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Healthy Eating Mystery: What Are You REALLY Craving… and Why?

By Karen Donaldson July 16, 2021

To say that our relationship with food is complex is an understatement, especially when it comes to weight loss. If it was easy, I would put on my dietitian hat and tell you how many carbs, proteins and fats you should be eating…

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Manage Your Mental and Emotional Health in Difficult Times

By Joan Frances Moran April 06, 2020

For decades, boomers have been exposed to a myriad of changes, both small and big; global and personal; shocking and gentle; and through it all, you’re still here by the grace of either good genes…

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What if Weight Loss Is Not About the Food? Emotions Can Control Your Eating Habits Even After 60!

By Karen Donaldson October 03, 2019

Here’s the question that I get asked nearly every single day, and not just during weight loss ‘season’: “I know what I’m ‘supposed to do’ to lose weight, so why can’t I do it?”

My clients then go on to explain that they’ve tried cutting their carbs or adjusting their macros or tracking their calories, but it’s just not working.

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Wellness Spotlight: Do You Find Ways to Grow Your Emotional and Spiritual Well-Being?

By Kay Van Norman October 11, 2018

This blog is part two of a three-part series describing the six dimensions of wellness: physical, social, emotional, spiritual, intellectual and vocational and how they work together to form whole-person wellness. Read More

10 Things I Learned from Rick and Leo About Creating an Inspiring Retirement

By Elizabeth Dunkel July 19, 2017

I am now officially retired. Yes, I know, the word retirement is antiquated and ridiculous. I didn’t retire from life. Rather, I stopped working 9-5, five days a week and getting a paycheck. Now I work 10 hours a day writing, researching, reading and blogging – and get no paycheck. Read More

Life After 60 is All About Creating Yourself, Not Finding Yourself (Video)

By Margaret Manning October 05, 2015

Most women in their 60s feel like they have made good decisions and enjoyed successful careers so far. Now, with retirement on the horizon, many of us are looking to convert the professional contacts, skills and experience that we acquired during our careers into profitable opportunities. Read More

6 Steps to Change Your Limiting Beliefs to Lose Weight

By Shari Broder May 07, 2024

Are you stuck in the same pattern of dieting, losing a few pounds, and gaining the weight back? What’s getting in your way? It’s probably your beliefs about food and eating. We tend to hang onto a lot of beliefs about ourselves and the world…

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Do You Believe You Can Lose Weight?

By Karen Donaldson April 17, 2024

If you’re reading this, chances are you have some doubts about whether you can lose weight or not. The women I work with have a desire to lose weight, but when we look closer, we discover they don’t really believe they can do it…

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7 Steps to Get Out of Your Own Way… So You Can Get More from Life After 60

By Shari Broder February 20, 2024

Have you vowed a million times to stop doing certain things, but you keep doing them anyway? Like, you swore you were going to lose some weight and stop snacking in front of the TV after dinner, but you still do it?

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Want to Lose Weight but Struggle with Menu Planning and Food Prep?

By Karen Donaldson January 23, 2024

The thoughts that we think on a regular basis become our beliefs. And then they start running the show behind the scenes. This means that if you believe that menu planning and food preparation is too hard, then it will be. If you believe a menu plan…

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