Being disabled for the past 10 years.

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• I gave up both a university position and a teaching position to move due to a short-term career opportunity for my husband, having been told that finding something comparable to what I had would be no problem where we moved  Well, I've been applying
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• I love listening to French Radio on Pandora.  I feel like I am strolling down the Champs-Elysees.  The music is happy and takes me right back to Paris.  Enjoy it!
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• Raw coconut oil.  I use it for everything--cleansing, to add to my Renovage for a night cream, moisturizing, soothing.  Just everything.  And my Burt's Bee's lip balm.  But, coconut oil is the main reason I'm hooked on RMSBeauty makeup.
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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
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• 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
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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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