Last week I was chatting online with a friend named Barbara who just finished reading my book Positive Aging.  She was very complimentary so naturally, I asked her if she would please do a review on Amazon as a way to help the book get more exposure. Of course, as usual, I explained that I really wanted her honest feelings, not just compliments.  That’s when she admitted that the only question she had was whether positive aging was possible if a person had money problems.  That made me stop and think it through myself.  Does positive aging require money?  No doubt it might make things easier.  But in the end, just like with happiness, money can help but it is never a guarantee of either result.  With that in mind, I thought it would be useful to explore a few things that can either help or hinder a path to positive aging. [Read more…]