Advocating Non-Traditional Lifelong Growth and Productivity
Yeah, yeah. You’re not that kind of person. A hike is so…well…physical. Please. Consider taking a hike. It will change your life.
I come from a family of walkers. We do it for the exercise, but just as often it’s to work off steam from something stressful, sort out a problem that seems—before our legs start moving—impossible, or keep a medical … [Read more...] about Take a Hike!
Someday someone you love is going to get sick—sick enough to need care. If you’re the one to take on that role, be ready for an unexpectedly contorted ride.
It’s not just the 24/7 nature of the effort that makes it such demanding work. Caregiving transports you into an entirely different world. That carefree, do-what-I-want-when-I-want lifestyle … [Read more...] about The Surreal World of Caregiving
Obesity rates in North America are a growing concern for legislators. Expanded waistlines mean rising health-care costs for maladies such as diabetes, … [Read more...] about October Research to Help You Live and Feel Better
Reviewed By: Dana Reed-Kane, PharmD, FIACP, FACA, FCP, NFPPhC
This book has it all! From menopause to andropause, children to adults, breast cancer to prostate cancer, and much more. Dr. Platt is a physician who understands the importance of achieving hormone balance in … [Read more...] about The Miracle of Bio-Identical Hormones
I am three weeks into my stay at the Waya LaiLai Ecohaven on Waya LaiLai island in the Yasawa island chain of Fiji. A radio with lovely Fijian music is playing in this gorgeous dining hall just off the beach and all my friends are circulating somewhere around. Perhaps a Kava Ceremony is going on with everyone sitting on a grass mat drinking the spiritual … [Read more...] about Fiji: Luxury on a Shoestring
HELP! The world of online socializing is making my head spin. The dizziness is caused by the whirl of activity around me and the steady noise coming from the social media side of life. To avoid feeling like a wall flower (ouch I do remember) I'm so focussed on learning the dance steps and keeping up I'm tripping over my own feet.
It started … [Read more...] about Help!!! My Social Dance Card is Overflowing!
One of the most common complaints of older adults that echo off the walls in doctor and PT offices everywhere is this, “I have trouble standing up… My legs must be weak… Can you give me some exercises to strengthen my legs…”
Generally, while those exercises do strengthen the legs, they don’t solve the problem of standing up easily … [Read more...] about Standing Up Easily Forever: The Secret You Must Know!
I have watched with amazement as my visitor from Italy learns about life in the United States; she is enjoying all the ‘firsts’ that have come to her. Today she ate her first hamburger…with a terrific chocolate malt. She has yet to taste a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a necessary item in life. In Italy she can buy Nutella but she has no idea what … [Read more...] about Through A Visitor’s Eyes
What we choose not only influences us in the moment, but beyond it. How well or often do you practice the power of choice?
I was walking along on a beautiful morning, while my ego-mind was busy playing old tapes and imagining unpleasant future moments, when I noticed that I was allowing this yet again. Then I had this thought: If Jesus, … [Read more...] about The Power of Choice and What You Choose
"We get up in the morning; sit at the kitchen table, drinking our morning coffee, planning our day. The biggest decision of the day: where to go for lunch!" A former colleague of mine gave me an accounting of her daily routine several years ago. At the time of this conversation my husband and I were only contemplating … [Read more...] about Surviving in a Dual Retired Marriage
