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Take Stock of your Marriage

As Sandwiched Boomers with so much to do you probably spend a lot of time on automatic, going through the motions of your daily routine. When you don’t deal directly with what’s going on and how you feel about it, you may be surprised when you do notice. Here are some ways to ‘take the temperature’ of your marriage and start on the road to recovery: Identify what you are feeling. As a first step, write down the emotions that now regularly surface. What is happening between you and your … Continue reading

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In these shaky stock market days, many Sandwiched Boomers are facing additional difficulties as 401K’s decline and retirement benefits melt away. The pundits tell us to keep our emotions out of the decision-making process, but that is not easy. Your thoughts are mental products although they don’t necessarily reflect an absolute reality. However, for you, they do represent how you feel. Some people can’t help but operate emotionally. Others are more able to manage their emotions and function as if everything is fine. Born to a single mother with serious … Continue reading

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