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Menopause Music
As readers of my blog know, I write for a fun and informative site to help women who are pre-menopausal or just plain menopausal, Hot Flash Daily. From time to time, I like to share some of the...
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Baby Boomers Cause a Boom in Wellness Industry
We all know that health and happiness are connected. Perhaps no one knows that better than us baby boomers as we age. Turns out that our interest in longevity and living well into old age is giving the...
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Free Snacks at Work Ticket to Happiness
It’s the little things in life that make us happy. Want proof? According to a new study by grocery-delivery service, Peapod, companies that provide free food and fun snacks have happier employees. The...
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Three Og Mandino Quotes to Inspire You
Don’t look at the title of this article. What do the following three motivational quotes have in common? “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows...
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How Happiness Changes as We Age
Have you noticed that your definition of happiness has changed over the years? Mine sure has and I would venture that the way you view happiness has changed too. Think about it. Happiness in Youth What...
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Kathy Buckley: A Deaf Woman’s Inspiring Story
When Kathy Buckley was 20 years old, she was peacefully sunbathing on the beach when a 3,500-pound lifeguard jeep ran over her. Being hearing impaired, she couldn’t hear it coming. You wouldn’t think...
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Five Ways to Celebrate Make a Difference Day
Want to be happy? Make a difference in someone’s life. For more than two decades, on the fourth Saturday of October of every year – which falls on October 24th this year – millions of volunteers unite...
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Dealing with Dementia: Free Screenings
As regular readers of my blog know, my Mom suffered from Lewy Body dementia – a cruel combination of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. I was her primary caregiver until her death in June and have written...
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Happiness Easy as 1-2-3
I want my day to feel like there is boundless beauty and possibilities and joy to be felt, discovered, explored, and expressed. I want to burst – burst with excitement, burst with joy, burst into song,...
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Retired Baby Boomers Experience Boost in Happiness
All of us baby boomers are familiar with the bleak studies about what we’ll face in retirement. Skimpy savings combined with a decline in health and the emotional changes that come with leaving the...
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Aging is a Gift
Earlier this month I turned 55. Five years ago, when I reached the half-century mark, I’m embarrassed to admit that I ranted and raved, pouted and protested, and seethed and sulked. Fifty felt old and...
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Four Ways to Heal From Emotional Pain
We would all like to hide and run away from emotional pain, but no one skips through life untouched. I can’t complain. Most of my life has been relatively easy and free of pain and adversity. However,...
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How to Savor Solitude
This year I have learned to savor solitude. Being a full-time caregiver for my mother before she passed away in June certainly made me appreciate solitude. Last Saturday, my mother-in-law’s...
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My Personal Review of 2015
I am taking the next couple of weeks off, so this will be my last blog of the year. Hard to believe that only two weeks remain of 2015. So what are my final thoughts about this year? My husband, Scott,...
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A Fresh Start in a New Year: New Beginnings
Had a lovely two weeks off enjoying time with my family and grandkids. This week it’s back to the real world and the pleasure of writing my first blog of the year. As the new year begins, I’m drawn to...
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75-Year Long Study Reveals Secret to Happiness
Happiness is…. Everyone is searching for happiness. So, how would you answer that question? An impressive 75-year-long Harvard study tracked the lives of 724 men from their teen years to old age to...
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Letter to My Younger Self
We’ve all said it: “I wish I knew then what I know now.” Write a letter to your younger self. It could be the key to self discovery! A group of us bloggers decided to run with this idea and write...
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Menopause Misery: Cry Me a River
Okay, my menopausal madams. Time for a little menopause humor. Because it’s either laugh or cry. And let’s face it. We do way too much crying, right? In fact, when I’m not busy being irritable,...
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Life Lessons from Top Happy Songs of All Time
Music can be powerful. Inspiring songs not only perk us up when we’re down, but lyrics can also contain empowering life lessons. Some songs remind us to appreciate all the beauty in the world. Others...
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California Dreaming: San Francisco in a Day
Tweet As Mark Twain once famously said: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe...
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