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- ***Half Full or Half Empty - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Neal Dranoff In early Spring 2009, I read an on-line article published on MSN.com written by John W. Schoen, entitled “Boomers Face Stark Choices in Bleak Economy.” I felt the piece was so acutely on-point in terms of clarity and my personal situation at the time that I composed a ...
Views: 2204(3 votes) - ***Healthy Recipes for Fitness - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comHealthy Winter Hash This simple recipe is the perfect meal for a chilly winter day. It is packed with tender vegetables, filled with protein and can be made with chicken or as a vegetarian dish. Serve it with a salad for a quick and healthy meal that the whole family will love. ??Yield: 6 ...
Views: 1738(3 votes) - ***Baby Boomers Number 1 Goal Is To Stay Healthy and Vital - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comI can’t believe that I’m writing January 2010! Is it my imagination or did this decade breeze by so fast that my hair is still settling onto my shoulders? For many of us Baby Boomers, the last ten years has been fraught with caring for or watching our aging family members deal with such ...
Views: 2364(2 votes) - ***Making a Difference with Friends - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comConnections Around the corner is a friend In this great city that has no end. Yet days go by and weeks rush on, Before I know, a year is gone. I never see my old friend’s face, For life’s a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as well, As in the days I rang his bell And ...
Views: 2265(4 votes) - ***Pairing Wine and Cheese – Part I - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comMashed potatoes and gravy. Peanut butter and jelly. Bacon and eggs. They’re all classic combinations. Wine and cheese is another time-honored pairing, but which varieties taste best together? How can a “non-foodie” sort through the complexities and come up with choices that do justice to ...
Views: 2587(6 votes) - ***Teach Your Grandkids to Respond to Emergencies - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comWe never know when an emergency might arise. For this reason alone, please teach your grandchildren, today, how to respond to an emergency. Explain to them what exactly constitutes an emergency and when, and when not, to call 911. Make sure children know when to call 911, using these ...
Views: 2289(6 votes) - ***January—Renewal…Again? - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comYou can tell when it’s that time again. Somewhere between the bizarre, Euro-styled perfume ads before Xmas and the speed-rap Super Bowl flat screen sales, there’s the flood of dieting ads and gym memberships before New Year’s Eve. This is to remind us we haven’t been living the way we ...
Views: 1977(6 votes) - ***Congressional Menu for 2010? Pork… Pork… and Yes… More Pork! - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comA little more than a year ago, the American voters elected a new President on the basis of “change”. One of the major issues was the alleged end to special interests, lobbyists and “back-room” dirty dealing. “Not in my White House”, as I seem to recall. Well, America, one look at the Senate ...
Views: 1872(3 votes) - ***Fernando’s Boomer 33-Point Fat-Burning Checklist - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comPLEASE do not let another year go by regretting that you didn’t get started on the health and fitness building program that you NEED to create the healthy, fit, strong, lean and energetic body and life that you WANT! If you’re like MOST people, your goal is a combination of fat loss, muscle ...
Views: 2464(8 votes) - ***New Year Brings New Promises - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comAs we approach the New Year, many people are ruminating about recent misgivings and sins, simultaneously readying themselves for commitment to yet another list of personal resolutions. We all know how this generally works out…a couple of promises are pursued with purposeful intent while most of ...
Views: 1799(7 votes) - ***How to Avoid the January Spending Hangover - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Denise Chaney, ChFC, CLU, CASL Have you ever experienced the January spending hangover? It is when you open the credit card bills in January and can’t figure out how you spent so much? Do you make that New Year’s resolution to spend less next year? There are 12 million people ...
Views: 1901(5 votes) - ***Boomer Genetics 101 - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comLet me tell you something folks….understanding your own personal body type, structure and genetics is the KEY to your ultimate success. If you fully understand and accept your body for what it IS, you will be able to train and eat in the best way possible in order to finally get the results ...
Views: 2630(5 votes) - ***Boomer Couples Resolving Differences from the Ground Up - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Jim Duzak I’ve written previously in Boomer-Living about mediation, and why it’s usually better than litigation as a way of resolving disputes in divorce cases. But mediation can also provide lessons on how to prevent divorce by resolving disputes in relatively healthy ...
Views: 1677(4 votes) - ***I Just Don’t Get It - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Neal Dranoff I recently heard an announcer on one of our local sports talk radio stations initiate a new call-in segment with the listening audience called “I Just Don’t Get It.” He limited his list to sports personalities and storylines and kept his listeners within the same ...
Views: 1881(3 votes) - ***ANGRY? OR SAD? OR BOTH? - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Pauline Derby, EFT-CC IMAGE HEALING HYPNOSIS It’s alright to FEEL anger. It’s perfectly NORMAL to feel hurt and upset or rejected, even betrayed. What’s NOT ALRIGHT is to allow your anger or sadness to devour you or leave you feeling dejected or devoid of power, energy, and ...
Views: 2762(3 votes) - ***REAL Giving this Year - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Susan Winter Ward It seems that almost everyone I know is reassessing their lives these days. Are you doing that too? We’re revisiting our priorities, looking at what we want to do to make a difference in our world, sifting through our lifestyles and, by the way, how will we ...
Views: 1697(4 votes) - ***Boomer Couples Resolving Differences from the Ground Up - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Jim Duzak I’ve written previously in Boomer-Living about mediation, and why it’s usually better than litigation as a way of resolving disputes in divorce cases. But mediation can also provide lessons on how to prevent divorce by resolving disputes in relatively healthy ...
