Welcome to our Spring and Summer series “Strong is the New Skinny”, hosted by Real Women on Health. This is a new on-line health and wellness conversation for women of all ages, but especially women in midlife – likely women over 40 with plenty of responsibilities on their plate. Working moms, entrepreneurs, bloggers, authors, small [...]
Holidays and stress…they seem to go together like salt and pepper or better yet..oil and water. In addition to the stampede of decorating, holiday parties, family gatherings, gift-giving, and end of year timelines I dare you to try an extra dash of “joy” like…selling your home during the holiday season! My recipe for stress reduction? [...]
Have you ever wondered if anyone was doing anything at all about the medicine gender gap we revealed on a recent post here at Real Women on Health? From heart disease to lung cancer to Alzheimer’s and several autoimmune diseases, the National Institutes of Health is hard at work getting the research done on health [...]
Wouldn’t you know it. The best laid plains interrupted by life! This topic was not what I was planning for in the Design the Second Half of Your Life series but Hurricane Sandy has triggered the kind of trauma that ignites fear and anxiety and strains our closest relationships. As much as we witness [...]
Have you read about Dr. Joel Fuhrman? More than just a focus on the Mediterranean Diet, Dr. Joel is Dr. Oz’s new best friend and he’s got a nutritious way to think about food and keeping your weight down. It’s all right on Dr. Oz’s web site. Dr. Fuhrman believes that [...]
We’re celebrating the transition we all make to the second half of our life by introducing you to our fantastic line up of “Change Agents”. These are women we’ve selected based on what they do every day in their lives. So, from my own perspective, they are practicing what they preach and making the changes [...]
The title “Design the Second Half of Your Life” indeed sounds like a plan is the end result but, actually, the plan is just the beginning. Of what you might ask! Design the Second Half of Life is all about the journey, self-reflection and breaking through our “shame” barriers to lose our old identity. It’s [...]
Have you ever achieved a health or wellness goal that went beyond your wildest dream? If someone had told me two years ago that I would ride my bike around beautiful Lake Tahoe, I would have answered tongue-in-cheek, “You mean on my Schwinn?”. But, like most novice riders who sign up for the Leukemia and [...]
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