Protecting Your Autonomy When I launched Moving Seniors with a Smile Inc. in 2012 I recognized intuitively that older adults needed to knowthat they had autonomy. Granted, this looks a little different when you are 70 than it does when you are 80 and may change some more when you celebrate 90 but the need to maintain control over one’s life is intrinsic to all of us. We want to feel that we are in #control of our own lives.  Feeling powerless to address the myriad changes tha

I am the first person to admit that sometimes life has a way of sneaking up on us and delivering a whammy. Really there is no way to see it coming. There are people who live in fear of whammies every day of their lives and those are the folks who never take a chance, never venture out of their comfort zones and live life in a constant state of what might appear to some to be hyper-vigilant anxiety. These people may be considered pessimists but they are definitely not consider

One of the things that I recognized intuitively when I launched Moving Seniors with a Smile Inc. was older adults’ need for autonomy. Granted,  this looks a little different when you are 70 than it does when you are 80 and may evolve some more when you are 90 years young but the need for control over one’s life is intrinsic to all of us. People of all ages want to feel that we are in control of our own lives.  Feeling powerless to address the myriad changes that occur in our