Believe it or not, the easy part of managing the aging process is maintaining appearance. It is one of the few things associated with aging over which you have some control.
If over the years you eat a decent diet, take supplements, exercise regularly, and generally live a prevention-oriented lifestyle, you can look fabulous well into your mature years. If wrinkles and sagging take up residence and betray the young person within you, many non-invasive procedures work well to restore the appearance of youth and won’t bust the budget. However, the ultimate prize for taking care of yourself early on is not just an above average appearance, but far fewer health issues as well in later years. Prevention pays off – big time.
Every so often, a new voice of career wisdom advocates “Do what you love.” It’s the best career advice ever, whether you’re just starting your work years or getting ready to throttle back for retirement. But what if you’re already doing something you don‘t love? Most of us can’t afford to just implode what’s paying the bills. How do you get from what you are doing now—which you may literally hate—to what you really want to do without totally starting over?
Joyce Shafer: What is Your Gift and Do You Share It?
Your gift is what you do in your unique way. Ironically, you may do it so naturally, you don’t recognize it for what it is or realize what you might do with it.
Whatever you do in life, you can have a more joyful, meaningful experience if you shine the light on and share what is unique about you. We sometimes assume the way we do something is how everyone does it. This isn’t necessarily, and usually isn’t, the case. This is why something you do that you don’t think is very special or unique might be seen as very special or unique by someone else.
Deborah Chamberlain: Doddering Senior? Boo-yah … not in this lifetime!
The word “senior” used to mean “a person who is older or of higher rank than another” or “a student in his last year before graduation” according to Webster. Now it’s a punch line used to identify a lifestyle of forgetful moments that must be so debilitating, one company thinks we all should be wearing a hat with an embroidered message on the brim that reminds clerks to give us our discounts. I’d rather pay full price. And the term ‘retiree” is no better if we are doomed to a boring life of puttering around the garden or tottering along sidewalks behind the family pooch, picking up droppings. Phooey.
C. Leslie Charles, CSP: Immediacy: An Idea for Enriching Life and Work
We constantly hear, read, or watch self-help gurus who remind us to “be here now” and “seize the day.” While we may fully embrace the idea we might have trouble living and breathing it because of the pressures and presences infiltrating our precious now.
Maybe there’s another way to home in on this wonderful idea and maximize its merits so we don’t have to feel like a slacker when life gets in the way. What if, instead of striving for the macro, the being fully present, mindful, and open to the universe, we went micro instead?
Eileen Bergen:Review of Ellen Langer's "Counterclockwise"
Back in 1979 Ellen Langer, Harvard professor of social psychology and award-winning author, designed a study that yielded some fascinating insights into how the mind makes the body age and, more importantly, how one can reverse many of the signs of physical decline.
In Professor Langer's world view, mindfulness - opening our minds to what's possible, instead of presuming impossibility - can lead to better health at any age. She lays out her arguments and research in her latest book, Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility.
Holly Fox Vellekoop: How to Help When Parents Grieve
Life experiences often become a writer’s stories and that is true for the nonfiction book, How to Help WHEN PARENTS GRIEVE, by published author, Holly Fox Vellekoop, to be released January 15, 2010. The idea for this book came when Holly’s 39-year-old son passed away from cancer. The author found it unimaginable as to how she was going to face the rest of her days without ever seeing or hearing from her son again. As a mother who knew others who had a child pass away and witnessed their struggle, the author wanted to hear from them to learn how they were able to endure.
Hey, wait a minute! I swung back toward the mirror I had been walking past. I had glanced something I had not seen before. The left side of my face was covered with wrinkles! I'm serious! The right side looked the same as always but the left side appeared to be one wide bunch of wrinkles! Unbelievable! I'm sure those weren't there yesterday!
As I stared at my face I realized that I was there at last. I was becoming a 'senior citizen' right before my eyes! I am 79 but I've never felt old; I've always had the energy and attitude of someone much younger. I have never worried about my age. It is just another thing that we have no control over. We are what we are and I accept that.
Beer may prevent osteoporosis? (Fill 'er up, bartender!) Pan-Frying Meat With Gas May Be Worse Than Electricity for Raising Cancer Risk? (But it tastes so good!) Statins and Erectile Dysfunction? (Oh, oh!) As pot-smoking, pill-popping baby boomers age, new health problems may arise? (Who knew?) And so much more . . . Read More...
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Barbara on the Holistic Success Show
I was recently on the Holistic Success Show. If you would like to take a look, here is the link: http://blip.tv/file/3196009/ My part of the show starts about 9:40 minutes into the video and lasts for about 10 minutes.
Hi, I'm Barbara Morris. My subscribers know who I am but if you just stumbled across the newsletter,
I'm the resident pharmacist, opinionated ageless diva and knower of all things dealing with aging. I'm Putting Old on Hold and if you stick with me, I'll help you do it too!
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Your gift is what you do in your unique way. Ironically, you may do it so naturally, you don’t recognize it for what it is or realize what you might do with it. 
The word “senior” used to mean “a person who is older or of higher rank than another” or “a student in his last year before graduation” according to Webster. Now it’s a punch line used to identify a lifestyle of forgetful moments that must be so debilitating, one company thinks we all should be wearing a hat with an embroidered message on the brim that reminds clerks to give us our discounts. I’d rather pay full price. And the term ‘retiree” is no better if we are doomed to a boring life of puttering around the garden or tottering along sidewalks behind the family pooch, picking up droppings. Phooey. 
We constantly hear, read, or watch self-help gurus who remind us to “be here now” and “seize the day.” While we may fully embrace the idea we might have trouble living and breathing it because of the pressures and presences infiltrating our precious now.
Back in 1979 Ellen Langer, Harvard professor of social psychology and award-winning author, designed a study that yielded some fascinating insights into how the mind makes the body age and, more importantly, how one can reverse many of the signs of physical decline.
Life experiences often become a writer’s stories and that is true for the nonfiction book, How to Help WHEN PARENTS GRIEVE, by published author, Holly Fox Vellekoop, to be released January 15, 2010. The idea for this book came when Holly’s 39-year-old son passed away from cancer. The author found it unimaginable as to how she was going to face the rest of her days without ever seeing or hearing from her son again. As a mother who knew others who had a child pass away and witnessed their struggle, the author wanted to hear from them to learn how they were able to endure. 
Hey, wait a minute! I swung back toward the mirror I had been walking past. I had glanced something I had not seen before. The left side of my face was covered with wrinkles! 
Beer may prevent osteoporosis? (Fill 'er up, bartender!)
