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Self-Care Sucks!

When I was a caregiver for my father, everyone was always saying, “You have to take care of yourself. You can’t pour from an empty cup.” In fact, one of the biggest complaints from caregivers is that they are always being told this… to which...

What Holds You Back From Moving Forward in Your Life?

I think at some point in midlife many of us come to a point where we just feel stuck! As if you we’re going around and around in a circle and can’t seem to move forward? This could be for several reasons: an unfulfilling job, the kids have moved out, a divorce...

Super stressed? Try a brain dump! It’s my go-to overwhelm-reducing technique!

One of the most common stresses we experience is related to time management and overwhelm. There are never enough hours in the day to check off all the “to-dos” on our list. The more “to-do’s” that are stored in our overloaded brains, the more overwhelmed...

7 Ways to Stay Young at Heart

People have often described me as young-at-heart and in fact, the Blazen Divaz, the parade and performance team that I belong to, describes themselves as a group of young-at-heart women and they really are. One of our members is over 80. She still dances, is active...

5 Tips to Help You Roll with the Punches When Life Socks It to You

I’m not going to lie. July was not my favorite month. I had 2 unexpected surgeries (kidney stones), 2 trips to the ER (one for kidney stones, one for a heart “thing”, a cardiac stress test (because of the heart “thing” and then a dear...