Pop quiz: What, besides sex and sleep, change with age? "It's not just sex and sleep that change with age," wrote Frank Bruni in a recent New York Times article. "It's supper." If you're over 50 there's no doubt you understand perfectly well what he's referring to here. Never mind the type of food you prefer. Forget about the popularity of the restaurant. Or its raving reviews. And how … [Read more...] about How to Hear Better When Your Hearing Goes South
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Ten Things Every Woman Should Know About Colon Cancer
Colon cancer is not the most "glamorous" of cancers...if you can call cancer "glamourous." What I mean is that it hasn't been celebrated with pink bows and balloons and marches and merchandise. Rather, because it involves a less-than-appealing part of the body, many people run the other way when it comes to awareness and screening, using not-so-sophisticated but appropriate words like … [Read more...] about Ten Things Every Woman Should Know About Colon Cancer
Five Ways to Rock Your New Year’s Resolutions
Whether it's to save money, eat healthier or to get more exercise, many of us are vowing - hoping - to do better next year. My number one New Year's resolution? It's not to make any New Year's resolutions. Because after so many years, the repetition completely bores me. And the fact that they get repetitive is a pretty obvious sign that these resolutions went unfulfilled (again) last … [Read more...] about Five Ways to Rock Your New Year’s Resolutions
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
Pain has an annoying way on creeping up on you…and if you’re not careful, in time it can take over your life. Like a houseguest who loves your hospitality a bit too much, once you’ve got it, it can be a challenge to get it to pack up and leave. Thankfully, there are things you can do to prevent pain from moving into your body and settling down into your sacred space, draining you of time … [Read more...] about An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
15 Ways to Celebrate National Wellness Month
August is Wellness Month, and more specifically, Wednesday, August 15th is National Relaxation Day! And yes, in the perfect world there should be some relaxation built into every day, but too many of us let self-care take a back seat in our busy lives. If you already practice wellness, then maybe you don't need a reminder. I try really hard to remember to incorporate wellness into … [Read more...] about 15 Ways to Celebrate National Wellness Month
How to Meditate Without Really Trying
Can't meditate? You're probably already doing it. Try as I might, I just can't manage to meditate. It's not for lack of trying; I've taken classes, talked to avid meditators hoping to get some tips, read countless articles, listened to podcasts and watched instructional videos - you name it. But that magic "Zen" moment I'm hoping for never really kicks in. Once, at a class at Canyon Ranch in … [Read more...] about How to Meditate Without Really Trying
Tips Toward a Better Massage
Stress, anxiety, aches, pains and muscle tension: they're all a fact of life. And all good reasons to get a massage. So it really shouldn't come as a surprise to find out many people have been contacting so heavenly massage... It's great to be able to give yourself a massage at home, and equally nice to go out for one. Either way, it's a treat. And because a massage can be such an integral … [Read more...] about Tips Toward a Better Massage
Five Quick and Easy Tips to Keep Your Sanity When You’re in Pain
May is Mental Health Awareness Month – a good reminder to check up - and brush up - on yours. The pain began as a dull off-and-on ache between my shoulder blades. But then, seemingly overnight, it progressed into a persistent, sharp and stinging sensation that moved beyond my neck and down into my arm. The unrelenting pain woke me – and kept me - up at night. And the more I felt the pain, the … [Read more...] about Five Quick and Easy Tips to Keep Your Sanity When You’re in Pain
The Vulnerabilities of Aging
I recently read a stunning account of a sudden, overnight vision loss. Written by 53-year-old op-ed columnist Frank Bruni, the story, which appears in this past week’s New York Times Sunday Review, shares the details of Bruni’s struggle, both physically and emotionally, of coming to grips with a condition that caused sudden partial vision loss which made it difficult to read or type, because of … [Read more...] about The Vulnerabilities of Aging
I Tried Cryotherapy – and Here’s What Happened
I have a confession to make: I am a Frigophobic. {{{{{{{{Frigophobia=Fear of becoming too cold...brrrrrr}}}}}}} It's not often that I would volunteer to be cold. In fact, I detest the cold so much that I begin dreading the wintertime long before summer is even over. Once the thermometer drops below 60, my body goes into a state of permanent shivers, and throughout the always-punishing … [Read more...] about I Tried Cryotherapy – and Here’s What Happened