4 Qualities That Help You to Embrace Aging
Aging. It’s happening and it’s weird. Some days I am relaxed in the process of it. Other days I am Don Friggin’ Quixote, battling the windmills with Pilates classes, hiking, and an over abundance of green salads and coconut water…
Read MoreWhat Are Your Gluteal Muscles and Why Are They Important for a Strong Body?
As well as causing muscle wastage, sitting for extended periods of time can be a huge drain on your overall health and wellbeing. Type 2 diabetes, bone wastage, and mental health issues are amongst some of the other side effects…
Read MoreCreating Community During the Senior Experience: 5 Ways to Surround Yourself with People Who Care
Community is the heart of everything as we age, and it’s important to become engrained in one before loneliness and isolation lead us down the wrong path. In her July 2023 Psychology Today article, Samantha Stein PsyD described the myriad ways…
Read More9 Best Purple Shampoos for Grey and Silver Hair
Are you transitioning to your natural grey hair? Are you already sporting full grey or silver? As grey and silver hair become increasingly popular and embraced, maintaining their brightness and avoiding brassiness is key. Purple shampoos are a simple solution…
Read MoreAddressing the Top 6 Fears of Women Over 60
We have lived with change and uncertainty our entire lives; in fact it is one of life’s few constants. You would think we would be used to it by now, but we aren’t. With that in mind, we’ve listed the top six fears of women over sixty and, more importantly, done our best to search for comfort and empowerment.
Read MoreMore Older Women Are Drinking Too Much
I could never stop at just one. A glass of wine was never enough. It was always two, sometimes three, and occasionally four. There were nights when an entire bottle disappeared before I even realized it. How did I get here? Drinking creeps up on us. It can start…
Read MoreHow a Healthy Mediterranean Diet Might Reduce Inflammation and Pain
Do you ever wake up feeling like you haven’t slept all night or with joints that hurt as you struggle out of bed? Me too. These discomforts may be caused by ‘inflammaging’, chronic low-grade inflammation common in older adults, even in the absence of infection. Other possible symptoms of inflammaging are…
Read MoreFinding Friends in Your 60s is Magical… Here’s How to Do it!
In the book about downsizing called The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, it’s suggested that you discard items in your home that don’t bring you joy. The same could be said about friends, I suppose…
Read MoreWant to Start Painting After 60? Try Acrylics First!
Are you looking forward to reconnecting with your creative side after 60? You know that this is healthy and will do wonders to smooth out the edges of the past few years. Decades even. One favorite option is painting, but before you begin you need to make a critical choice. What medium will work best?
Read MoreHow to Be the Best Version of Yourself Over 60
Many of you reading this may live well into your 80s, 90s and even beyond. None of us know how our life will unfold, though we can help maintain both our physical and mental wellbeing by taking good care of ourselves. We are born with one body, and though parts…
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