The Hurdles to Wellbeing: Can you get over them?
By Susanna Starr Although we recognize the merits of feeling good, balanced, open, light, and just plain healthy on all levels, we don’t always do for ourselves what we know to be best. So, up we come with excuses (just to name a few). Some Common Excuses I don’t have time to exercise. It’s too [...]
Q. You hear a lot of talk about “senior moments.” Is there any way to avoid them?
Lewis S. Redding PA. A. There may not be a way to avoid them all together-at least not yet, but lifestyle improvements can definitely help cognitive function. For many of us over 50, those “senior moments” become more noticeable. According to the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (June 2006), a research group at UCLA recruited [...]
Living Alone and Liking it.
By Susanna Starr When I returned to New York, after 33 years, to attend a wedding with my daughter, we were invited to stay with the one and only friend from those times that I had kept in contact with. She had visited me some years ago, and we had been in contact ever since. [...]
The Two Secrets to Living Longer and Healthier
By Jan Cullinane If you plan on living longer in your retirement, you might as well do it in good health. “Live Long and Prosper (in retirement)” Although “Live Long and Prosper” is actually an abbreviated version of a blessing, most of recognize it as Mr. Spock’s greeting on “Star Trek.” But, back here [...]
HIV and Older Women
Edited by Gary Geyer Nearly 10 percent (9.5) of AIDS cases in the U.S. female population are said to be in women older than age 50; and, numbers of cases are expected to increase, as women of all ages survive longer due to improved drug therapy and other treatment advances. How many? In the last [...]
Checking Your Eye-Q at 50+
Edited by Gary Geyer If you are over 50 and don’t have your eyes examined at least once a year, you ought to have your head examined. Many changes to vision happen so slowly, you may not realize that you have a problem. Finding problems early may make the difference between vision change and vision [...]
Vitamins and Minerals: Q. and A.
By VitaGuide* +VitaGuide is not a vitamin company. Its purpose is to educate by providing readers with reliable and useful evidence-based information that will empower them to make informed decisions about vitamins and minerals. Is it important to intake supplemental vitamins, mega-dose, or to up your levels of antioxidants? What role do carbohydrates, protein, and [...]
Golf-Aches
By Gary Geyer Golf can be fun. If the ball doesn’t bop you on the head. Or, an airborne putter doesn’t become an attack missal. Or, your swing doesn’t hit the ground instead of the ball. Golf injury joke A couple of women were playing golf one sunny Saturday morning. The first of the twosome [...]
How The Right Foods Can Slow The Aging Process
By Gerald R. Taubin We all know about the evil culprits. Like too much salt, excessive fat, and sugar. But what about the good guys? The foods that actually help prevent heart disease and stroke, ease arthritis pain, increase brain power, and as a result, make you look and feel younger. Those foods aren’t hard [...]
Living Alone but not Being Alone
By Susanna Starr Marion’s story – After many years of marriage, Marion found herself a widow when she was in her late sixties. She had spent a full and active life with her husband, both pursuing her own interests and participating in community service organizations with her husband. They had a lovely home in northern [...]
The Hurdles to Wellbeing: Can you get over them?
By Susanna Starr Although we recognize the merits of feeling good, balanced, open, light, and just plain healthy on all levels, we don’t always do for ourselves what we know to be best. So, up we come with excuses (just to name a few). Some Common Excuses I don’t have time to exercise. It’s too [...]
The Case for Rightsizing Your Life (not Downsizing it)
By Ciji Ware, author of “Rightsizing Your Life: Simplifying Your Surroundings While Keeping What Matters Most” (Warner Books/Springboard Press, debuted Jan. 2007) There’s a downside to downsizing, in my view…because out there in the real world, there is no “one square footage formula fits all.” The truth of the matter is that as people [...]
Maintaining Balance: The Key to Everything
By Susanna Starr Conscious Living Most of us don’t spend our life on a tightrope, but being in balance through a state of living consciously is an ongoing exercise. It means that all our arenas are treated with the same focus with the same aim. 1. Better bodies Some of us our very aware [...]
Attention Mind & Body: Take a Time Out!
By Susanna Starr It’s funny how certain things stick in your mind. For me one of those things was something my father told me when I was about nineteen. They weren’t really his words but his doctor’s and somehow, I always remembered them. My father had just had a hernia operation and I was concerned, [...]
