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Just a few words about the purported "flu epidemic". I am not sure when people will finally realize that flu shots do not prevent the flu. Most people are very much aware that these shots can provide side effects that are similar to symptoms of the flu.

The CDC appears to be closely connected to the drug companies who sell the vaccines, and I suspect … [Read more...] about Thoughts on the Flu

 What makes the best of us older than we should and can be Most of us think we know what age is to us; however we miss the most important point.  We may know how we feel, what we like or don’t like, what we’d wish for or what we put up with… Yet the most amazing and simple point that most of us haven’t considered is inside our mind, and that is … [Read more...] about Choose Your IMAGE of Age, or Your IMAGE Will Choose Your Age For You!

Are you able to be aware of when you need to change or adjust something about yourself? Or is it easier or more comfortable to think others and life are the ones that need to change? 

One of the ways I know I need to change is when I find myself thinking thoughts in a certain way for an extended time, or I think pretty much the same types of thoughts … [Read more...] about When or How Do You Know It’s You Who Needs to Change?

Like many women in their late 60s, I’d enjoyed a varied career and also raised four children and a foster son, mostly as a single parent. In 2000, at 62, I’d gone off to join the Peace Corps in Honduras, and, after returning to the States, for the first time, became a Spanish interpreter and freelance writer, while also looking after my mother in her last years. Then, in … [Read more...] about Seizing On Life’s Unexpected Opportunities: My Sudan Journey

A friend in her 60s who has kept her trademark long blonde hair joined me for breakfast looking twenty years younger in a hip maxi dress and shell jewellery after her daily two hour yoga session and swapped notes on her latest travels to exotic destinations. Later that day another friend in her 70s met me for lunch looking customarily chic with her signature … [Read more...] about Beautiful at Any Age

I am often amazed and amused by the various attitudes many have regarding getting ‘old’. Some refuse to discuss the subject while to others age is a fact of life and they don’t fret about it. Each of us is a certain age; we can’t do a thing about the truth. We can joke about it, lie about it or be realistic about it.

Some spend most of their years dreading ‘old age’. … [Read more...] about Dreading ‘Old Age’

You’ve probably heard expressions like “60 is the new 40.”  The truth is actually that anyone can be 68 going on 50. All you need is a motivational mindset. Then you, too, can start counting the calendar backwards at each birthday. 

Beyond good diet and exercise – which are critical for anyone at any age – getting motivated is the key to aging well.  Here are five … [Read more...] about Five Motivational Ways to Age Backwards

When it comes to finances, ignorance is not bliss. What you aren’t aware of and don't take advantage of often leaves you as the one being taken advantage of. You have a choice: you can either believe  that what you planned for, purchased  and put in place for your financial future years ago, is still in your  financial best interest today, or you can  acknowledge and explore … [Read more...] about What You Don’t Know Can And Does Cost You And Your Family Money

Carolyn Myss once said that when we tell someone about our emotional wounds, we’ve let them know how the relationship will be manipulated. This “information” also reveals how we live. A friend recently experienced a catharsis that took her through and beyond old wounds, wounds that caused her to armor herself since childhood, without really realizing to what degree this … [Read more...] about Are You Emotionally Wounded?

The beginning of a new year gives me the same feeling as Spring; it is a time for ‘new beginnings’. First of all, I thank God for giving me the beginning of a new year, then I try to loosely organize the things I would like to accomplish within that year, or whatever time I have. I might not finish all of the ‘list’ but this will give me something to work toward, a … [Read more...] about New Beginnings