October is Breast Cancer Awareness month in many countries around the world, including here in the United States. Why it matters Let’s start with why breast cancer is such a big deal. The stats below are for the United States and come from the American Cancer Society. The bad news The good news 5 meaningful…
Last week, the So what? Now what? blog reached its 10-year anniversary. This week, I turn 64. I’m not sure which milestone surprises me more. But here we are…we both survived another year. With each blog anniversary, I find myself contemplating whether I should continue blogging. Is the satisfaction of writing and connecting worth the…
You may have heard the buzz about creatine recently. I certainly have. In general, I tend to be skeptical of supplements and the often hyped-up claims, but the notion that creatine could help prevent age-related sarcopenia (muscle loss) piqued my curiosity. On top of that, studies indicate it may help brain function in people 60…
“Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision.” ~V.S. Naipaul As you may recall, I chose INTREPID and POSSIBILITIES as my 2025 Words of the Year. These two words together…
If you’re a woman of a certain age and you’ve been on social media recently, you know what the WDNC Club is and that this sisterhood was started by Melani Sanders (@justbeingmelani). If you haven’t heard of WDNC or Melani, here’s a Woman’s World article to give you some background. The club is geared toward…
For many of you it’s back-to-school season, and life just got a whole lot busier. So what does that mean for those healthy habits you developed over the summer; do they go out the window? They don’t have to. I created this video to share a couple of tips that can help you maintain…or even…
“I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.” ~Whoopi Goldberg As you may recall, I chose INTREPID and POSSIBILITIES as my 2025 Words of the Year. These two words together describe my intention for the year. One way of putting that intention into action are my Possibilities Lists. With that in mind,…
My doctor recently suggested I get a DXA scan. I had heard of DXA before, but knew nothing of the process or how the results are measured. That made me think there may be others out there in a similar situation. So now that I’ve had my scan and seen the results, I thought I’d…
A client recently asked me to remind her what the components of a SMART goal are. That got me thinking that there may be others who could use a refresher course on setting SMART goals, so I created this video. For those of you that prefer to read, the transcript appears below the video. How…
You may recall, I was recently diagnosed with prediabetes. My nutrition and physical activity habits are generally healthy, and for the past year I have been particularly mindful, cutting back substantially on highly-processed foods, including sugar. So it was pretty disappointing to see my A1c had actually increased and tipped into the prediabetic range. It’s…
