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How to Control Stress Eating
As I’ve shared with you before in my blog, the last few years were stressful ones for me. As a result, for the first time in my life, I got into the habit of stress eating. I’m referring to the routine...
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Showing Gratitude Every Single Day
Today, in the U.S. and Canada, many people are celebrating Thanksgiving. Although it is considered a day designated for “giving thanks,” the focus seems to have shifted to eating copious amounts of...
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A Spa Day at Home for Granddaughters
Since a lot of you will be spending extra time with your grandchildren over the holidays, why not create a special spa day with your granddaughters right at home? We did this with a Barbie theme over...
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Are Boomers a Bunch of Old Farts – Literally?
Let’s lighten up things a bit and talk gas. And not the kind you put in your car. Yes, I’m in an ornery mood this morning and isn’t it time for us all to have a good laugh? So, let’s just go there....
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My Year End Thoughts
“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.” Oprah Winfrey. I like that thought. This time of year, who can resist looking back...
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Five Surefire Ways to Make 2017 Your Best Year Yet
How can you make 2017 your best year yet? Dump the silly tradition of making a bunch of New Year’s resolutions that make you feel like a failure at the end of the year when things don’t go according to...
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Women Breaking Through Barriers
Lesly Federici suddenly lost her mother at the age of 40 while coping with the news that she had a genetic disorder that would result in blindness. Suzie Cheel was given three choices: life, death, or...
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Baby Boomers: Are Your Millennial Children Worse Off Than You?
Parents typically want better lives for their children. So, some baby boomers may be a bit dismayed by the latest study last week from the Federal Reserve data reporting that millennials actually make...
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The Enchantment of Snow
Why does snow falling have the ability to make us feel so entranced and enchanted? “Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes, Silver white winters that melt into springs, These are a few of my...
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Celebrating International Book Giving Day: Free Book Giveaway!
Did you know that February 14th is not only Valentine’s Day? It also happens to be International Book Giving Day. What better way to say, “I love you” than giving a child a book they can cherish and...
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Golden Boys in Concert: Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon, and Fabian
Can three former teen heartthrobs from the late 1950’s and 1960’s still make an audience swoon? You bet! I had interviewed Bobby Rydell via email last year for my blog. So, I was thrilled when his...
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Ageism Seen Through the Lens of 2017 Oscar Nominated Movies
Obi-Wan Kenobi dispensed the wisdom of the aged, even though Hollywood, and society at large, often seems to have forgotten the value of the elderly with their knowledge, life experience, and insight....
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Why I Love Blogging
People blog for many reasons. Originally, I started my blog the end of 2013 as a platform for a book I wanted to write to help baby boomers find happiness. The irony is, although it’s in the works, I...
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Oscar Mix-Up Proves Ageism Still Alive
Unless you’re on Mars, you’ve no doubt heard about the mix-up at the 2017 Academy Award show last night. Warren Beatty, 79, and Faye Dunaway, 76, accidentally announced the wrong movie for Best...
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Baby Boomers Changing Careers: Happiest Jobs
Are you singing “I can’t get no satisfaction” when it comes to your job? Do you find yourself daydreaming about a career change? Do you feel bored, dissatisfied, or exhausted? Do you have the career...
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America’s Top Ten Flower Festivals
The first day of spring is this Monday, on March 20th. As I write this blog from the California desert, with temperatures currently soaring to 90-plus degrees (too soon, too soon!), the northeast is...
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Happiness in Life’s Simple Pleasures
As I write my blog this Monday morning, it just happens to be International Happiness Day and the first day of spring. How often do those two cheerful days coincide? That means you should have been...
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Embrace Hygge Like Happy Norwegians
Norway was just named the happiest country in the world. Why are they so darn happy and what exactly is hygge? My interest in the word was peaked after reading the latest World Happiness Report, a...
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Napping Makes You Happier
Call it a siesta, forty winks, or shut-eye. Or be cool and call it a micro or power nap. Whatever name you use, it turns out a short nap can make you happier. We knew that all along, right? I mean,...
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Changing It Up After 50
Sometimes you need to change things up – especially after you hit the half-century mark. When I turned 50, I was a bit unsure of what that meant for my life. That number didn’t represent anything...
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