How Baby Boomers Can Control Stress Eating
As I’ve shared with you before in my blog, the last few years were stressful ones for me. I’m not alone. Many baby boomers are facing various trials in their “golden years.” As a...
Category: Stress Management
Election Stress: Faith Soothes the Soul
As I write my blog this morning after the election results, many people are anxious, confused, in an uproar, fearful of the future, and more divided than ever. The stock market is jumping around,...
Five Uplifting Things Baby Boomers Should Tell Themselves Every Day
There is this quote I saw on Pinterest: “What you tell yourself every day will either lift you up or tear you down.” Like that song, “You Had a Bad Day,” Monday was a...
Three Ways Baby Boomers Can Take Care of Themselves
Like many baby boomers, my 50’s turned out to be challenging. Taking care of my mother who later died from Lewy Body Dementia, the death of my step mother, and helping grandchildren through a...
How to Savor Solitude
This year I have learned to savor solitude. Being a full-time caregiver for my mother before she passed away in June certainly made me appreciate solitude. Last Saturday, my mother-in-law’s “celebration of life” after...
Four Ways to Heal From Emotional Pain
We would all like to hide and run away from emotional pain, but no one skips through life untouched. I can’t complain. Most of my life has been relatively easy and free of pain...
Hiking and Happiness
I didn’t think that I would get any sort of a vacation this year, but it turns out that we are going to squeeze in a quick last minute trip to Yosemite and Kings...
Why Dancing Makes You Happy
I love to dance. When I was younger and my husband and I were dating, we took ballroom dance lessons and had an absolute blast. Although we’ve forgotten how to do some of the dances...
Recovering From Stressful Events
Have you ever undergone a dramatic, shocking, or painful event that made your body shut down so you couldn’t sleep or eat? A distressing situation that left you literally shaking and unable to function normally...
Five Ways to Manage Stress
Do you have a tendency to feel stressed out and worry excessively? Look out! Maybe you heard the bad news last week. A new study by researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden...
