5 Ways Inadequate Sleep Can Undermine Your Weight Loss Efforts After 60
Do you have some days when you feel hungry all day, no matter what you eat? That might be because you didn’t get enough sleep the night before. What does the amount of sleep have to do with your weight?
Read MoreIs Pilates Strength Training? Yes, and Here’s Why!
Traditional strength training and Pilates have a lot in common. Loading the muscles with weights in traditional strength training and with springs, props, and body weight in Pilates puts forces onto the muscles and bones that build strength…
Read MoreThe “W” Word – What Being a Widow Means to Me
The realization that I was going to be known as “a widow” was one of the aftershocks of losing my husband. The power of the word itself, the images and feelings…
Read MoreEight Months in My Cancer Journey
Cancer. Not a diagnosis anyone wants to hear. But many of us will hear it, if we live long enough. One source tells me that 25% of us will have cancer at some point in our lives. I was a month out from having a hip replaced when I was admitted to the hospital…
Read MoreDoes Creativity Decline as You Age? (Hint: Not a Chance)
Lately, with all the extra time and space provided by social distancing, it’s a good thing if you’ve been ruminating over questions like: What’s my plan for the next couple decades?
Read MoreAre You Curious About Your Family History? Here’s How to Start Researching
There is something about finding ourselves in our 60s that makes our heads turn to the past, in general, and more specifically – to our ancestry. Perhaps as we age, our perception of time changes…
Read MoreEnding Ageism Creatively: Exposing Harmful Stereotypes of Older People
Can you spot the ageism in this headline for a health article in Best Life magazine? 20 Easy Ways to Look a Decade Younger: From Sunup to Sundown, Here’s a Full-Day’s Worth of Hacks to Make Sure You Always Look Your Absolute Best Meg LaPorte says this kind of fear-based marketing aimed at older adults […]
Read MoreMedicare and Hearing Aids: How Not to Break the Bank
Original Medicare consists of two parts: Medicare Part A and Part B. Medicare Part A covers inpatient hospital benefits, and Medicare Part B covers outpatient doctors’ benefits and durable medical equipment…
Read MoreAre You Feeling Older Than You Really Are?
Is your age showing? Are you anxious that you are acting older than you are, or feeling older than you are, or are becoming irrelevant or invisible? Please, relax. You are only showing your age if you buy into the clichés…
Read MoreMakeup Application Techniques for a Flawless Look Every Time
Even though I’ve done a boatload of videos focusing on makeup techniques for those of us with more mature skin, I’ve never specifically focused on a subject which is really crucial to creating a beautiful, flawless makeup look: the actual application techniques we use to apply that makeup. After all, we can have a fantastic […]
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