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Hello everyone! There are many wonderful fall prevention tips that you should know about. In fact some of the best collections of these tips are available through our own government’s websites. Here is a great resource available from the Center for Disease Control      This guide is … [Read more...] about The Best Fall Prevention Tip You Haven’t Heard

I am pleased to announce that my latest book has just been released. It is appropriately named Adrenaline Dominance, and it should be of interest to many of the readers of my blogs. I say this because the most commonly viewed blogs have been those about conditions associated with excess adrenaline. These include blogs about ADHD, anger, fibromyalgia, insomnia, RLS, … [Read more...] about “Adrenaline Dominance” Is Here

“Go with the flow” was and still is a popular thing to say and attitude to have. But what about “Get into the flow”? Is there really a difference? I say yes. I think there is a difference, or at least, I feel one at an inner level, so trust that feeling in how I relate to my experiences. For me, going with the flow represents a couple of attitudes. One attitude is when … [Read more...] about Go With vs. Get into the Flow

It’s time to admit something important. At some point, someone is going to have to deal with your “stuff.” We don’t seem to be aware of this as we keep adding belongings. Clutter is just a fact of life, right? We keep stuff for all kinds of reasons-- “I might need it…” “It was Grandma’s…” “I might decide to go back into that line of work…” But the ongoing accumulation … [Read more...] about About Your “Stuff”. . .

Big, good changes are coming! If you or a loved one needs skilled services such as nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy or speech pathology, you may have been denied coverage by Medicare, or a provider may have declined to serve you unless you paid out of pocket. You would have been refused because you were unable to show that you were regaining function or … [Read more...] about Medicare Coverage For Skilled Services – Good News!

I don’t get irritated easily BUT when I am around someone who never does what he/she promised, I get just a tad ticked off. Don’t tell me you will do something and then forevermore have an excuse, still telling me that you will ‘get around to it’. Maybe you mean well but you always forget to tell me which YEAR you might ‘get around to it’. This is when I reach a point where I … [Read more...] about A ‘Round-to-It’ Person

Summer greetings from the Wizard of Youth. Let’s talk about exercising and how to keep the body cool during warmer weather, and let’s begin with a basic overview that the Mayo Clinic recommends: Watch the temperature. Get acclimated. Know your fitness level. Drink plenty of fluids. Dress appropriately. Avoid midday sun. Wear sunscreen. Have a back up … [Read more...] about Keep Your Cool in the Heat With the Wizard’s “Summer Five”

There are crossroad moments in life, but there are also moments that have a stronger dynamic than that. These are moments when you face major decisions about giving up or giving out or going forward in life. "A crisis only becomes a breaking point when we fail to use it as a turning point," wrote Guy Finley. Most of us have had a moment when we faced, or may now face, this … [Read more...] about Is It a Breaking Point or a Turning Point?