Well, 125 posts and over 6000 views ago, I decided to launch this blog to not only share the things that I had learned about healthy living and aging, but to share my experiences. (And to run my mouth without getting thirsty!) I was trying to figure out for myself how to feel better, both physically …
I know. I have posted on this subject before, but I felt like we, (including myself) needed a reminder! If you are of a certain age, you remember the time when there were no cell phones. There was no internet. If you wanted to learn something, you went to the library and checked out a …
What it is? Where it is? What is does? I got through 50 some years without ever hearing the word vagus and suddenly, like the words “wellness” and “plant based,” I started to hear the word vagus all the time. Actually, it wasn’t until I started researching the benefits of using essential oils for stress …
Ah. Another Hallmark Holiday! While it is marketed as a time to celebrate romance and love, historians seem to believe that its origins have little to do with love! Supposedly there was some feast where men sacrificed goats and dogs and whipped women’s asses with the hides of the slain animals. I know. That was …
I have to admit that the last few weeks have been a bit of a struggle. The news just goes from bad to worse. It’s rare that they report on anything positive. Or is it just me? Politics. Global warming. Inflation. Trump. Racism. (redundant) I mean, talk of civil wars and s#*t! Really? It’s a …
That includes me! I own a mirror. And yes, I talk to myself. I definitely need to do better. I will never stop trying to do better. If not for myself, for those that love and need me. And, for those that I love. For example, I’ve said this many times, but I know I …
GRATITUDE Definition: The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. (Also, the title of a double live album set by Earth, Wind & Fire, circa 1975. Just saying!) This post is about Gratitude. And no, contrary to what you might have immediately assumed, I’m not referring to Earth, Wind …
Eureka! I found the solution to hide my sagging face for when they no longer mandate masks. I should just let my beard grow in! Beards are in right now. I mean not for women. But I could be a trendsetter! Beats the hell of sleeping in the “face fixer,” (In a used car WWE …
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” —Dalai Lama In researching my post on reducing stress I came across some really interesting information. It appears that evidence exists that kindness offers physiological benefits that are the opposite of the effects of stress. As I stated in previous posts, (link below) stress causes our adrenals …
I was listening to one of the podcasts that I subscribe to last week and the topic was the female brain, and how aging and hormones affect women’s and men’s brains differently. The woman was Dr. Lisa Mosconi, a Ph.D founder of Women’s Brain Initiative and associate director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic, and Assoc. …