5 Ways to Connect with a Loved One Who Has Cancer
I am a wife whose husband has cancer. I am a caregiver. I also work with people who have cancer and other life-limiting illnesses, and with their caregivers. I work with the grief that comes with caregiving and death that may follow. Every day, do you look…
Read MoreMusings on Being a Grandmother in a Strange World
My oldest grandchild just turned five, and since he was born, I have been blessed with four more grandchildren. Becoming a grandparent has been a magical experience for me. I never knew that it would elicit an entirely new set of thoughts and emotions…
Read MoreGame Changers Among Meds: Birth Control Pill and Covid Vaccine
I have spent my 67 years residing in the state of Florida. I have to live with the fact my state is the punch line of late-night talk show jokes more frequently than other states. Our mythical mascot is “Florida Man” whose bizarre real-world antics personify…
Read MoreTired of Buying New Clothes? Look Good in the Ones You Already Have!
When we see models come down the runway, by design the first thing we notice is what they are wearing. The designers want the clothes to take center stage. That’s why they pick tall, thin and mostly very young models who act as human “hangers”…
Read MoreFall Prevention Guide For Older Adults
Seeing a main character in a movie living in constant fear or being fearless never ends well. Living in constant fear results in not enjoying what life has to offer. Being fearless and ignoring all of the warning signs result in failure due to stubbornness. The trope of the story typically goes such that the […]
Read MoreHow Pilates Saved My Life: Exploring the Benefits of Pilates for Older Adults
I have always been an active person – tennis, yoga, walking, biking. But then the age-related injuries and aches and pains made themselves manifest in my body. This required me to figure out a new strategy for fitness given my new difficulty in walking…
Read MoreYour Third Chakra and Aging: Manipura and Growing Younger Gracefully
The seven Chakras provide us with a wonderful road map for how to age gracefully. Each chakra is reflective of our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual state of being. We can shift what might be out of alignment with breath, presence, awareness…
Read MoreThe Positives of Subtraction: Behaviors to Keep Post-Covid
We are entering a gradual post-pandemic period. Over the past year and two months, there are a number of subtractions I have made that have been positive. Going forward, I would like to hold on to the positive subtractions that came about…
Read MoreSummer of Love: What Does It Mean to You?
Many of us have heard of the Summer of Love – but did you know it’s THIS summer? After the past 15-16 months of Zoom, quarantine, drive-by baby showers, virtual meetings and learning, YouTube yoga, Instacart, missing our loved ones across the country…
Read MoreWhy Healthy Breathing Is So Scarce in Today’s World
In his recent book Breath, the New Science of a Lost Art, author James Nestor is on a quest for a more healthy breath. In the process he takes us on a historic tour of the formation of the human face. While he digs deep into the technical side of various…
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