April
10 Signs of Hearing Loss
Aging is hard on ears. Everything from loud concerts and sports stadium crowds to chemicals in cigarette smoke and cleaning agents can kill the thousands of tiny hair cells in your inner ear, which are responsible for transforming sound waves into nerve signals that the brain interprets as speech or music or an alarm clock.
Quick Ways To Control Your Anger
Some people are prone to rage more often than others, but anger is a feeling that many of us could use a bit of help in handling. The choices we make when angry can often come back to haunt us, but the cycle can be hard to break. Anger has power—but there are healthy and
When Tolerable Becomes Intolerable
Our conditions at home, work, and school and in our relationships with others are continuously in flux. Ideally, they are evolving from good to better, but, realistically, they can deteriorate into something far worse. Once the downward spiral begins, we instinctively try to reach out for viable ways to alter the negativity. And, yes, in
Be An Inspiration To Others
We find inspiration from people – what they say, what they write, and what they do. Ultimately, these individuals can stimulate us to achieve new levels of success or become a better version of ourselves. As we gather our inspiration from others, we can also serve to inspire the people around us. In what ways
Give Salads A Starring Role
Summer is coming with its abundance of garden-fresh vegetables and healthy salad options. It’s the season for embracing a plant-based diet that offers meals packed with super foods rich in vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and fiber. As a dietitian helping people lose weight and manage diabetes, I find once someone adds more fruits and vegetables to
The Friends You Keep
One way to get a “jump” on aging – that is, to prepare for it earlier in life – is to make good friends and keep them. Technology can help. Two Kinds of Friends In Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing as we Age, psychologist Mary Pipher devotes a chapter to friendship. She
How To Draft A New Chapter In Your Life
Your life is your story. And, like all stories, each passage or segment of your life represents a new chapter. As defined by a major event such as graduating from college, getting married, entering a new career, or retiring, your new chapter signifies a time of change for you. How you structure or fail to
Self-Care: An Act of Kindness
Most of us would agree that a little more kindness in our world is always much appreciated. Unfortunately, too many of us spend our days rushing around doing too many things while feeling frantic and overworked. This leaves little time to be kind to ourselves. Self-care is an important act of kindness that not only
Living With Gratitude
From 1958-1963, The Naked City, a police drama set and filmed on the streets of New York City, aired on ABC television. It was my favorite show, not in small part because each episode ended with Lawrence Dobkin’s memorable voice sharing the iconic line: “There are eight million stories in the Naked City. This has
Look For The Good and You’ll Find It
The dishwasher overflowed last night, you woke up to a kitchen floor full of suds and were late to work. You found out two days ago that the mole on your Dad’s ear was malignant. A monster typhoon slammed into the Philippines and left 10,000 dead. It seems that everywhere you turn these days there’s more