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Menopause and the Double “M”: Mood & Memory
Most of us usually think of menopause as hot flashes, night sweats, and insomnia fostered by changes in the ovaries and uterus. During perimenopause, a variable time 2 to 10 years or more before the final menstrual period, the ovaries lose their rhythmic pattern of estrogen and progesterone release. It is the time of fluctuating more »
Can Five Minutes a Day Change Your Life?
For your morning practice to have the greatest effect, I’d recommend releasing “shoulds or have tos,” finding a rhythm that you can enjoy, keeping it short, simple and above all– personally meaningful. Really allow yourself to experience what it’s like to be fully present and comfortable sitting in silence.
How to Drastically Reduce your Cancer Risk
Eating lots of vegetables lowers the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), according to a recent Mayo Clinic study. After examining the dietary intake of 466 people with NHL and 391 matched controls, researchers found that: A high number of vegetable servings per week decreased cancer risk by 42%. High intake of green leafy vegetables and more »
Is it Time for an Emotional Checkup?
When we’re overworked and depleted, yes it’s important to remember to exercise, get good sleep and eat nutrient-dense foods. But, just as important as nurturing our physical well-being is the care and feeding of our hearts.
Be a Better Cook: Make Fantastic Salads
I am a salad snob. I love them enough to eat one at every meal. But a poorly made salad is just as disappointing to me as, say, an overcooked steak or soggy French fries. On the flip side, a well-made salad is as great of a culinary achievement as handmade tortellini or a the perfect more »
Calcium Supplements: Dangerous for Women?
Calcium supplements can be dangerous for women by causing an imbalance in magnesium, which is vital to proper heart function. How can women avoid potentially serious heart problems?
In Your Empty Nest, Spread Your Own Wings!
Summer is waning (though you wouldn’t know it by the heat!) and for many families, the kids are headed back to school. For some of you, this is not your normal “back to school,” but also the beginning of your Empty Nest. You’ve thought about it for years, maybe even dreaded it, and now reality more »
Learn to Ask For & Receive Help: There’s No Reason to Go It Alone!
One of the hardest lessons for me to learn–but one that changed my life profoundly–was the importance of asking for and receiving help. As a career and business strategist, I work every week with mostly mid- to senior-level professionals from around the U.S. on career changes, launching and marketing small businesses and identifying, finding and more »
The 10 Commandments of Turning 50: A Manifesto for All Ages
If I only knew then what I know now. I try to avoid thinking that because it reeks of regret. However, I find myself saying it often… mostly to women in their 20s, 30s and 40s. Why? Because, as Shakespeare once wrote, “What’s past is prologue” and what we do (or don’t do) in our more »
New Study: Postmenopausal Symptoms Highly Controllable
Women today dealing with menopausal and post-menopausal symptoms have a variety of hormone replacement therapies (HRT) available to choose from. HRT may improve some of the major symptoms for these women but it can also mask a number of underlying issues that, if not addressed, can over time undermine their health: nutritional stress from a more »
Sex & Intimacy After Menopause
Can we just say one thing? This is not your mother’s menopause! These days, life after 50 can be not only just as fulfilling and exciting (if not more so) than the decades that came before, but you may even find that this really is the best time of your life! Can we say one more »
The Fat-Burning Zone: What & Where Is It?
The next time you go to your health club, jump on a cardio machine and take a look at the pre-programmed options. Most often you will find a program called the Fat Burner or something similar. These programs are designed for you to exercise at roughly 50 to 60% of your maximum heart rate. Exercise more »
Discover Natural Therapy for Arthritis Pain
For several million Americans, suffering with arthritis is a daily burden. I have even complained that they must be sealing jars tighter than they use to because I recently bought a “jar opener”! The term Arthritis describes a set of symptoms and literally means inflammation (-itis) of the joint (arthro). There are different forms of more »
Spring allergies–the battle is on
If you live in Austin and other allergen-laden locales, you are certainly familiar with the outward symptoms of airborne allergies. And if you’ve ever rushed to the bathroom after lunch, you may also be familiar with some food allergies and what they do to you. But did you know that depression can actually be a more »
The sleep vitamin
Lack of sleep is profound in the changes we have in mood, motivation and vitality, especially for women over 50. It is a major contributor to depression and a sense of “life is not worth living”. It also increases the probability that you will become obese or develop diabetes. William C. Dement is the world’s more »
Oh, my aching back!
Research shows that back pain is one of the biggest reasons people miss work. But is there anything the average person can do to keep his or her back healthy? You bet, say the people at Harvard Medical School (www.health.harvard.edu). Here are their recommendations: Keep fit. This is the most important thing you can do more »
Raw foods for a healthier life after 50
When observing the longest living cultures a key factor stands out. The majority of the foods that these people eat are “raw”. So why are raw foods healthier for you? One of the reasons is that the enzymes have not been destroyed. These enzymes are “alive” in raw foods and are destroyed when food is more »
Exercise for your brain
One inarguable fact of life after 50—the older we get, the fuzzier our brains get. Whether it’s from hormonal imbalances, years of multi-tasking, or just plain being tired, our memory fades and we find it harder to concentrate on the smallest tasks. We enter a room and wonder “why did I come in here?” We more »
Wellness for Women Over 50
Women over 50 need to start every day with focus and purpose, to achieve overall balance for a healthy body, mind and spirit. Lucinda Datres, Founder of Dream Lifestyles Coaching, shares her tips on starting your day right. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btFI6-OFeDA
Stop your self-sabotage
All of us have set goals at one time or another that we just couldn’t reach. Whether it be personal or professional, often it just seems that something within us gets in the way of success, and we settle for less than what we really deserve. For women over 50, this is especially true, as more »
Living a loving lifestyle through perimenopause & menopause
Here are some great strategies from Dr. Tara Allmen on dealing with the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. There are many prescription medications that can address the symptoms of menopause. However, there are simple solutions to try before you initiate treatment or try a supplement. Living a healthy lifestyle is the first action I suggest more »
My Personal Weight Loss Turning Point
Lucinda’s personal journey to wellness. My personal weight loss turning point came during a Weight Watchers meeting some 10 years ago. After 2 years of “yo-yoing” – trying every diet in the book from Atkins to cabbage soup – I felt exhausted and on the verge of hopelessness. Maybe I was just supposed to get more »
I love acupuncture.
I love acupuncture. Yes, you read it right–I love acupuncture, especially when combined with painful deep-muscle massage. A few months ago, I started a new workout regimen that includes weights and more lunges and squats than I had been used to. I also self-diagnosed myself with plantar fasciitis, but never connected the two. I had more »
The best exercise for weight loss
Losing weight is all about expending more calories than you consume throughout the day. It is well known that this may be achieved by eating well and exercising, but it is not commonly understood which exercise program is the best for burning the most calories in a day. The two main programs to discuss are more »
Thyroid health in women over 50
Where is my Thyroid Gland? What does it do for me? Most people know more about their computers or their phones than how their bodies operate….Do you know where your thyroid gland is located?? Do you know what it does?? Your thyroid gland is the largest of the 7 glands that make up the endocrine more »
