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Breathe Easy: Tips for Maintaining Good Lung Function
Maintaining good lung function is vital. Learn how by incorporating a few habits into your daily life, you can support the health and longevity of your lungs so you can breathe easy for a lifetime!
Good Heart Health after 50
By embracing a holistic approach that combines regular physical activity, a heart-friendly diet, stress reduction, and avoiding harmful habits, individuals can safeguard their heart health and enjoy a vibrant and active life beyond 50. Read on to learn more!
It’s Time to Get Serious about Processed Foods
It’s no secret that highly processed foods pose significant risks to our health. These foods often contain excessive amounts of additives, preservatives, and artificial ingredients that simply are not good for us. Read on for twelve tips to avoiding highly processed foods.
Too Much Sugar!
Sugar, sugar everywhere! What’s a person to do? Read on if you’re interested in strategies to overcome sugar cravings.
Winter is the Time to Hibernate
Do you have trouble finding your motivation the first few months of the new year? Wonder what happened to your energy? It may be your body is trying to tell you something. Take some inspiration from the trees. It’s time to hibernate!
The Warmth of the Season
The holiday season is a special time for us all. A time for peace, joy, and gratitude…the warmth of the season to us all!
Make it a Stress-Free Holiday Season
Feeling a little stressed about the holiday season? Press pause and read on. With a little planning and some focus on self-care, you can enjoy a stress-free holiday season!
Is Decluttering Good for the Soul?
A community-wide yard sale was the initial motivation for me to identify items to sell. It was what I learned from the process that made me realize that decluttering just may be “good for the soul.”
Regular Facials Unlock Glowing, Radiant Skin
Facials are too often viewed as an indulgence, but regular facials are a key to unlocking glowing, radiant skin that is naturally resilient to the environment.
Tips for Maintaining Radiant Skin for a Lifetime
Achieving and maintaining healthy, glowing skin throughout your life requires good habits. Read on to learn how you can achieve good skin for a lifetime.
Ten Tips to Unlocking the Secrets to Restful Nights
Quality sleep is essential for overall well-being, yet many people struggle with sleep-related issues. However, there are effective strategies that can enhance sleep quality. Read on to learn how they may result in better health, mood, and daily productivity.
The Joy of Walking
Walking is good for most everyone with at least some consideration of age and fitness level. Set aside worries about counting steps and just walk. Take a walk for the joy of it. Read on to pick up a few tips about the benefits of walking.
Navigating Life’s Challenges
Managing stress is essential for maintaining overall well-being and good mental health. By adopting effective strategies, we can minimize the negative impact of stress and lead a more balanced and fulfilling life.
Journaling for YourSelf
Journaling can be so good for you. A private place to let your feelings go—to get them out, to understand them better, to reflect on them, to marvel in them. It’s easy. Easier than you may think. If you’re in need of some motivation, then please read on.
Cooling Summer’s Heat
Picture this. You're a steam locomotive running full throttle across the plains in high summer. Read on to learn how you can cool that little engine down.
Bikini Union Hall
Bikinis not so friendly anymore? Wondering what the heck happened? I offer to you Beverly Leopold’s “Bikini Union Hall” first published in her blog in May 2013. Beverly brings a unique humor and insight to everything she does. It’s a fun summer read. I think that you will enjoy it as much as I did.
How to Enhance Your Body’s Natural Detoxification System
“Detoxification” and “detox” are buzzwords, implying that we need artifice to cleanse our bodies. Our bodies, however, are fully capable of detoxifying themselves without any special diets or supplements. Read on to learn how making some simple lifestyle and dietary changes, may very well enhance your body’s natural detoxification system.
Healthy Summertime Skin
Summer is the time to get outside, but don’t sacrifice your skin to the sun! Casual exposure to the sun has a moderate beneficial impact to the body, including the production of vitamin D. However, excessive exposure to UV rays has detrimental health effects. If you plan to be in the sun, please read on for tips to maintaining healthy summertime skin.
Six Tips to Preventing “Weekend Warrior” & “Over Doer” Injuries
Summertime is here, and we are eager to enjoy it! Be smart, though, so you don’t end up sidelined. Read through Beverly’s and Rich’s six tips to avoiding “weekend warrior” and over doer injuries.
Vision Boards: Manifesting Your Future
Imagine your future. Think about what it is that you really want and then create a visualization tool that will get you clear on your goals and keep you focused. That is a vision board, and they can be instrumental in helping you to create the future that you want.