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Are You Drowning in One-Size-Fits-All Wellness Advice?
Are you sick and tired of drowning in the one-size-fits-all diet advice? If you’re over 50, swimming through all the muck gets even harder! Wellness advice often assumes that the same map works for everyone, but each of our bodies has unique needs. What keeps one feeling full of vigor might not work for someone else. After reading two articles in a membership publication, one by a medical student getting his MD degree and another by a recent medical school graduate, I’m reaching for my life-saving jacket because it’s hard staying afloat in a sea of archaic advice. Why Generic Advice Doesn’t Work The graduate regurgitated the same old advice:…
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Do the Hard Stuff—Feel Better! My 60s Health Overhaul
Why wait for tomorrow when you can start improving your health today? Every age is the right age to feel vital. “I’m too young to feel like a wet mop. What the heck is going on?” I was in my early 60s and felt exhausted all the time. I was walking around in a fog, feeling sleepy and tired. Press a button and pop—jack-in-the-box anxiety? “Okay, Cindy, time for a doctor’s visit. It’s been a long time.” My lab results, surprisingly, were normal, except for “high cholesterol,” or so was the diagnosis. Instruction from the doctor was to eat more fiber and get a colonoscopy and mammogram—sigh! I felt like…
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Discover the Secret: Age Well with Simple, Powerful Strategies
Before we explore the art of graceful aging, let’s confront the unyielding force of the ticking clock and living a life of complacency. For many, after toiling away relentlessly for 30-plus years, retiring is the long-sought-after, salivated reward. What are we retiring to unless we have some lifelong passion for pursuing when we finally ditch the career, or we are independently wealthy with plans to travel the world? Most depend on retirement funds, social security, 401(k), pensions, or IRAs. But here we are, regardless of the circumstances! At first, it feels like a holiday that never ends. No alarm clock in sight—just a spine-tingling thrill of knowing the day is…
Vital Sassy Seniors
Wellness and Passion for a Purposeful Life
