Posts Tagged ‘health and wellness’

Done Having Kids? Time for Permanent Birth Control!

  How Do  You Know When You’re Done Having Kids? Our real woman on health patient, Tracey, explained to us last week on our radio show that she wanted to be able to enjoy her two children – a boy and a girl – and with both her and her husband working, “we decided that [...]

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Women’s Health Over-40

Our own Change Agent, Barbara Hannah Grufferman, appeared on The Today Show with a panel of experts discussing how women over-40 can stay current with health, beauty and style. Some of the tips include not using the mainstream media as a standard…and comparing yourself to young women (in all the ads). In fact, many women [...]

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Women’s Health Week: Technology for Self-Care

Look around at passengers on your commute, your teenage children or even your co-workers as casual screen swiping seems to be more the focus of smartphones these days than voice communication! But have you ever considered such applications to be more than just games or productivity tools? With more and more consumers turning to so-called [...]

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Get Your Heart in Shape for Love

Is your heart in shape for love?  (note to self: you have one week! lol!) I’m not sure all the chocolate in the world will help your heart “get in shape” for love – the calories would be over the top, and it’s a ton of fat.  But we’re not dissing the possibility that the [...]

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Choose A Word Over A Resolution!

What are you going to do differently this year to make 2011 your “best yet”? Making a new year better than the last requires a different action everyday that becomes a new habit and a new way of thinking.  It’s no easy feat and we end up getting discouraged because it takes consistent not sporadic [...]

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Women Over 50: Just Do It! I Dare YOU!

Just last week, a little bird tapped me on the shoulder and asked me “So, did you achieve your 2010 new year’s resolution?” Are you kidding?? You mean losing weight?  Those twenty pounds I never lost? But, truth be told, I did accomplish something I  NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT I WOULD EVER DO and it [...]

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Unexplained Pain and What You Can Do About It

Have you ever wondered what your chronic pain might really be? It’s been month…maybe years and you may have already visited your doctor several times and been referred to a neurologist or even psychologist. But, your pain is not going away…despite what doctors believe about it. Fibromyalgia is a common condition characterized by long-term, body-wide [...]

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a 100-mile ride around Lake Tahoe…on a bike!

Padded cycling shorts, foldable tire tubes, CO2, custom fit road bike, sunscreen, headband…and more. If you like buying “gear” and “gadgets” you’ll love road biking!  Not only that, but the health benefits of cycling on a regular basis include greater cardiovascular strength and strong leg muscles. Always ready to try a new sport, especially that [...]

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Looking for inspiration? Look no further than Anne Abernathy

OK. It’s almost summer, and barreling down a luge looks icey… but inspiration is season-less:)) You’re invited! Tune in and ask questions as Kelley and Cassie talk with Anne Abernathy, aka Grandma Luge, here on our radio show Friday, May 21st at 12:30 p.m. Not exactly sure who Anne is? Anne is a six-time Olympic [...]

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Boomer women fight “frump” (and give back!)

How do women find the time to “do good” these days and have fun? Enter Mary Jo Wallo. Mary Jo Wallis is your basic renaissance woman.  In addition to surfing, snowboarding and running her own investment company in San Diego she has taken on the mantle as a national leader to Fight Frump (and Give [...]

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