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Tuesday, Jan 31st 2012
Before You Set Out on Your Next Hike, Read This!
I'm off to southwest Utah next week, to visit Red Mountain Resort and feast my eyes on the land of red rocks and picturesque awesomeness.
Monday, Jan 23rd 2012
Paula Deen: A Hypocrite?
When I heard the announcement that Paula Deen had type 2 diabetes, I was anything but surprised. After all, she was playing Russian roulette with her health all these years.
Tuesday, Jan 17th 2012
How to Keep Your Cool During a Hot Emotional Time
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I've always been wary of confrontations, shunning them at times.
Tuesday, Jan 10th 2012
How to Steer Clear of Danger
The world is a safe and neutral and secure place, my home a safe haven. People are full of good intentions, and danger only comes to those who are looking for it. That's what my younger self thought. And then … age happens. And that's when you realize that is not always the case.
Tuesday, Jan 10th 2012
Age With Attitude Beats Aging Gracefully
by Marcia Mangum Cronin
The start of a new year gives pause for reflection. I like to look back at the year past and ahead to the coming year and think about ways to make the yet-to-come even better.
For those of us in midlife and beyond, Jane Baskin, author of Jane of the Jungle and resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico, offers some thought-provoking—and entertaining—advice for getting the most of out of life.
Tuesday, Jan 03rd 2012
20 Small Ways to Get Healthier and Happier in 2012
A new year always sparks many emotions in me. I see it as an opportunity for growth; a chance to take what I've learned in the past year and do it differently or do it better or do it for the first time. I see it as a blessing. And there are times, especially if the prior year was fraught with problems, that I see it as a relief.
Wednesday, Dec 28th 2011
The Best of Midlife Matters
The year 2011 is quickly winding to a close. (Where DID the time go? The older we get, the faster it goes. A sad irony, don't you think?) And with the dizzying speed of the Internet, social media and how news gets out, it's possible—even probable—to miss a lot of important news along the way.
Tuesday, Dec 20th 2011
How to Let Your Stomach (and Your Stress) Ruin the Holidays
We're smack dab in the middle of the holiday crazies, and I can guarantee that many out there are—or will be—paying for it in the form of cash, credit card … and stomach woes.
Wednesday, Dec 14th 2011
The Latest Breast Cancer News
More than 230,000 new cases of breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in our country in 2011. Though death rates are declining by 31 percent, incidence rates are not keeping pace, only declining by about 5 percent. And since less than 10 percent of the cases are genetic, clearly more needs to be learned about ways to prevent the disease.
Tuesday, Dec 13th 2011
Learn More About Treating Premenopausal Symptoms
by Marcia Mangum Cronin
Most of us know what menopause is, but some women aren’t aware that symptoms related to our changing hormones can start in our mid-30s. This time of life is sometimes referred to as premenopause, and the time closer to the end of our menstrual cycles is referred to as perimenopause.
