feel-Good, Self Help, Senior Issues, Women’s Issues
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in life-altering changes for many. Following a midlife divorce, ending her career as a veterinarian due to health issues and saving her family farm from financial ruin, Sandra Matheson has had to reinvent herself repeatedly. She can share how to survive this latest crisis. “Many people have been pushed to […]
How to Attract Your Soul Mate
Have you searched everywhere for your perfect match and had no luck? Author, speaker, and personal transformation expert Arnoux Goran can reveal why most techniques to find the love of your life don’t work and how you can finally manifest your soul mate. Goran has developed a method to reprogram yourself that was studied by […]
Would You Sacrifice Your Career for Your Child’s?
How far should parents be willing to go to help grown children? Should they lend adult children money that they might need for retirement, raise their grandchildren due to addiction issues or move closer to their children to provide childcare? Oliver Akamnonu, M.D. went about as far as a parent could go, giving up his […]
‘This Is Us’… How Hollywood Depicts Memory Loss
By Carl on October 29, 2020 in Entertainment, Show Biz, Health, Fitness, Relationships, Psychology, Senior Issues
How accurate has the entertainment industry been when telling stories of forgetfulness, early-onset Alzheimer’s, and caregiving for loved ones with memory loss? On Tuesday, the new season of “This Is Us” debuted with a powerful storyline that tried to mirror real-life for millions of families stricken by Alzheimer’s. Interview Carlen Maddux for a reality check. […]
World Kindness Day Is More Important Than Ever
With a contentious election to sort out, a pandemic to deal with and a general decline in civility, we could all use some gentle reminders to be kinder to our fellow human beings. World Kindness Day on November 13th might be just the thing to bring a divided nation and world together, according to former […]
He Helped a First Lady Set an Underwater Speed Record
Few of us have had close contact with a president and first lady the way Steven Mays did, and he has a great story to tell. Mays was serving on a nuclear submarine at the time when this particular president and first lady came aboard his “stinky, smelly, hot tube 400 feet below the water” […]
10/29/20 RTIR Newsletter: Election Stress, Hospitals Brace, World Kindness Day
01. Election Fears and Looming Lawsuits 02. The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos: Who is Joe Biden? 03. Are You Suffering Election Stress Disorder? 04. Weeks Away: Hospitals Brace for Coming COVID Surge 05. He Helped a First Lady Set an Underwater Speed Record 06. World Kindness Day Is More Important Than Ever 07. ’This Is […]
10/27/20 RTIR Newsletter: Halloween is Here, COVID Safety App, Be the Change
01. What’s Safe Right Now? There’s an App for That 02. Election 2020: The End of Voter Apathy Among the Young? 03. Joe Biden’s Big Leadership Fail 04. Best (Safe) Haunted Houses in the U.S. 05. Tricks Instead of Treats This Halloween 06. Undertaker’s Daughter Shares Messages from the Dead 07. This Halloween Discover Why […]
10/22/20 RTIR Newsletter: Dolly’s New Single, Analyzing Trump’s Tweets, Biden’s Big Fail
01. #StayStrongStaySafe – Campaign Tackles COVID & Violence 02. Political Comedian on Ending Toll-Free Phone Numbers 03. Behind Dolly Parton’s New “Pink” Single 04. Campaign Guru Analyzes Trump Tweets in Real Time 05. Joe Biden’s Big Leadership Fail 06. Saving Halloween for Pediatric Patients 07. Everything You Were Too Terrified to Ask about Ghosts 08. […]