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Karen is a retired college professor, a Certified Health Coach, a Brain Health Coach, a writer, a speaker and a teacher. Her mission is to educate, inspire and influence women 55 and older to step up, dream big and become healthier, happier, and more fulfilled.

Latest Posts By Karen Spencer

4 months ago

How’s Your Balance This Side of 60?

I have a good friend named Katie who is a stretch therapist. She explains her job as helping her clients with exercises and treatments that improve flexibility, range of motion, and mobility.

Katie confides that most of her clients come to her once they have seen a physical therapist and have been given a list of exercises, and then go home and don’t do them. That’s when they call Katie for help…

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5 months ago

Did You Know? You Are a Miracle!

Did you experience awe and wonder this morning at being given another precious day? You should, you know; after all, your life is a miracle. Have you ever thought much about that? Did you know that, according to Wikipedia, an event is considered a miracle when the odds…

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9 months ago

Does Having a More Beautiful Brain Require Us to Go on Another Diet?

I have to admit I have been on a ton of diets in my life and unsuccessful with every single one of them. You name it; I have tried it …and failed. In the past, my dieting was always with the purpose of improving my looks. I just kept searching for the next…

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12 months ago

Socializing Is Good for the Soul, and Great for Our Brain

As a certified health and brain health coach, I love reading about the most up-to-date findings on steps we can take toward living healthier and happier lives. Research supports my belief that we can actually get better as we age. And I love to learn that we…

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1 year ago

Are You Still Making Progress with Your Goals?

My husband has been encouraging me to get rid of our stuff that continues to accumulate around the house. So, I’ve been researching lots of different downsizing and organizing strategies; everything from Marie Kondo’s life changing magic to 15 other methods that profess…

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3 years ago

Stress: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (A Coming Back to Our Senses Installment)

We all want to have a healthy brain, don’t we? As we age, our ability to think clearly, focus and remember becomes more of a concern to many of us; especially if we have a mindset that believes a deteriorating brain is just part of aging and out of your control…

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3 years ago

Can We Transform Our Brains? (By Coming to Our SENSES)

Exercise can transform your brain. Have you ever considered this before? And exercise has also been shown to stave off signs of early dementia and other neurological conditions. It sounds like miracle medicine for the mind, doesn’t it? That’s because it is!

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3 years ago

Want a More Beautiful Brain? Come to Your Senses

I suspect, given the chance, that when it comes to having better brains we would all opt for a fast fix, a sure thing, and a modern miracle… but sadly that is not reality. What is reality; is first coming to our senses and taking practical small steps each day…

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3 years ago

Are You in Need of a Brain Makeover?

Have you been finding it harder to focus these days? Is your memory slipping? Remembering names and dates has become a challenge; your brain is experiencing more fog? As one of my friends once described it, “I feel like I am losing my edge…

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3 years ago

We Can Make Time to Read to Children Because We Care

In this short series of articles for Sixty and Me, we looked at the issue of children moving away from books and also explored 20 ways to get them started – or to help them continue – their reading journey. Whether you have grandchildren…

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