What We Need to Know About Posture and Osteoporosis Exercise After 60 (VIDEO)
I often get asked about posture and osteoporosis exercises when we’re past menopause. Of course, things are highly individual when it comes to lifting weights or correcting your posture. Here are my answers to many burning questions…
Read MoreJust What the Doctor Ordered – How Women Over 60 Are at Highest Risk for Prescription Drug Addiction
Sally was noticing changes in her 73-year-old mother in-law Emily. As Sally became Emily’s primary caregiver, she noticed Emily seemed a great deal anxious most of the time. She’d also become more withdrawn. And, because Sally often ran errands for Emily…
Read MoreAfter Heartbreak, New Widows Must Revisit Their Finances
I was devastated. A few days before I turned 60, I was suddenly a widow. But really, I was typical. Surprisingly, the average age at which a wife becomes a widow is 59.4. About 1 million women a year in the U.S. experience what may be the most stressful event…
Read More5 Mistakes to Avoid When Starting Strength Training After 55
As summertime is winding down and coming to a close, and after a few months of relaxed routines (and maybe too many ice creams at the beach or cocktails on the deck), many people lean into developing a routine and getting…
Read More8 Spiritual Journeys from Around the World
Throughout history, humans have embarked on pilgrimages and voyages in pursuit of blessings, wealth, fortune, divine intervention, spiritual leaders, and a myriad of other reasons. These journeys could even be considered the earliest manifestations of tourism…
Read MoreDo You Know How to Bloom Where You’re Planted? These 7 Steps Will Get You on the Right Track!
As life goes on over time, we change; everyone does. Sometimes we drift off course, caught up in a tide of circumstances that turn our world into something different than we anticipated. It happens, often, and the women I know are experiencing…
Read MoreWhat Can You Do to Find Your Balance?
A beginning step to create a balanced life is to start by making some changes – small simple changes. It takes self-discovery to settle into who we are meant to be and really embrace it…
Read More3 Good Reasons Why NOT Everyone Over 60 Needs to Do Kegels
Are you diligently doing Kegels and finding it’s not helping your pelvic health at all? Perhaps you are experiencing involuntary loss of urine or urgent messages to find the bathroom (urge incontinence)? The very symptoms Kegels are meant…
Read MoreHow to Breathe (Easier) as We Age
Many cultures recommend specific breathing patterns combined with movement, yoga and qigong for example, as practices to restore and maintain physical and mental health. From a Nutritious Movement perspective…
Read MoreHomeopathy for the Soul, and How We Benefit
At 25, I was a hot mess. Confused, depressed, reckless. By then I’d completed an undergraduate degree in Psychology, but for a variety of reasons wasn’t yet working steady. It was a dark period. The despair was real. There was no clarity of mind…
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