The Power of Nostalgia and How It Can Enrich Our Lives After 60
When winter rolls around, it usually triggers a wistful feeling, a sense of completion and a sense of loss. The mornings are cool, the days are short. It’s hard to avoid the feeling of shrinking away! All of Nature seems to be saying, “Stop, listen, think about what you have been, and wonder what you will become…”
Read More6 Tips to Safely Get Back into Exercise, Even if It’s Been a While!
It’s been a while since you have been in a regular exercise routine, life was busy. But you are tired of feeling blah, tired of a few extra pounds especially in the middle, tired of the laundry list of aches and pains, and tired of not feeling like yourself!
Read MoreMature Women Are More Than Just Skin Deep
As a writer, my audience consists of women of a certain era. Those of us who now occupy the years beyond youth. I am my own demographic, and I write from personal experience about exploring options and deciding what we want…
Read MoreLive with a Scarfer? How to Lose Weight Anyway!
If the book hasn’t yet been written, it’s utterly overdue, and just to get the ball rolling let me suggest the title: Surviving Life with a Scarfer. It seems to be a truism in life that those of us who meticulously watch our food intake pair up…
Read MoreThe Only Two New Year’s Resolutions You’ll Ever Need After 60
What’s easy to do? Spend life in rigid countdown mode – ticking off backwards down to zero. How many days until my child marries? How many days until I become a grandmother? How many days until my 65th birthday party?
Read MoreGive Yourself the Gift of Yoga this Holiday Season
It’s the holiday season. In the last several weeks, most of us were concerned with buying gifts for family and friends. But have you thought about giving yourself a gift? How many times do you give yourself an important gift in your life?
Read MoreHow to Make Lasting Health Changes in 2023 According to Science
Every year, millions of people around the world make New Year’s resolutions with the hope that they will make positive changes in their lives. But without a clear plan or structure for implementing these changes, it cannot be easy to make progress…
Read More8 Guilty Pleasures that Make the Holidays Even More Fun
I swear to you that I am not a bah, humbug kind of person. In fact, I love the holidays, and one of the things that I most look forward to is that business slows, relatives eventually go home and I have hit every bullet point on my Christmas “To-Do” list…
Read MoreSeparating the ‘What’ from the ‘Why’ of Life Experiences
How often do you take note of different themes that encapsulate each stage of your life? If you look closely at major turning points you have experienced, you will see consistent patterns and themes that serve as guideposts for your life’s choices…
Read MoreSolo Travel Off the Beaten Path After 60 – 6 Essential Things to Know
You’re going where? That’s usually the reaction you can expect when you say sub-Saharan Africa, or Uzbekistan, or East Timor. Because let’s face it, some people think there’s a cut-off age for adventure…
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