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Health and Wellbeing

Good health and living a healthy lifestyle are what most of us want but don’t always achieve. Let’s keep it in mind as we live these great years of our lives.

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  • Reinvention Secrets of a Silver Yogi May 18, 2020
    Anne Noonan changed her life when she discovered the benefits of yoga and healthy living while seeking to overcome poor health and stress while working in a corporate environment. Now she leads other women towards good health and vitality.
  • The Health and Fitness Benefits Of Lifting Weights April 19, 2020
    Why Older People Need The Benefits Of Lifting Weights Are you aware of the amazing health and fitness benefits of lifting weights?  There is no doubt that strength training benefits ageing bodies. The first paragraph of this article by our guest author, Anna Kucirkova, sums up the way I have always felt about weight training at a ...
  • Hiding Behind A Mask: Facial Palsy November 18, 2019
    Sometimes life has a way of reminding us that we are fairly powerless and inconsequential. Bilateral Facial Palsy Eleven days ago I suddenly developed a facial palsy.  It looks like Bells Palsy, which I had about ten years ago, but it has impacted both sides of my face.  This set off alarm bells for the doctors as ...
  • 5 Tips for Baby Boomers on How to Stay Healthy August 12, 2019
    How to Stay Healthy As you get older, it gets much easier for those minor aches and pains to build up and break you down. There’s no shame in it. We live decades longer today than we used to thanks to modern medical breakthroughs. But a longer life doesn’t always automatically mean a healthier one. The ...
  • The Money Making Scandal That Is Obesity March 19, 2019
    Originally published as ‘Obesity – it’s a money making scandal’ by Dr Shirley MD, republished with the author’s permission. I was in a pharmacy the other day on behalf of a patient, and as I was waiting for the script I wandered among the many shelves of weight loss products.  It’s big business these days with ...
  • Do You Need Home Care For Aging Parents? May 24, 2018
    The baby boomer generation is fast becoming caregivers to one or both aging parents. This has become the new norm for some 45 million Americans, not to mention tens of millions more in the UK, Australia, and other English-speaking western countries. It is often the women who carry the heaviest care-giver load. With people living longer ...
  • Stress Relief Strategies For Baby Boomers May 23, 2018
    We all get stressed, and the tendency to get stressed can get worse as you get older, so it’s good to have some good stress relief strategies you can use when you need them. Stress is like a heavy backpack that we lug around. It is our companion from the day we land on this planet, ...
  • What Baby Boomers Always Wanted To Know About Living To 100 May 23, 2018
    Are you planning on living to 100? There are actually around 450,000 centenarians in the world, 72,000 of them in the US. Longevity, is about a whole slew of factors. Genes naturally play a role.  So do the armies of free radical agents that rummage inside of us. Other factors include antioxidants, exercise and nutrition, ...
  • A Program to Help Prevent Osteoporosis with Exercise May 26, 2017
    A disease without any symptoms, osteoporosis affects about 20 percent of men and 80 % of women. As the bones gradually become weaker, they are more likely to break in a minor fall or, if left untreated, even from simple things like a sneeze.The most typical fracture sites can be hip, wrist and spine, although any ...
  • Caring for Aging Parents: How to Make Life Easier for Yourself and Your Parents April 12, 2015
    It often begins with the little things that are barely noticeable for a time. You find your mom or dad has trouble reading the label on their prescription medications or has a struggle trying to rise from a soft chair. They may develop a more shuffling gait to accommodate stiff joints that refuse to move ...
  • Bone Density and Ageing March 19, 2015
    Over time bones lose density, they become brittle and breakable. The cause of this can be bad nutrition, deficient nutrients, Peri-menopause, Andropause and ageing in general. Osteoporosis is one of the most common bone diseases. For a long time it was considered predominantly a woman’s disease. But no longer. Many men also suffer from Osteoporosis. As ...
  • Caring for Older Parents: 5 Tips for Balancing Decision-Making and Keeping Sibling Relationships Intact February 25, 2015
      Elder care is growing concern around the world, with many older people needing assistance to live their lives with dignity. With more and more people living well into their eighties and nineties, those well past middle age will have to endure the emotionally wrenching experience of making tough decisions about elderly parent care. It’s at ...
  • How to Regain Your Confidence: Build a Success Mindset October 31, 2014
    Build a Success Mindset Having a success mindset is about believing, deep in your core, that you are a successful person, and that you can achieve anything you set your heart and mind to.  A success mindset enables you to see opportunities and make the most of them in a positive way.  To effectively make a ...
  • How to Regain Your Confidence: Courage and Wisdom October 31, 2014
    Face Challenges With Courage And Wisdom Making the decision to take a new direction in life requires courage, and making a smooth change requires wisdom, clarity and strategy. Anyone who chooses to change their everyday life, be it for a new job, a new business or a new lifestyle will face challenges, and this does not get easier ...
  • How to Regain Your Confidence: Face Your Fears October 29, 2014
    Regain your confidence by facing your fears Confidence is critical, but when you are experiencing problems and want to make changes in your life it is common to temporarily misplace your belief in yourself. Sometimes, just when you most need it, your confidence is at an all-time low. The key here is to recognise the sources ...
  • How to Regain Your Confidence When It’s Been Shattered October 29, 2014
    How’s your mojo? Do you need to regain your confidence? It’s funny how, when you are younger, you presume that older people really have their act together. You might have considered them stuck in their ways or old-fashioned, but I’ll bet it never occurred to you that they may be lacking confidence. Certainly I doubt you considered ...
  • Healthy Feet vs My Hobbit Feet October 17, 2013
    My Hobbit Feet don’t meet the ideal requirements for healthy feet I’ve always hated my feet.  One of my relatives (who only got away with it because his are similar) once described them as Hobbit Feet and that’s how I always think of them….short, sturdy, broad, with stubby toes (even a bit hairy if left unchecked). My flirtation ...
  • Taking Palpitations to Heart: The Arrhythmia of Life September 17, 2013
    My body may be telling me that I’m no spring chicken, but in my mind I’m still about 41.  Why 41 you may ask?  I’ve no idea except that it was a good age to be, a time when I felt fulfilled and content with family, friends and life in general. I sometimes wonder if it ...
The Health and Fitness Benefits Of Lifting Weights for Older People

