How You Doin’? Assessing Your Personal Fulfillment

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by Debi Talbert If you watched the 90’s hit sitcom Friends, you know that the character Joey was famous for his line “How you doin’?” His flirtatious quip was cute and cut to the chase. So, how you doin’? How’s life? Are you feeling fulfilled and intentional with how things are

Can We Talk About that Hair On Your Chin?

by Ellen Blake Why didn't anyone tell me chin hair is part of aging? I had no idea women randomly sprout dark hairs on or under their chin as they grow older. Sometimes these awkward strands grow long and wiry before I notice them. I thought I was alone with this

Making the Case for Inexpensive Skincare Products: Real Life Experiences

by Fayne Frey, Board Certified Dermatologist Skincare Products: Expensive Does Not Mean Better On a daily basis, my female patients talk to me about the enormous amounts of money they spend on "essential" skincare products. They clearly believe these "magic potions" reverse the signs of aging on their faces. After almost 30

On Becoming a Writer: Hank Phillippi Ryan Proves It’s Never Too Late to Start

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Exclusive interview with Hank Phillippi Ryan by Leslie Farin, Publisher 50Plus-Today Award Winning Investigative TV Reporter Turned Award Winning Author Shares Her Story Hank Phillippi Ryan, now in her 43rd year as an investigative reporter (and her 33rd with WHDH-TV in Boston) with 36 EMMY's and numerous other journalistic awards, wrote her

The Importance of Making Smaller, More Doable New Year’s Resolutions

by Ellen Blake New Year, New Mindset Wow, 2019 is over! How did that happen so quickly? The years seem to go faster as I get older. As I look back over the past 365 days, I realize I experienced good times and bad, and learned a great deal from both along

My, How Things Have Changed!

The Good Old Days... A friend sent me this post she found online from an anonymous source. Most of these sentiments are from before my time, but I remember my parents made reference to some of them! How about you? Do you remember them? Did you hear the post office is

3 Tips to Slow Down After a Lifetime of Rushing

Award-winning author Lana McAra is the host of “Now It’s My Turn! Where the 50+ woman awakens her spark and en-joys her life” on the Awake TV Network. www.NowItsMyTurn.TV Email: lana@nowitsmyturn.tv Beautiful things are everywhere, if we will simply notice. Yesterday, sitting at my desk I looked up to see three ladybugs

Let’s Be Accurate: Moisturizers Don’t Add Water to the Skin

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By Fayne Frey, MD - Board Certified Dermatologist Some of my patients seem to think our skin absorbs water from moisturizers. The reality is moisturizers help our skin stay moist by providing an environment that minimizes water loss from the skin. Things aren't always what they seem. For example: Koala bears aren’t bears. Chinese Checkers

7 Words That Instantly Show Your Age

By Leslie Farin Sometimes I notice my kids' eyebrows shoot up when I say certain words - words I grew up with and still use without thinking. The blank expressions on their millennial faces clearly show they think I am an old fuddy-duddy. Not that they would know what fuddy-duddy means. 7

What comes after “Thank you”?

by Arlen Hollis Kane Well, That’s a Problem You’re welcome.” I just had to get that out. You may be wondering why I dangled that without so much as a “thank you” preceding it. As I said, I had to get it out there – and fast, because it may be the

Why Long Term Female Friendships Enhance Your Life

By Leslie Farin I know I can't be the only one who thinks my girlfriends ROCK - but mine really do. I just returned from a much needed girls trip with a fabulous group of women I met in 1999, a few years after moving to Texas. A mom I knew

The New Unstoppable 50+ Woman

by Leslie Farin "The person I thought I was turned out to be just a character I played to be accepted." Lana McAra, the host of the Awake TV show called, “Now It’s My Turn! Where the 50+ Woman Awakens her Spark and En-Joys her Life.”, is everything you might envision in

Want To Know the Secret to a Long Life? Live in Spain

by Leslie Farin Spain consistently ranks highly worldwide for the health and longevity of its residents. What’s keeping them kicking so long? Japan has had the longest life expectancy in the world for many years, but a new study says Spain will soon move to first-place with an average life expectancy of 85.8

Taking the “Foreign” Out of Retiring in a Foreign Country: Daily Life

By Edd and Cynthia Staton “So what do you do all day?” Over our many years as expats the question we’ve been asked more than any other is, “So what do you do all day?” Since our lives aren’t all that fascinating we’ve come to realize that what people really want to

Gray Area Drinking: When the Stereotype Doesn’t Fit

by Debi Talbert Life appeared, to the outside world, to be going really well for me. I traveled the world as a flight attendant. With expenses paid, I enjoyed dinners with my military child stationed overseas and sipped wine in France, Germany, Spain and Italy. I drank with coworkers on my layovers.

Do I Need to Detox My Skin?

by Fayne Frey, M.D., Board Certified Dermatologist People ask me all the time why they need to detox their skin. My answer? You don't. Where in the world did the idea that one can detox their skin originate? If you do a quick search on the web, you will find thousands

Does Aging Change How Our Medications Work?

by Ellen Blake For many of us, aging means taking more medications than when we were younger. When helping care for my mom over the years, it seemed the list grew larger every year. She, like other seniors, developed new chronic illnesses as she aged which required new and different pills. In

Beware the Love Bomber: 11 Lessons I Learned the Hard Way

by Amy Jones In my last article, I described finding a new love and how wonderful it felt. A new relationship is exciting, and brings hope, promise and new experiences. After experiencing many bad relationships, I believed this new one had potential. At first everything seemed perfect. We discovered we had

I Miss Trick-Or-Treating the Way It Used to Be. Do You?

by Harriet Gross If you are as old as I am, you’ll remember a kind of Halloween Trick-or-Treating that no longer exists today. We collected candy on our own street only. And when we brought it home, our parents did not have to go through it to make sure nothing foreign was