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Mental Health Benefits of Going Green

If you think being environmentally conscientious makes you feel good—turns out that mental health professionals agree with you. In Katie O’reilly’s article for Sierra Club, “Mental Health Benefits of Going Green,” she asks some psychology experts to explain why and...

Lifetime Gifts: Protecting Yourself is A Present To You AND Loved Ones

During this season of giving, you may want to think about providing comfort, safety, security or well-being for yourself or your loved ones. If you are concerned about your healthcare or a long term illness, exploring insurance that ameliorates this worry may be a...

Norway Divests from Coal Polluting Investment

Norway has the world’s biggest state pension fund— $900 billion. More than $500 million of this is now divested from Duke Energy and three subsidiaries, over the utility’s history of irresponsible waste-handling from its coal-fired power plants. Duke responded to the...

Work-Tirement, Retirement, Reinvention? You choose!

The mind set we have about the word “retirement” is meaningful. What does it mean to you? When you hear the word “retirement” what emotional reaction do you have?  Some synonyms for retirement are departure, leaving, withdrawal, giving up work, or stepping down. To...

It’s Important to “Refresh” Your Power of Attorney

  A Power of Attorney document is a legal form that enables an individual (called “the principal”) –in this case,  YOU– to appoint someone you choose (called “the agent”) to act on your behalf. The legal instrument can give authorization to act in property, financial...

Slowly, More Women Gain Seats On Boards of Directors

NY Times editors reported on a study by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) which found that “women held (only)16 percent of the board seats at S & P 1500 companies in 2014.” According to the GAO’s calculations, “even if every single future board seat...
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