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Nope.  I’m not talking about rekindling old romances.  It is rather heady to reconnect with your high school sweetheart or your first crush.  But there are other loves that pack as hefty a punch at this stage that have nothing to do with “boy meets girl” or “girl meets boy.”  The magic I’m looking at here is the delight of coming back to things you used to love to do but … [Read more...] about Rekindling Lost Loves

I’d like to share with one of the most effective ideas on how to take control of the strength you have, verses what most people do which is waste the strength they have, by taking conscious charge of how you breathe.  Once you understand this idea and start to implement it, you will see many of your peers huffing and puffing, wasting strength. … [Read more...] about Choose Breathing for Activities You Want, or Your Breathing will Choose Activities for You

 Several years ago the life insurance industry’s response to a dismal 8% market penetration of long-term care Insurance was to learn why approximately 92 % of the population chose not to take advantage of the insured option of protecting themselves from this looming financial threat.  

What the Insurance Industry found was that people were staying … [Read more...] about Combo Plans Combine Life and Long Term Care Insurance

Postmenopausal Women Who Smoked Are More Likely to Lose Teeth Due to Periodontal Disease 

Postmenopausal women who have smoked are at much higher risk of losing their teeth than women who never smoked, according to a new study published and featured on the cover of the Journal of the American … [Read more...] about New Links to Help You Live and Feel Better

Many people are feeling very sorry for themselves because the Great Recession trashed their Golden Years retirement plans.  That’s as silly as being upset because the caterpillar turned into a butterfly.

We spend our working years looking forward to not working—to long lazy stretches of lying on the warm sand at a sunny beach or relaxing in a favorite recliner.  … [Read more...] about Leisure Is Like Salt

When I was young, I hadn’t heard the term ‘morning person’. I just knew that there were things I had to do so I got out of bed and did them. Now I know that a ‘morning person’  indicates one who prefers to get  chores finished as early as possible.

Being a morning person has advantages AND disadvantages. I am a morning person; by 7:00 A.M. I have a laundry going, … [Read more...] about Being a Morning Person

There are times we wish for change and times we dread it. To paraphrase the truth-filled saying, the only constant in life is change. 

Our ego-aspect fools itself by believing what we have will always be there, will never change. It’s like a form of temporary amnesia or a dream-state we walk around in, whether this is about a change we would welcome … [Read more...] about Impermanence Is Here to Stay

The following is an excerpt from my soon to be released new book Adrenaline Dominance. 

PMDD  is a condition that has a tremendous impact on the quality of life of the woman who has it -  as well as on the people who surround her. Comparable to the other conditions I have written about, it also falls into the category of " we don't know what … [Read more...] about Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder – PMDD

This past year my husband was in the hospital several times with a severe urinary tract infection. A couple of times I was not sure he would leave the hospital alive but God, creator of his life, was not ready to call him home. Currently he’s doing okay. After all the bouts with the UTIs I (hopefully) have learned how to recognize and avoid the onset of an infection and … [Read more...] about Be Your Own Best Friend