CBD – A Boomer Health Trend to Watch in 2020
This is the time of year when pundits make their annual predictions about which trends or products will be hot (and which will not) over the next 12 months. Given my passion for all things related to getting and staying healthy…
Read MoreHow Can Chakras Help You Thrive After 60? The First Chakra – I AM
The word “Chakra” comes from Sanskrit, translating in English to “wheel” or “disk.” The Chakras are the seven main spiritual moving energy centers within our bodies that combine the emotional…
Read MoreDealing with Christmas Stress in My Own Special Way
If Christmas is supposed to be the happiest time of the year, why are we all so stressed, anxious and miserable? Have you ever noticed how many deaths occur in December? How many people get sick? How many people are divorcing? Fighting? Separating? Angry? Pissed off?
Read MoreDon’t Fight Holiday Stress and Temptations… Avoid Them!
I was originally going to title this post “Surviving the Holidays,” and we all would immediately know what that meant – not gaining a million pounds and still be talking to our family when it’s all over. But if our goal is just to ‘survive,’ then if we achieve our goal, we survive. How satisfying is that? Read More
A Little Help to Smooth the Holiday Awkwardness
Maybe it’s just me, but the holiday season can be an emotionally tricky time. As the mother of an adult son on the Spectrum, and a member of a family with different ways of seeing the world, I need a strategy to deal with the potential awkwardness…
Read MoreWhy Gratitude Is Essential When Facing Tough Times at Any Age
I know it sounds completely counter-intuitive, even paradoxical. Giving gratitude during tough times. How nonsensical, not to mention challenging, is that?
Read MoreHow to Keep Stress from Ruining Your Family Holiday Gathering
Whether you are celebrating Thanksgiving, Hanukah, Kwanza, or Christmas, the holidays will soon be upon us, spreading a message of peace and love around the world. It’s a truly uplifting and inspiring time of year…
Read More12 Ways to Deal with Chronic Pain After 50 – Without Medication!
The concept of pain is easy to grasp yet surprisingly difficult to understand. We all think that we know what pain is. After all, from the time that we were toddlers, we have experienced pain in many ways. Read More
Need to Improve Your Slumber? This Expert’s Advice Works Wonders for Women Over 60
According to Dr. W. Chris Winter, author of The Sleep Solution, most physicians receive less than two hours of training about the entire field of sleep during medical school…
Read MorePracticing Mindfulness and Kindness with Your Grandchildren and Winnie the Pooh
Mindfulness is a state of full awareness, moment by moment, to all one’s experiences, without judgment or bias. Such awareness encompasses external perceptions as well as internal feelings, emotions, and thoughts. Read More