Why Is Being Over 60 the Perfect Time for Health Improvement?
I love the thought of us embracing our age and all of the wonderful parts of having lived these years. In fact, there has never been a better time to go after what we want, especially when it comes to health improvement. We may not realize it…
Read MoreAbstract Thinking and Dementia: 4 Exercises to Keep Your Brain Fit as You Age
If dementia was a bowl of homemade vegetable soup, each ingredient would represent a different symptom of the disease. Naturally, no two bowls of soup are the same. The symptom most people associate with dementia…
Read MoreWelcome the New Year by Getting Back to Basics
We’re celebrating another new year. It’s packaged with promise and possibilities just as advertised. Yet some of us might still be scraping away residue from the old one. Some of us might still be figuring out what to do (and not do) when life throws you a curve ball…
Read More5 Actionable Approaches to Gain the Upper Hand Over Loneliness
As part of humanity, we all experience loneliness occasionally. I know I have. When I was first divorced in 2000 and found myself spending major holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas alone for the first time, I didn’t know what to do with myself…
Read More7 Unique Ideas to Make 2024 Different
Have you ever made a resolution you didn’t keep? I know I have. Maintaining resolutions can be challenging. Research suggests that around 8% to 10% of people actually achieve their New Year’s resolutions. Does it stop you from making resolutions?
Read MoreInsights on Navigating the Digital Age: A Reflection on Loss, Tradition, and Connecting Beyond Screens
As part of my usual workday, I always check in on the Help a Reporter Out (HARO) website to see if I can contribute to story queries posted by reporters that are within my wheelhouse as a life coach and freelance digital content creator…
Read MoreBecoming a Model at 63: Why It’s Never Too Late to Follow Your Dreams!
It didn’t seem possible that, at the age of 63, I would become a model. I had done some modelling much earlier in my life when I was in my 20s and early 30s. I was one of the first generation of plus size models and had such fun doing photo shoots…
Read More4 Things Most People Don’t Get About Loneliness After 50
I encountered loneliness in my late teens. Even though I was born into a large family and connected with friends through school and university, I felt the acute existential loneliness that comes with an inquiring mind…
Read More7 Longevity Areas Next Generations Will Need to Consider
You may have seen the report from the Stanford Center on Longevity titled the New Map of Life. It is written not only with longevity of us, the baby boomers, but more futuristically benefitting our grandchildren and great-grandchildren. We are only the beginning…
Read More5 Ways to Safeguard Your Heart in the World of Online Romance Scams
I’m going to start this article with my vulnerability hanging out. There’s no bra that holds vulnerability in and no underwire that can prop it up. It’s scary, and yes, my shoulders are a bit above my chin right now. But there’s strength in vulnerability…
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