5 Powerful Reasons to Embrace the Unexpected After 60
If you’re like me, life seems perfect when there is a manageable routine. I’m not a stick-in-the-mud, but I like it when I can plan ahead, when I know how my day is going to go and when I feel confident about the tasks on my to-do list…
Read MoreStep Away from the Easter Calories and Nobody’s Waist Line Gets Hurt
This is how they get us: they go one of three ways. First, your standard chocolate companies transform chocolate, sugar, nuts and/or marshmallows into darling shapes like bunnies, chicks, and lambs…
Read More10 Things You Can Do to Keep Your Bones Healthy and Strong After 60 (Recipes)
“I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” Remember that famous line? It was in a TV commercial years ago, and though it has since been used in countless stories, jokes, and memes, it still relates to a serious issue…
Read MoreHow to Get an Authentic Travel Experience in Italy
Authentic travel. We’re all talking about it but what exactly makes a trip authentic? And more to the point, is it really possible to find authenticity on a fleeting one- or two-week holiday – and particularly if we’re partial to a touch of luxury?
Read More4 Essential Knee Exercises to Make Climbing Stairs Easier and Pain-Free
You are standing at the bottom of that dreaded staircase once again. All you want is that maroon blouse from the armoire in the attic. Why would climbing 13 six-inch elevations feel like surmounting Mount Everest…
Read MoreWhy the Cycle of Overeating Is a Game-Changer When We’re Losing after 50
My new plan was to train my brain to embed healthier eating habits. And as I did, it became glaring to me that while we’re constantly admonished to “eat this, not that,” the so-called experts know little about how our powerful brains affect overeating…
Read MoreRethinking the New Year’s Resolution
By now, we’ve accepted that whatever grandiose plans we made on January 1st are not working out. But we are not alone. According to U.S. News & World Report, 80 percent of New Year’s resolutions fail, and most people lose their resolve by mid-February…
Read MoreSwap New Year Resolutions for Sustainable Lifestyle Changes That Focus on Spiritual Principles
At the beginning of each year, many people make lofty health and wellness goals and are disappointed when they have trouble keeping their promises. It can be super frustrating to have high expectations about achieving lifestyle goals only to see them…
Read MoreIs It Possible for Women Over 50 to Limit the Decline?
The 50s is the decade when most women will be entering the menopause. Not only can the hot flushes and night sweats kick in but this is also the time for the ‘hidden’ bone loss complications. Bowel cancer risk increases as well as type 2 diabetes…
Read MoreTop 4 New Year’s Resolutions for Emotional Eaters over 60 in 2022
You know how you create a New Year’s resolution to eat better but then as the year goes on, the stress eating picks up and you can’t resist the siren call of sweets? There is a good reason this happens to you, and it has nothing to do with willpower…
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