Faith & Relationships
Anita A. Chlipala

‘Til Death Do Us Part

By Anita A. Chlipala – By the time I see couples in my office, some of them dislike each other, some wonder if they are better off divorced, and others wonder if their hurt and wounds can be healed. I like to ask them, “On your wedding day, did you

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Peter Kruger

Longevity – Reality and Perceptions of a Longer Life

By Peter Kruger – A child visits a fairground and spends their pocket money on a carousel ride. They are told from the outset that the carousel would go around seventy times and then the ride would be over. When the child thought seventy circuits had been completed the child

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Beth Havey

Amahl and the Night Visitors: Offer yourself to someone in need

By Beth Havey – I was ten when I stepped into the spotlight one Christmas night and performed various roles in Gian Carlo Minotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors. My older brother John and younger brother Bill also performed. Our audience consisted of four very proud women—my grandmother, two aunts and my

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Carrie Saba

Heart of Love, Life of Joy

6 areas of your life where you can let love in By Carrie Saba – Are you living with love in your heart or holding on to guilt, anger and resentment? Are you suffocating the love your heart wants and needs to feel with a negative story playing in your mind? If you open your

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Beth Havey

One Small Step for Boomers

By Beth Havey – Feeling overwhelmed? I am. The boomer highway is full of worries and tasks and when I’m on the net or tuning into TV or radio it’s job loss, foreclosures, floods, tornadoes and our sick economy. Though I know I am very fortunate, I want some good

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Self-Care
Sharon Beth Brani

The Relaxing Power of Music

By Sharon Beth Brani – It was a gray day in Virginia. The low hanging clouds and chill in the air gave a whisper that autumn was on its way. And although autumn brings to mind football games and crunchy apples, on this particular day my spirits dragged. The passing

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Jane Morrison

Boundaries: How to Set and Why you Need Them

By Jane Morrison – The other day I was working with a client, the owner of a massage and wellness center, and she was stressing out about how her clients push her to extend the expiration date on her special offers. Her sub contractors push her on the date their

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Tamara Elizabeth

5 Things I Learned About Being Fabulously Fifty And Loving It!

By Tamara Elizabeth – “The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.”-Madeleine L’Engle You know the old adage, “If I only knew then what I know now boy would things have been different”? How true the saying is. But as I

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Beverly Lewis

Beyond Disappointment

By Beverly Lewis – When I was a kid, I loved a game show Monty Hall hosted called “Let’s Make a Deal.” There were always 3 curtains (or doors) to choose from and if you picked the right one, you won something awesome like a new car. The wrong door

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Barb Franzen

Thoughts & Musings on Being 50+

By Barbara Franzen – I don’t know about you, but life has become different as I’ve “matured”, the nice way of saying, we’re older. These are some things I shared on Face Book and got a lot of response from and thought I would share them with you: 1. I

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Leona Salazar

Do You Have a Bucket List?

By Leona Salazar – I celebrated my 60th birthday this year…and now fall into the 60+ year old category. I figured such an occasion deserved an article so here I am – stuck, looking at my keyboard, wondering what to write. I said to my husband, “I have no idea what to

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Sharon Hurley Hall

Being an Older Mom – Triumphs and Tribulations

By Sharon Hurley Hall- By the time my mom was my age I had finished college. My life is very different: my daughter’s just 8 and by the time she’s finished college, I’ll be heading towards retirement (if I retire, though that’s a different story). Both in medical and actual

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Anna Cook

Aging Healthily, Happily and Youthfully

By Anna Cook – It’s time to move yourself out of any ruts you may have fallen into over the years so you can open up new horizons, you can dream new dreams, you can achieve serenity and above all you can create new and increased enthusiasm for the future…

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Jill Demby Guest

Do You Suffer from Perfect Woman Syndrome?

By Jill Demby Guest – It goes like this. You see a hot pair of jeans. You’re excited. They’re just what you’ve been looking for. You try them on. They’re a smidgen too tight. A voice says, ” If I lost 5 pounds, they’d be perfect.” You walk away. Depressed. You’ve

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Self-Care
Temple Hayes

Too Blessed to be Stressed?

By Temple Hayes – Did you know that if you spell stressed backwards the word is dessert? Do you remember when you were a child all that mattered was the fun parts and all the chores and grown up stuff could be saved to last? As a matter of fact

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Tamara Elizabeth

When Life Serves You Lemons You Can Make Lemonade or…

By Tamara Elizabeth – As we enter the last days of summer and for most of us on this continent try to quench our thirst with cold drinks, I am reminded of my favorite libation – lemonade. There is nothing finer than sipping on the icy cold concoction of freshly

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Joy Silha

Awaken Your Inner Cowgirl: The Woman You Want To Become

By Joy Silha – Who is the older woman you don’t want to become? I’m guessing she is judgmental, stoic, stuck in her ways and reluctant to change. But change is what keeps us young. So why do many women go kicking and screaming into change? Because it’s scary, we

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Leona Salazar

“New and Improved” Baby Boomers

By Leona Salazar – I don’t mind getting old and don’t hide the fact that I’ll be 60 this year. I don’t buy into the “50 is the new 30” BS – I’m sure it was coined by a fifty-something and not a thirty-something. Being a 25-year cancer survivor makes

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