Health and Fitness

Everyone is susceptible to depression, but depression in older adults can be even more challenging to identify, especially as both symptoms and triggers vary greatly from when we were younger adults or even children…

For a long time, I believed healthy eating meant compromise. Less flavor. Smaller portions. Skipping the foods I loved. If dinner was delicious, surely I’d done something wrong. I don’t know exactly when I started believing that. Maybe it was years of magazine headlines. Maybe decades of hearing foods labeled “good” and “bad.” Whatever the reason, I stopped trusting my own plate…

As we get older, sight and hearing are generally the senses that are most obviously affected and best cared for, whilst changes in taste, smell and touch are far less widely recognised. However, it is the five senses that undergo a change. We may need more stimulation to be aware of a sensation, because the […]

One day Jennifer (my husband Jon’s daughter) asked if she could come over to our house and make dinner for us. She sent me an image of the meal that she would cook. Learning that it would be from a meal kit intrigued me. I had read about home-service meal delivery services, but we had never tried them…

For years, I heard the same story about women’s brains and menopause. Brain fog. Memory slips. Words that hover just out of reach. The unspoken implication underneath all of it: your mind is slipping. I believed it. Most of us did. It’s what we were handed. And watching my mom suffer with Alzheimer’s for four years and finally succumb to it last November has been so scary!

You may feel a little overwhelmed if you have been diagnosed with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD). Don’t worry, though – we are here to help! This blog post will give you five tips for exercising safely and effectively with Peripheral Artery Disease…

I know. It sounds a little unconventional. But yes – I freeze my lemons whole. And I use every single part of them. I have a confession to make. For years, all I knew was to zest a little, cut the lemon in half, squeeze out the juice, and toss the rest into the garburator without a second thought. Half the lemon – gone. Every time…

Many women, myself included, are worriers. For our entire lives, we worry about the people close to us – our children, friends, spouse and parents. Then, as we reach our 60s and 70s, our worries seem to multiply. All of a sudden, we start to worry about how we are going to live on a pension. Many of us become concerned about our health. Then, there are less tangible worries, such as how we are going to find meaning in our lives after 60…

Over the years, I’ve supported hundreds of people to exercise safely and successfully at home. I’ve seen the most common mistakes and helped them get past these and set themselves up for success with home exercise…

Do you feel like your mind never stops racing? Maybe you’re exhausted from worrying… yet you can’t sleep. Your body feels tense, your thoughts won’t slow down, and no matter how hard you try, you just can’t seem to relax. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone.