Richard PortugalJan 14, 20192 minSpeed: Kids Do It NaturallyKids do it naturally—just look at any playground! They run, jump and most of all have great balance. So why as seniors do we forget what ...
Richard PortugalNov 29, 20181 minSenior Financial ResponsibilityIt is a curious phenomenon within our medical care and insurance industry that preventive, proactive care is generally not reimbursed. If...
Richard PortugalNov 28, 20183 minRhythmic Movement ExercisesLife is difficult and stressful, yet simultaneously can be both meditative and instructional. Age old disciplines like Yoga and Tai Chi e...
Richard PortugalNov 26, 20183 minRemembering MemoriesWe are made of memories. Like a high-rise building, our memories are the floors upon which we are structured. From our earliest years, we...
Richard PortugalNov 15, 20182 minProper Form: It’s Like Moving a RefrigeratorAs a child, I recall vividly our family’s move from an apartment in Rego Park to a housing development on Long Island. This was in the ea...
Richard PortugalNov 14, 20183 minOn The Yellow Brick RoadI saw The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland this past week and was again impressed with the majesty of the film. The characters symboliz...
Richard PortugalOct 24, 20183 minMy Heroes Have Always Been SeniorsWillie Nelson, that icon of the country-western ballad, sings a song that resonates with affection, pride and wonder. “My Heroes Have Alw...
Richard PortugalOct 17, 20183 minThe Easiest Diet Plan: Portion ControlThere is an instinct that animals exhibit which allows them to survive. In fact, they remain healthy, alert and agile because they adhere...
Richard PortugalSep 27, 20182 minDo You Emulate Sisyphus or Atlas? To arduously push a heavy rock up a hill, only to have it roll back down, and then have to start again is an ironic parody to an exercise...
Richard PortugalSep 26, 20183 minI Saw A ManStephen Crane, who authored “The Red Badge of Courage”, also wrote this succinct poem in 1905: I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Round an...
Richard PortugalSep 25, 20182 minThe Financial Senior Care Tidal WaveThere is a tidal wave that is just starting to smash upon the shores of the United States-- it is the Baby Boomers, those born during Wor...
Richard PortugalSep 24, 20182 minAn Inch of TimeMankind can trace its history back 10,000 years and recognize its hominid beginnings to over 2 million years ago. As individuals, however...
Richard PortugalSep 21, 20183 minDid You Forget Where You Put Your Keys?You’re late for an appointment. Actually, you had given yourself plenty of time, had laid out your clothes the previous evening, awoken, ...
Richard PortugalSep 18, 20182 minLiving Is For the Young, or Are We Just Making Excuses?There are times that all of us, young and senior, are simply amazed at how quickly life passes. Upon leaving our teens and entering our tw...
Richard PortugalSep 17, 20182 minMuscles, Memory, and YouUntil the middle of the 20 Century, it was believed by those who studied the human brain, that by the age of three years old, the brain w...
Richard PortugalSep 14, 20184 minListen To Your Heart BeatDid you ever listen to your heart beat, heed the ticking of a clock, or watch a leaf disengage from a branch and slowly spiral to the gro...
Richard PortugalSep 13, 20182 minLife is DifficultPublished 1978 in his book The Road Less Traveled, psychiatrist F. Scott Peck immortalized the phrase “Life is difficult”. In short, he e...
Richard PortugalSep 12, 20183 minMaintain an Iron Grip Although my grandfather died in 1975, I remember it as if yesterday. Sy was my mother’s father. Proud of his physique, he was a devotee o...
Richard PortugalSep 11, 20183 minDo Not Go GentleIn 1951, Welsh poet Dylan Thomas wrote a poem for his dying father. In but a few lines and stanzas, he captures the angst, confusion and ...
Richard PortugalSep 7, 20182 minIs Charlie Brown Motivational? The universe is so large. Its very vastness both stuns and excites the imagination. From science fiction writers to those at NASA who stu...