Last night, my husband and I went to a musical performance by Roseanne Cash, winner of multiple Grammy awards, and the oldest daughter of country musician Johnny Cash. Something she said has stuck with me: “Women my age still have some important things to…
Ed and I love to plan. We have already scheduled the trips we will take in 2020. We have a month-by-month set of specific timelines to finish the novel we’re writing. And we have detailed plans for each day: Morning salutations 8:00–8:30. Writing…
Before I began practicing tai chi four years ago, I thought it was a Chinese martial art form from thousands of years ago, shrouded in secrecy and mystery. Now it has become part of my daily routine. And I’m excited to share it with you. Numerous research studies have conclusively…
No, this is not about eating well, exercising regularly, getting plenty of sleep… I simply need to feel like I’m younger than my actual age. You’ve seen the aphorisms on Hallmark birthday cards: You’re only as old as you feel or Age is only a state of mind. What if…
Urinary incontinence. It affects almost half of all women at some time in our lives. But most of us are too embarrassed to talk about it. What other such widespread medical condition would we have the gall to remain silent about? And how long are we willing to compromise our…
My last blog post suggested that men might be touch-starved. But it’s clearly not just men who aren’t being touched enough. In her book Touch(2001), Tiffany Field argued that many societies, ours among them, are dangerously touch-deprived, leading to an epidemic of what she referred to as “touch hunger.” Why…