A style blog based on a fifty-something Baby Boomer doing her best to age gracefully.
Here are all of my posts featuring health-related topics with tips for aging gracefully beyond the age of 50.
A year like no other, the unparalleled Coronavirus impact since March of this year. A year for recalibrations; who needs a new mindset for 2021? We all agree that 2020 was an unprecedented year with COVID-19 globally. Our time, the recalibrations, how some of us socially gather, travel, dine out, and our health appointments/fitness routines. […]
Consider how the holiday blues could take on new meaning this year. We love it when Daylight Savings Time gives us those additional hours of sunlight, but boy, we feel the effect when it ends. Plus, the isolation of the still current health pandemic could pose trying times for many.
In the last 50 years, a female’s risk of dying from smoking more than tripled. My question, you know, smoking kills you! Ladies, why are you still a smoker? In my first pharmaceutical sales job back in the late 1980s, I sold smoking cessation products, the patch, and gum. Even back then, staggering statistics for […]
Ladies, it’s never too late to take charge of your health. Preventive care helps to catch a disease before it starts. Every October, we all get the pink memo to get a breast exam. Did you get your annual mammogram? Kudos to the annual campaign to increase awareness of breast cancer. We’ve seen the staggering […]
“When we lose someone we love, we must learn not to live without them… But to live with the love they left behind.” Since my beloved Mom passed away on Friday, September 25, I’m thankful for the many messages, flowers, planters, virtual hugs, and prayers sent to my family and me. I knew this, but […]
Can you believe it’s already September? Any new season, mostly Autumn, is a perfect time to ask yourself, Are You Falling Into Well-being? COVID-19 is still waxing and waving in Central Pennsylvania. This week, the PA Department of Health reported 1,000 new instances and 18 more deaths. The latest report raises the statewide total of […]
Here in Central Pennsylvania, the coronavirus spreads widely, knowing that the cough and cold season starts again in October. Are you getting the annual flu shot? It seems that a flu shot this year is more critical than ever. In the United States, the COVID-19 death toll is nearing 180,000. The Centers for Disease Control […]
Carbs have gotten a bad rap since people lost weight eating lots of protein on the Atkins Diet. Today, the focus is on the balance of healthy eating and the adverse effects of carbs on the body. Proper nutrition is essential to providing all the vital nutrients for good health and disease prevention. These nutrients […]
Earlier this week, my semi-annual oral health check-up was. I almost decided not to keep it; I had to ask myself how risky it is to maintain a routine dental exam during COVID-19. A routine medical appointment is a great way to monitor your overall well-being, especially during this COVID-19 pandemic. For instance, signs and […]
Since the unique COVID-19 situation, I catapulted my self-care. How? With what might be a legit superfood. My new health and beauty secret is sea moss. Like many other superfoods, this one’s been around for centuries.