By Lisa Morrone – When it comes to our middles, it seems that life’s fourth and fifth decades are the ones that really start to “grow on us”. Even those women who have been able to remain fairly trim throughout the first trimester of their lives, find a disturbing thickening
By Cherry Woodburn – These days, and for many years now, I can say with ease: • I’m smart. • I’m confident in my abilities. • I’m a good problem solver. • I say no. • I make friends easily. • I’m willing to take risks. • I’m worth showering
By Joan Moses – How often do you get to the gym in a week? Are your workouts producing results? If not do you wonder why or do you just go along with the notion that you are getting older and your body is not like it was when you
By Lisa Morrone, PT – Growing older as a woman has many rewards, but a leaky urine valve is certainly not one of them! Here’s how it often begins: One day you’re bent over, enjoying a full out belly laugh, when suddenly you realize you’ve wet your pants—just a “wee”
By Barbara Hannah Grufferman, Writer, speaker, expert on women’s issues, and author, “The Best of Everthing After 50” – Who knew that the secret to happiness and good health is right at our feet? While trying to come to grips with the changes my body, mind and life were going
By Sue Ann Gleason – Are you living a fat-phobic life style? The idea that fat in your food = fat on your body is an outdated nutritional belief system. When this belief system was firmly in place we all jumped on the Low-Fat-No-Fat Battleship. We waged war on fat
By: Jennifer Blaine of Jennifer Pilates Wellness Studio’s – The benefits of pilates for those 50+ are amazing, just ask Michelle Pfeiffer, Madonna or Kim Cattrall! If you are 50+, Pilates is a great way to increase your strength, flexibility, balance and coordination. Pilates is regarded as an ideal exercise
By: Dr. Shelly Reitkop, N.D. – There is no mystery to menopause: every woman knows she’ll eventually go through it. The hot flashes, weight gain and mood fluctuations are only a few of the changes that inevitably occur. The bright side? It doesn’t have to be so bad. Menopause is
By Marjorie Jaffe – Did your Mom ever tell you “to stand up straight”? Mine did, and I guess it resonated with me. But not until one day, when I was in my early 20’s, standing on a beach, wearing a brief, purple bikini, feeling toned, lean and vibrant. And
By Maureen Wielansky, CHHC – Do you need some inspiration in the boudoir? You know that when you feel sexy in your own skin the sexy transfers to other areas of your life. Sexy is not a size but confidence in your own skin as you are right now. Are you
5 Things That Can Skew The Truth By Shawna Hamilton – You wouldn’t be a woman if you’ve never had a scale meltdown! You know these times, we hug it when it reads favorably and we cry and curse it when it doesn’t. But I’m here to tell you that
By Dr. Peggy Malone – During my many adventures as an athlete, I have experienced injuries of all kinds. Athletic injuries are annoying, painful, and they can take you away from your training and sometimes even your competition that you invested time, effort, blood, sweat, and tears into preparing for.
By Kimberley Jace – At a lunch for midlife women, the conversation is bound to turn to digestion. “I used to be able to eat anything!” someone will exclaim. “But now if I eat a spoonful of dairy, I’m up all night.” Why does it seem that, after age 50,
By Margeret Floyd – Today let’s talk about eggs. I love them. I eat them almost every day. In many ways they are among nature’s most perfect and complete foods. And yet, an egg is not always an egg. How naked is your morning breakfast? Well that depends on just
By Erin Chamerlik, MT(ASCP) – I used to think that MSG was only a problem in Chinese food and packages of flavored ramen noodles. I was aware of “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome”, a group of symptoms caused by a food additive, monosodium glutamate (MSG), but I didn’t know that this was
By Andrew Sweet – Summer is here! For most of the country it means they’re whipping open the doors to their houses and standing in the threshold stretching their whole body, arms extended above their heads, and letting out a large cry of relief. I can almost imagine the bear
By Prudence Lay – I love turning my calendar to June and realizing all that it represents. The entire summer is still stretched out before us and the rainy and cold spring weather is (hopefully) mostly behind us. I can’t go to a graduation or wedding without feeling hopeful that
By Jamee Rae Pineda – As a counselor in a Christian recovery program, I often find myself helping women undo guilt and shame. These women’s stories of addiction are traumatic in terms of their personal pain and the damage done to relationships with loved ones, especially children. Bad things happen
By Dr. Patricia Raymond – Does IBS matter? If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts. ~Albert Einstein Previously thought to be a psychiatrically mediated condition, IBS was overlooked in research into cause and management options. However, we’ve discovered that IBS results in an estimated $8 billion in
By Sheree Gillaspie – Water is such a wonderful, beautiful and important entity! Water is associated with almost everything – it’s literally a part of everything. The magnificent human body is known to be about 60 percent water, and cells can be from 65 – 90 percent water. Drinking lots
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