"Our seniors love Barbara's programs designed to promote overall health and wellness from the "top of your head to the tips of your toes.
Barbara's perky and lighthearted style engages the audience with presentations that at are lively, informative, interactive and fun.
Her sessions are like eating potato chips: One taste and you're hooked. So our ministry keeps inviting her back to do more."
Donna Walker,
Irondequoit Senior Ministries
"Barbara has been an outstanding addition to the faculty of Lifespan's certificate program in gerontology. Barbara's enthusiasm and cutting edge materials are inspiring. Students consistently rate her class as excellent."
Cindy Steltz,
Director
Lifespan Community Education
"Barbara is a marvelous speaker and writer: Engaging, Articulate, Practical, Playful, and Passionate. Barbara is able to take current findings in neurology and biology, translate the concepts into everyday language and offer appropriate responses that can easily be integrated into daily life. If "successful aging" were to have a teacher of the year, Barbara would be it."
Rev. Brian McCaffrey, Chair
The Northeast Forum on Spirituality and Aging
"Barbara is one of our most popular teachers. To quote Barbara's students at OASIS, her course on Mental Aerobics was "stimulating, encouraging, inspiring, and practical. It was a magnificent educational experience."
Priscilla Minster
OASIS Director
What fans said about the Elderhostel courses:
"Fantastic! She convinced me I shall live to be 100 if I pay attention! She's a treasure - don't forget to have her back again. I looked forward to each of her classes."
"Excellent - while being fully engaged in learning the hows of maintaining mental health, we also learned the why."
"Enjoyed it thoroughly. Barbara is certainly well informed and almost makes me look forward to growing old!"
"Information filled presentations presented in a humorous, engaging way. Barbara is great and she is practical!"
"Gave us numerous new ideas on the subject of how not to age. Very lively and well-prepared group leader."
"I can't say enough good things about Barbara and her course. Her enthusiastic presentation was a joy. The content was very good - I can't wait to get started exercising my brain and my body"
"Course content was filled with information about the brain and the practical applications to use in daily living to stimulate brain activity - all presented with enough hands-on "doing" and "thinking" examples to imprint the information we received. Barbara kept things moving at a fast pace - she held out interest. "
"Superb program - One of the best Elderhostel programs I have attended. She is a terrific presenter!"
Jenny Monroe
Elderhostel Coordinator
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