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The Surprising Benefits of Good Posture for Your Mood and Your Bones

By Vivian Goldschmidt March 10, 2021

As children, we were often reminded of the importance of good posture. Our parents told us to sit up straight at the dinner table, and our teachers asked us to stop slouching at our desks. But, for many reasons, as we age our posture typically…

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Losing Energy as We Get Older, the Woe of the Active Person

By Ann Richardson March 04, 2021

It is a common practice to see the world in a binary fashion. For instance, no matter the factor of division, there usually seem to be two types of people. Extroverts and introverts. Meat eaters and vegetarians…

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Your Headline: “Victim/Martyr” or “Happy Person”?

By Noelle Nelson March 03, 2021

What headline will you write for yourself today? In other words, how will you characterize your experience of this day? As an interesting one: uplifting, satisfying, productive? Or as a depressing one: unhappy, woeful, disappointing…

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The Power of Mental Stretching at 60 and Beyond

By Joan Frances Moran February 20, 2021

Can we really stretch our mind during our 60s and beyond so that we can achieve even more out of life? The answer is: Yes. Absolutely! Mind stretching is the process of teaching the brain a new way of thinking, and in doing so…

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The Power of Maternal Love

By Darlene Corbett February 11, 2021

February is a month that denotes many things. One that has stood the test of time is Valentine’s Day, which began in 500 A.D. What it fervently symbolizes is the virtue of love in the romantic form. As we know, however, love comes in many…

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Grief, Yoga, and the Chakras: Yoga for Living with Loss

By Sheena Nancy Sarles December 12, 2020

One of the loveliest lessons we have learned as we reach our 60s and beyond is that life is full of surprising twists and turns. What may have been a passing fancy becomes a life-long passion and major fork in the road. I once had a yoga…

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The Rise in Addiction Amongst Seniors During the Pandemic

By Emily White November 01, 2020

For months now social distancing, sheltering in place and my personal post-it checklist of Covid Rules To Live By continues to challenge every aspect of what feels like a somewhat surreal sanitary existence (for this author, at least).  Of far greater significance than my current state of mind is the condition influencing almost everyone on […]

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Co-Mothering Your Teenage Grandkids? 3 Ways to Manage the Worry

By Sheri Saxe September 26, 2020

There are grandmothers raising their grandchildren, living with them, feeding them, doing it all. And there are grandmothers simply enjoying their grandchildren from a distance, whether across the country or across town…

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Kentucky Aging Statistics & Resource Guide

By Sixty and Me September 21, 2020

The Kentucky Aging Statistics & Resource Guide contains key information, links and statistics for senior citizens in Kentucky. With an aging population and the average cost of care averaging between $20.00 an hour for home care to $7,604 a month for skilled nursing care, Kentucky is typically less expensive than the national average.  This guide […]

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Why Are Mature Women Living with Their Partners Rather Than Marrying?

By Kathleen M. Rehl August 19, 2020

According to a recent Pew Research Center report, the number of people age 50 and older who live together with their unmarried partner shot up by 75% between 2007 and 2016. That’s 4 million mature adults who live together compared to 2.3 million a decade ago. Read More