Small Choices Can Tip the Wellness Scale
It’s March, and by now you’re either hitting your stride as you move towards your New Year’s goals or have stumbled into the ditch along the way. If you’re a little off track – so what? Just like focusing on recovering fully from a health setback, it’s important…
Read More7 Secrets to Keeping Your Hair Healthy, While Aging on Your Own Terms
There’s no magic potion that will prevent us from aging (unfortunately), but that doesn’t mean you can’t age gracefully. While taking care of your skin will definitely help keep you looking younger and healthier…
Read MoreWe Can’t Stop Aging – But Let’s Do It Fashionably and on Our Terms
I don’t mind getting older. I see it as a privilege and want to appreciate it fully. Yet, I find myself pushing back against things that “old” people do. For example, I just had my second eye surgery…
Read MoreAre Your Hands Aging You? 4 Simple Ways to Reverse the Clock
Few body parts go about revealing your age quite like your hands, and while one glance at them can make you fondly reflect on all the hard work, family-raising, and adventuring you have done in your life, they can also be a source of regret or pain…
Read More9 Ideas for Managing Dark Days
Now that the holidays are over, there is no getting around the fact that there is still a long winter to get through. Even in a pandemic, planning for holidays was a distraction from the fact that we are mostly still stuck at home, missing close contact with family…
Read MoreWalking Well: Check Your Posture to Feel More Confident Walking (VIDEO)
When we have difficulties with our balance, this can really affect our walking. We start to worry about keeping steady and lose the enjoyment of walking. In the last 15 years as a specialist exercise instructor, I’ve helped…
Read MoreSleeping Well After 60: Dos and Don’ts Backed by the Latest Sleep Research
How did you sleep last night? I was up at 3:30 a.m. and found myself finishing Why We Sleep by neuro-scientist and sleep researcher, Matthew Walker. I had always been a good sleeper. That is, until I hit my 60s…
Read MoreThe Epic Life: Or, Are You Aging Gracefully?
The phrase “aging gracefully” implies that there is a way to age disgracefully. If you’ll pardon my badly-disguised chuckle, I’m so happy to be aging in the first place, given our times, that the idea that there is a way to mess…
Read MoreHow to Balance the 6 Dimensions of Wellness in Your Life After 60
How balanced is your Wellness Wheel? Are you missing a spoke? Some time ago I introduced the concept of creating a personal Vitality Portfolio® just like you would a financial portfolio. This involves creating…
Read MoreAging, Ambition, and Late Bloomers: The Goals that Push Us Onward After 60
Ambition has been defined as “a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work.” And while ambition does not take you on a straight path in life, it can take you on a journey you never thought…
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