Rogue Chin Hair? How Shaving Your Face Can Make a Big Difference
About 14 years ago, I was looking forward to having lunch with my friend Norma as it had been quite a while since we’d had a chance to get together. As we sat down and started catching up, I just couldn’t help staring at her chin…
Read MoreAn Open Letter to My Grandchildren: 10 Things I Want Them to Know
Our five-year-old grandson recently asked my husband and me “Will we always be together?” I was stunned that such a small child would ask such a profound question. I’m not sure that he understood the depth of the question…
Read MoreWhy Can’t I Lose Weight? How Trauma Sabotages Weight Loss for High Achieving Women (VIDEO)
High achieving women in their 50s and 60s who struggle with making consistently healthy food choices tend to have one thing in common: a history of trauma. Even if these same women have spent years in therapy and are at peace with the traumatic…
Read More6 Lessons Baby Boomers Learned from Classic Children’s Books
Were you a reader as a child? Did you snuggle up in a chair or under the covers at bedtime while an adult read to you? If so, chances are you were impacted by the wisdom found in children’s books. Reading helps us to understand ourselves…
Read More6 Essential Steps to Maintaining a Happy Marriage After 60
Do you have a happy marriage? Over years as a relationship coach and counsellor, I am sharing my experience to help you bring your marriage back to what you dreamed it would be when you first met. I will offer some very practical…
Read MoreWhat Makes for a Better Farewell Gift Than Your China? How About a Memory Box?
At some point, we women of a certain age start to question how much our offspring really know about us and our lives. All too often the answer comes back, “not much.” We live such fast-paced and overscheduled lives…
Read More10 Foods that Help with Lowering or Maintaining Healthy Blood Sugar Levels for Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes is a medical disorder of maintaining high blood sugar levels over prolonged periods of time. If poorly controlled, diabetes can significantly increase morbidity and mortality. In addition to complications, like ketoacidosis…
Read MoreDownsizing Your Home as a 60+ Woman: Facing the Discomfort of Uncertainty
The only thing in life that’s certain is death. Everything else is to the contrary. Now that’s not very comfortable for most of us. We tend to be most comfortable living with the illusion of certainty. I think one of the things that makes…
Read MoreDoes Learning a Musical Instrument Maintain Brain Health?
Learning to play a musical instrument is something that many of us have considered doing at some point. As well as being fun and providing a great sense of achievement, there are many health benefits of playing an instrument…
Read MoreFor the Birds! Or Can Bird Watching Help Your Wellbeing?
During the height of the pandemic, in early 2020, I joined the Cornell University Feederwatch program. Each week, on two consecutive days, I recorded the species who visited the feeders outside my kitchen window…
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