Be inspired by this guest article from Flourish Over 50 Community Member Lori Yeary. It’s been a little over a year since I embarked on my get healthy/lose weight journey. Some days it seems much longer than that, but other days it seems like yesterday. Life is like that I guess. I reached all my more »

Three weeks ago we started the discussion of how to avoid wearing clothes that add width and make you look heavier than you are. You can review those first five tips here. Now that you’ve had a chance to experiment with those ideas, let’s continue on with the next five: 6. Pockets can ruin a good more »

I sometimes speak of the way many of us (at our age) compare ourselves to younger women…and make ourselves unhappy with the results.  Today, as I read the latest post by Danielle LaPorte, a woman who inspires me ( no wait…a woman who continually blows my mind!) her post was about comparing. www.daniellelaporte.com Here’s what she had more »

Let’s face it. Menopause comes with enough symptoms as it is. The last thing you want to do is battle the bulge as well. However, it is a reality that the change in your life can cause weight gain along with hot flashes, irritability, and sleeplessness. When your body changes, and the number of hormones more »

The following post is an excerpt from my newest book Nurturing Wellness through Radical Self-Care: A Living in Balance Guide and Workbook.  I hope that you find the information useful and enjoy using the affirmations that are included. ~ Janet Nestor   Affirmations Affirmations are statements of positive intention and can be used daily to more »

We go through our days, busy and rather unaware.  We run our errands, care for our family, go to and from work not really having consciously experienced all the wonderful moments of the day.  Keeping a Joy Journal is about becoming more conscious of your joys and less focused or your pain. When I was more »

“We take what we love…and try to find a way to make money at it.  Twist it and turn it until we can’t find a trace of whatever we once loved.  What did you love?”    from the movie, “Hope Floats“ I’ve been thinking about this a lot since I saw the movie again last week.  One thing has more »

Not long ago, I had a discussion with Stacey Hall, a Certified Aromatherapy Coach.  Stacey shared the following information with me about essential oils, which can be found in ’The Essential Oils Desk Reference’ published by Life Science Publishers (http://www.lifesciencepublishers.com). What is an Essential Oil?  An essential oil is that aromatic liquid that is within more »

Epiphany in the closet! Some people get their best ideas in the shower, some taking a run or a walk. For me, it’s the closet.  Here’s my latest: I was looking at a beautiful sweater that I own(ed). I have worn it a few times and it’s a great color for me. I even get more »

Anxiety throughout menopause can be fairly common, for several potential reasons. Read how to manage this problem naturally, and have better mental health overall during menopause.

The holidays can be a pretty tough time for some of us. Okay, for many of us. Most of us? There’s holiday depression, being overwhelmed with doing too much, trying to cram in all the traditions and feeling like there’s not enough money or time or presents or ornaments or decorations. And that’s just a more »

The upcoming December holiday season can feel like some of the loneliest days on the planet.  This is a time when it seems like everyone is a couple except YOU. Wouldn’t it be nice to have someone in your life by next year?  To make that happen, you need to be pro-active about meeting men.  more »

Age is just a number. Or, is it? A beautiful friend is turning 60 today. On her Facebook page she posed the question:  “How should one feel?” For me, the answer to that is simple…however you CHOOSE to feel!  You can feel OLD, instead of celebrating one more turn around the sun. You can feel like more »

Aromatherapy is an excellent resource for addressing bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic infections that normally thrive in homes and offices and which are created by toxic chemicals and heavy metals. Experience teaches us that at least half of the trauma caused by toxic chemicals manifests itself as stress. At least another one fourth of the more »

If you’re attempting a mid-life resuscitation, which includes starting a business, have you ever woken up at 3 or 4 in the morning, usually from a disturbed sleep, to find  your first thought is “What the heck am I doing?” Have you lain there and taken stock of your life; looked at the good and more »

The last thing I expected when I came into work one day is to be approached about taking a new position.  Not only was it a new position, but also with a new division of the company and it is called Moving For Love.  You see, like a lot of people, I have a comfort more »

You’ve suspected it for years: You look in the mirror and say, “No way I can look that ____ (fill in the blank: pale, tired, old)”. I am here to tell you that you are right!  A mirror has three strikes against it in distorting your image. It flattens your image which distorts how you more »

After my first marriage ended, I waited almost 9 months to begin dating.  Our marriage lasted 24 years and so much of who I’d become was really adaptations of my first husband’s ideas and thoughts about life.  Over the years, in many ways, we had become each other -something that is pretty typical in a more »

It wasn’t until my son’s babysitter showed me a guidebook to Reykjavik, capitol of the island nation of Iceland, that I became obsessively intrigued. She had returned rejuvinated and fresh-looking after having indulged in the “land of fire and ice”. The jagged cliffs and ice blue glaciers riding atop black crystalline sand created a painting more »

As a woman who was raped by a family friend when I was 11 years old, I know how such a devastating experience can alter a female’s life and happiness. As a result of that incident I continued along a path of self-destruction, especially after I became homeless at age 15. To survive the streets more »

Our fearless travel writer recently visited Tulum, Mexico on her own, seeking a quiet, nature-centered experience. Here, she recounts her vacation in detail.

The backyard grill usually means beer and burgers, and there’s nothing wrong with that. But what if we told you there’s an even tastier way to blend a beverage with the summer barbecue? Think wine.  And don’t let the fancy Chardonnay-Cabernet-Zinfandel names frighten you. You don’t have to be a famous gourmet chef like Bobby more »

I thought I’d “grown out of” caring about what other people think of me. But now that I’m wearing a bulky heart monitor, I think twice about the assertion that, being over 50, I’m “free” of others’ judgement.

Sleep deprivation does little for your beauty quotient. Here are some helpful hints for getting restful sleep so that you can look and feel your best!

Embrace the world of online dating, through sites created just for mature single adults! Here are some tips for finding love online, as thousands of couples have already done.