The Health and Fitness Benefits Of Lifting Weights

April 19, 2020

Why Older People Need The Benefits Of Lifting Weights Are you aware of the amazing health and fitness benefits of […]

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face of a lady living to 100

What Baby Boomers Always Wanted To Know About Living To 100

May 23, 2018

Are you planning on living to 100? There are actually around 450,000 centenarians in the world, 72,000 of them in […]

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How to Fight Age Discrimination in the Workplace

September 8, 2019

Fighting ageism in the workplace is all about fighting personal beliefs and attitudes about what older people are capable of.

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Are You Unconsciously Blocking Your Business Success?

Are You Unconsciously Blocking Your Business Success?

August 31, 2019

If I were to ask you whether you wanted your business to grow and thrive, you would say yes, right? […]

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6 Perfect Destinations for the Adventurous Baby Boomer

December 4, 2018

Are you an adventurous baby boomer who loves to travel to new places? There’s a whole world to explore out […]

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Books by Robert Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki Challenges Your Thinking About Work and Money

May 31, 2018

Work and Money Tips from Robert Kiyosaki Robert Kiyosaki, author and entrepreneur, became famous for his Rich Dad Poor Dad […]

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Travel to Loire Valley, France

April 6, 2022

The Loire Valley in France is a beautiful and historic region with a wide range of things to see and […]

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5 Things to Know Before Starting Your Own Business

August 8, 2019

Starting your own business is exciting, intimidating and invigorating all at once. Read on to find the 5 things you must consider before you make the decision to become self-employed.

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Working With a Career Coach - What Every Job Seeker Must Know

Working With a Career Coach – What Every Job Seeker Must Know

April 9, 2019

In today’s tough economy, every job seeker needs assistance in landing his next employment opportunity in the most efficient and […]

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50 Year School Reunion

December 5, 2018

Does the thought of a school reunion leave you feeling like hiding in a cupboard, never to reappear until the […]

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How To Overcome A Financial Setback And Still Have A Great Retirement

May 24, 2018

Let’s face it, the road to retirement isn’t always straightforward. Even with the best planning, many of us are likely to have to experience at least one financial setback in our life. The older we get, the more stressful if can be.

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How to Cope With Being Made Redundant

August 31, 2017

Being made redundant is not just about money and what money can buy. It is often the psychological effect which […]

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How to Handle the 5 Common Types of Interviewer

March 30, 2017

Not everyone interviews with the same format, passion, process and questions. There are some old standards out there that some […]

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Age Discrimination Against Older Workers

Age Discrimination Against Older Workers

September 10, 2019

Older Workers, have you experienced age discrimination? As we all know, age brings with it experience and a level of […]

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A Guide to Great Smoky Mountain Vacations

April 12, 2022

There’s a wide variety of destinations in this region. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers an enormous range of […]

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What to do for two weeks in Florence

December 31, 2022

There are many things you can do in Florence if you have 2 weeks to spend there! Here are just […]

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