Recognizing and Treating Depression in Older Adults
Everyone experiences the occasional blues or lethargy. But if feelings of sadness or tiredness occur more often than not, do not ignore them. It is important to pay attention to how long these emotional waves last, as they may signal…
Read More3 Tips to Curb Indulgent Eating on Summer Vacations for Women over 50
For women over 50 who struggle with food obsession and want to lose weight, the prospect of vacation can bring both excitement and anxiety. Why do women over 50 feel anxiety about indulgent eating on summer vacations?
Read MoreWhy Successful Women Over 50 Struggle to Make Healthy Eating Choices
All this time you’ve probably believed that you are sabotaging yourself with poor self-control, but in reality, it’s All or Nothing Dieting claiming that even a little ice cream counts as a failure. The same logical mind that made you successful rationalizes…
Read MoreThe Physical, Mental and Emotional Benefits of Keeping a Diary
Recent research shows that keeping a daily diary or journal not only is a great way to document your experiences and record your thoughts and feelings, but can also offer mental, emotional and physical benefits…
Read MoreWhy Do I Feel Bad After I Eat? Understanding and Healing Guilt and Shame After Eating
Many of your food struggles likely come from an activated nervous system that is driving powerful cravings. This nervous system activation may be related to current stress or past trauma, but either way it is impacting how you feel after eating…
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…
Read MoreHow to Manage Your Emotions Instead of Eating to Avoid Them
We’re all feeling such an array of emotions this year. If you’ve been eating to avoid the discomfort of some of them, then you’ve likely gained weight. What you’re doing is emotional eating, and that is the biggest cause of overeating…
Read More12 Excuses for Overeating and Why They’re Nonsense
Do you have a collection of excuses you repeatedly use to justify eating when you aren’t hungry? Or continuing to eat when you’ve already had enough? Your decision to eat is always preceded by a thought, even if you barely notice the thought…
Read MoreAnxious About Holiday Eating? What Women Over 60 Need to Know
If holiday feasting brings you anxiety, know that you aren’t alone and there is hope to have peace with food. For many women, the increase in availability of sugar and carbohydrate heavy foods brings on an obsession, constantly worrying…
Read MoreHow to Find Happiness by Creating More Space in Your Life After 60
According to Wikipedia, “Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction.” That is fine in its own way, but I want to explore the space beyond objects and events, deep into our personal spaces…
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