Stressed And Tense: How Are You Currently Coping?
April 16, 2025
If the world has you feeling tense and stressed these days, then April is your month, as April has been declared Stress Awareness Month! While some of us these days are likely in a perpetual state of stress, so that the anxious, tense feelings we experience seem “normal,” a chronic…
Laughing Matters: Older Comedians Strut Their Stuff
April 16, 2025
They say that laughter is the best medicine. Many of us can use a good laugh these days, and for some, hearing the audience laugh at their jokes is the elixir they have needed to keep them buoyed at a later moment in life. We seem to be in an…
Do It Better: The Latest Insights On Healthier Aging
April 2, 2025
What does it mean to age in a healthy way? Are you eligible for the gold star for healthy aging, or is your status in question because of such habits as lack of exercise, unhealthy eating, or poor sleep routines? Standard definitions of healthy aging tend to focus on physical,…
Complexion Inspection: Back To The Basics For Skin Care
April 2, 2025
As with most aspects of aging, the best skin care predictor for how your face and skin will hold up is some combination of genetics (congratulations if you and your mom were born with good skin), lifestyle, environment, and proactive measures. You can assume that as an older adult, you’ll…
A Universal Truth: Ageism Affects Everyone Who Is Aging
February 5, 2025
There’s no arguing with the fact that if you’re living, then you’re aging. Put another way, as was the case at a recent conference on ageism (The Century Summit) sponsored by the Stanford Center on Longevity, the question is, “If aging is universal, why is ageism so prevalent?” In almost…
Read On: Get Your Reading Habit Back In Shape
January 22, 2025
We live in a time when there are so many demands on our attention at every hour of the day, that it’s hard to concentrate or summon the focus to really sit down and read for more than a few moments. In fact, many of us now have trouble making…