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I'm probably the best private dancer I know. Wait, not the kind you're thinking of. I mean dancing alone in my own company. You see, I have a lot of Tina Turner in me. Ok maybe I'm being facetious but with music blaring and all obstacles out of the way, I can really 'do my thing'. If nothing else, I'm good enough to at least be one of her backup … [Read more...] about I Think I Can Dance …

 

 In 2005, at age 40, I became the main caregiver for my mother, Judy, who could no longer balance her checkbook, cook, or clean. I encouraged her to move from her remote lakeside cottage into my small home with my husband and two children. Since then she has lived in assisted living, a “memory care” facility for people with dementia, and now a nursing home. … [Read more...] about Fighting the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

 

We tend to save our non-holiday “celebration” efforts for rare occasions.  College graduations, golden wedding anniversaries, and the like.  That’s too bad because celebrating is good for all of us—both the person being feted and those doing the hurrah.  It’s not always necessary to make it a big elaborate deal either.

In the last two weeks, I have … [Read more...] about Celebrate More!

                

 

These are the last few days that I will ever be 74 years old. Next month I will have lived for a full three-quarters of a century and I will be celebrating that in a lovely hostel in Fiji in the middle of the South Pacific. Just now, I'm huddled at a hostel computer in Sydney, Australia, on a rather chilly Sunday, having launched … [Read more...] about The Perks Of Personal Propulsion

 

The Platt Protocol for Hormone Balancing

This Is a companion to the book “The Miracle of Bio-Identical Hormones” It is not intended as a medical textbook, and is not written for the academician. It is a practical guide for those working on the front lines of the war … [Read more...] about The Platt Protocol for Hormone Balancing

 

In this issue, Linda Brown reveals some trials and tribulations of traveling around the world accompanied only by her backpack. For Linda, it’s just another day in the life of a spunky mature woman doing what she is determined to do. 

The thing is —  Linda is seventy-five. How many 75-year-olds are so gutsy? I think it's safe to say many 75-year-olds … [Read more...] about The Power of a “So What” Attitude

 

Are you as far out in left field about budgeting as I’ve managed to get?  I’ve discovered I’ve been making some highly counterproductive assumptions.  As in: You only have to budget when you don’t have enough money. 

For a while now, I’ve wrong-headedly taken the position that successful people don’t have to pay attention to what they are spending.  … [Read more...] about Please! Not a Budget!

 

Do you ever wonder if or wish there was an On-Off switch when it comes to negative thinking? Maybe if you know what causes it, you can find the switch and flip it. 

What we usually notice about negative thinking first is the Effect, not the Cause, of it. In fact, we may not even be aware that we’re thinking negatively, we’re just aware of how we feel … [Read more...] about What Causes Negative Thinking?

 

For several years I have jotted items down on my list of things I would do at some time in the future. While living an active, productive life, I could not ‘work in’ all the activities I wanted to do, thus my “someday” list.

I regret that I was too busy to do things that would have added pleasure and accomplishment to my younger years. So, don’t do … [Read more...] about Forget Your “Some Day” List – Do It Now !!!

 

Good balance is not something we’re born with.  Children all over the world play games to improve balance, and most of us do so until we leave school.  We then enter into the world of being professionals, parents, homemakers, and we stop doing all those little things that improve balance.  So what happens?  Our balance gets worse as time goes by.

No … [Read more...] about Improve Your Balance Today – And Keep It With Practice