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• Perhaps you are thinking about a generation or ago.  You would be retiring and "winding" down at 59, but times are different.  You are probably much more "with it" than in those days, your health is better but  due to economics going to work longe
  In "finding a new job at 58"
• I gave up wheat and sugar in my early twenties and except for social occasions where pizza or pasta or birthday cake are served, or the long hike that earns me a piece of chocolate, I've stuck with that plan.  I'm not a naturally lean person, which
  In "Wheat Belly, by Dr. William Davis"
• Evie and Doris, I'm so with you on this. My dad used to say, "Family is everything," but when he died, so did the family. Or, to apply the loveliness of the Holmes poetry, after horrendous abuse, I just drifted away. Family is an accident of birth. L
  In "Denial in Our Senior Years"
• Hi Doris, I am a lot older than you and can only tell you my feelings, around family, as I've aged. My childhood was rough and my parents made so many mistakes, alcoholism, neglect, etc. For many years I resented them for giving me such a poor
  In "Denial in Our Senior Years"
• Thanks Barbara, I guess the constant rejection applying for phlebotomy position really got me down.I am researching working as a medical esthetician that would get me out of the Spa but I would still be in skincare. Also I have 26 years experience as
  In "finding a new job at 58"

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• Summer Plans At 50

  It is now late May, almost Memorial Day, and I realize that I have made no plans for a

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• Wheat Belly, by Dr. William Davis

  “Written by a doctor who has specialized in the insulin resistance problem, it suggests NOT lowering your fats intake, but

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• Kick in the Tush Club: Brain Scans, Birthdays, Red Velvet Cake

  To be clear, I was not eating cake to push down, submerge or anesthetize my feelings.

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• The bitter truth about sugar

  “If you want to get healthy and give up sugar, watch Dr. Lustig’s presentation. It is mind-blowing.” ~ hummerfriend

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• Take vitamins to relieve hormonal night sweats

  You can stock your system with drugs, sleep with the windows open and try all kinds of tricks, and it

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• Physical Space Creates Mental Space

  The easiest and fastest way to feel emotionally better is to open up your physical space.  When we think of

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• Goodbye to sugar – what I know now (VN Newsletter, May 21, 2012)

  “My blood sugar and the rest of my blood work is now in excellent range. I’ve lost 67 lbs and

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• Summer Plans At 50

  It is now late May, almost Memorial Day, and I realize that I have made no plans for a

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• Wheat Belly, by Dr. William Davis

  “Written by a doctor who has specialized in the insulin resistance problem, it suggests NOT lowering your fats intake, but

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• Kick in the Tush Club: Brain Scans, Birthdays, Red Velvet Cake

  To be clear, I was not eating cake to push down, submerge or anesthetize my feelings.

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• Physical Space Creates Mental Space

  The easiest and fastest way to feel emotionally better is to open up your physical space.  When we think of

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• Goodbye to sugar – what I know now (VN Newsletter, May 21, 2012)

  “My blood sugar and the rest of my blood work is now in excellent range. I’ve lost 67 lbs and

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• Today I Shall Eat Jello…

  While I’m already a smidge hungry there will be no complaining and no drama today.

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• Is it hot in here or am I having a hot flash?

  The room felt Arizona-summer hot. I asked spouse, “Please turn down the heater?” “The heater’s not on,” he grumbled

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