Healthy Aging

I didn’t stop drinking because I hit rock bottom. I stopped at 63, after a lifetime of what most people would call normal drinking. A glass of wine in the evening. Sometimes two. Occasionally more at weekends or social occasions…

On 23rd May I celebrated 11 years without alcohol. I stopped drinking at 63, and now at 74, I can honestly say I feel happier and healthier than I did when I was drinking. That still surprises me sometimes. For many years, alcohol felt woven into the fabric of my life…

For many women, midlife is a time when they begin to recognize that something feels different. It’s not a dramatic moment, but more like a quiet realization that things have changed in ways you weren’t expecting…

I turned 70 about six months ago and have noticed some changes in my physical ability, endurance and strength. I’m still very active, hiking up mountain trails at least once a week, doing strength training with a personal trainer one afternoon a week, working several mornings as a chef and take my dog for a mile jaunt almost every day…

Let’s talk about genetics – that mysterious deck of cards we’re all dealt at birth. Some people get a royal flush. Some get a pair of threes and a dream. And some of us get… well… a mixed bag with a few jokers thrown in for flair…

I am a firm believer in the adage that an “ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” when it comes to my health. That’s why I usually don’t wait for symptoms to tell me whether I need to do something to take better care of myself…

Just a few days after returning home from three full weeks exploring Cambodia, I found myself in tears on a not-so-comfortable plastic exam table in my chiropractor’s office.
Three weeks of hiking, biking, and wandering through temples in 100+ degree tropical heat – and I had felt fantastic…

There often comes a quiet moment. Not dramatic. Not urgent. Just a pause. A moment when you begin to wonder whether something that once felt like a treat is no longer serving you in quite the same way. From the outside, everything looks fine. You are managing life, responsibilities, relationships…

At 62, I can tell you that my breakdown was the greatest gift of my life. I know how that sounds. At 55, lying awake shaking at 3am, I would not have believed it either. Dante wrote that the journey to the other side of darkness begins by going straight through it…

Inflammation is your body’s favorite companion, sometimes. Realistically, you can’t live without it, but when it becomes too clingy you can’t live with it either. In the short term, inflammation comes to the rescue when you have a minor infection or injury…