About Judith
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Welcome to My Blog
It was early summer when I told my grandson what I was thinking about doing. He replied, “What? Write a blob?” I said, “No honey, a blog not a blob. Funny sounding word isn’t it?” He agreed, and then, as … Continue reading
An Active Brain is a Healthy Brain
I love to learn new things. Brain researchers advocate for keeping the brain active, learn new things, explore new experiences. I try to do so when the opportunity comes my way or I search for opportunities to explore, learn and … Continue reading
Avoiding Myths
Four Myths That Are Damaging and Hazardous to Dreaming Myth 1: You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Myth 2: You are over the hill at 50; the decline starts at 40. Myth 3: Retirement means the end of … Continue reading
Natural Rivals
The Caregiving Boomerang We’d like to think that siblings would be natural allies when parents falter. In countless of my interviews with family caregivers, I hear the same stories: Brothers bury their heads in the sand. The farther away a … Continue reading
What We Can Learn from Children
“It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist, Old woman to Santiago In Yemen, many years ago there was a shortage of Jewish books for Jewish children to read. This means the … Continue reading
Laughter Medicine
Exercise Class Ditty They help us sit they help us stand, shake tightness out with either hand stomp stallion like or timid doe a bunch of ways to make aches go. Just limber up these ageing “bods”, learn what we can and … Continue reading
Judith Shamian was the President and CEO of the Victorian Order of Nurses (