Views: 2564(4 votes) - ***How Will YOU Manage Osteoporosis? - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Dr. Michael Kaye In 1993 I moved back to Pennsylvania from California. It was great to be with family and friends again. When I returned to my neighborhood, it was fun to visit with all the old neighbors. One of my neighbors was very much the “grandma type”. She greeted me at the ...
Views: 2349(4 votes) - ***Celebrating Holidays When Grandkids & Grandparents Get Together - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Sharon Pierce McCullough There isn’t anything more wonderful than family get-togethers. Over the holidays many of us will get the opportunity to spend time with our grandchildren, even if we don’t live close to the grandkids. What a fun time to stop and just play and enjoy all ...
Views: 2244(4 votes) - ***Knock, Knock - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Shirley Kalisky Knock knock, who’s there? Your Caregiver! To you and I it may seem far fetched that a “stranger” will knock on your door, come into your life and you will become fast friends. But that is exactly what happens, most times, with Seniors that have an In-Home ...
Views: 1938(4 votes) - ***Solving Dog Food and Health Problems - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Janie Knetzer A good dog owner puts a lot of thought into what food they should feed their dog in order to keep him healthy and happy. Although dogs are in fact omnivores meaning they can survive on both plants and animals, they are very closely related to wolves who live on a ...
Views: 2048(3 votes) - ***This posting is a follow-up to my August 3rd post in The 50 Plus Male, “Refining The Physically Fit Male—Surviving The Urban - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Staci Warsaw Let’s talk about a thing called “levels of care”. The hospice benefit has four of them. I will start by saying that each of these levels of care is guided by the same principle; pain and symptom management. That is the ultimate goal of the hospice program; to ensure ...
Views: 2630(3 votes) - ***Anywhere/Anytime Form and Function - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Neal Dranoff This posting is a follow-up to my August 3rd post in The 50 Plus Male, “Refining The Physically Fit Male—Surviving The Urban Jungle.” I regard that as one of my more important editorial pieces since it revolves around improving our health, specifically in the “newly” ...
Views: 2328(3 votes) - ***2012 - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Dave Hager The film…goes straight for the destruction aspects and we are given over 2 1/2 hours of incredible special effects of a visual nature that you’re unlikely to see topped for a while….Don’t miss this one! 2012 NEW RELEASE NOW PLAYING John Cusack Amanda ...
Views: 2120(4 votes) - ***Numbers Don’t Lie … or Do They? - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comA.T. "Al" Benelli, CFP, FIC Recently our government released figures showing that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of our nation rose by 3.5 percent — the first increase in five calendar quarters. The Dow Industrial average rose 200 points as various pundits declared the end of the worst ...
Views: 1725(3 votes) - ***Understanding the Medicare Hospice Benefit - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comToday, I want to talk to you about the Medicare Hospice benefit. Now, I know that many of you reading this aren’t quite of Medicare age, but most insurances follow Medicare’s guidelines, so they are applicable in most cases. Requirement number one; a physician, in his or her clinical ...
Views: 2635(2 votes) - ***Yet Another Reason Not to Have an Affair - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comwritten by Jim Duzak How would you like to wake up and learn that a woman you had an affair with has gone public with all the details? Even worse, how would you like to be a wife who reads that her husband’s motive for the affair was that she hates sex and is severely imbalanced ...
Views: 2295(3 votes) - ***Fight the Flu Naturally - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comWith the cold and flu season upon us we are all taking about the flu, the shot, and if we should or shouldn’t get it. No matter what we choose to do, we are all taking extra precautions this year to stay healthy while trying not to get sick. There are a lot of ways to take care of your body ...
Views: 2373(8 votes) - ***Political Promises Made to be Broken - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comAs this article goes to press, it seems that Congress is hell-bent on giving us a health care bill that they promised will not cost the American public a single dime in new taxes. How many times have we heard promises like that? Social Security was promised to be only a 1 percent tax on ...
Views: 2544(3 votes) - ***Walking Him to the Door - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comWe all play many roles in our lifetime. For the last month I’ve been playing a role that’s new for me, but very familiar to many of our generation. Since 2003, I’ve been in private practice helping people to extend their lives through holistic health practices. For the last month, I’ve been ...
Views: 2218(7 votes) - ***Have Wok/Will Travel - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comDeparting the “Single/Never Married” demographic group and entering the “Married” category didn’t occur for me until I was one month shy of my 36th birthday. This tidbit holds importance for two reasons: I dated for 18 years before meeting my wife, and I can honestly say I was ready to marry ...
Views: 2199(3 votes) - ***New Beginnings for Empty Nesters - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comA mom called me saying she just wasn’t prepared for this empty nest. She read so many baby and teen books but nothing would help this sorrow she was feeling as an empty nester. Change is vulnerable. Change doesn’t mean, even if you read and prepare, that you won’t have days of inertia and ...
Views: 2436(2 votes) - ***Don’t Make These Retirement Planning Mistakes - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comIt really doesn’t take much to derail a retirement plan. Most of the errors in planning for retirement are those of neglect, omission or panic. If you don’t know exactly where your retirement plan stands, get some advice from a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) professional is a good start – ...
Views: 2829(3 votes) - ***Postive Self-Talk - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comBe Your Own Best Supporter! We all want to feel self-confident. It feels so wonderful to be able to walk into a room, speak to people and feel self-assured. Feeling comfortable in your own skin – priceless! Most of us seek confidence in our environments with the people, places and things ...
Views: 2463(4 votes) - ***Transitions - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2009 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comTime goes by so fast! I can’t believe it’s already the end of summer and almost the end of autumn. I’m not ready! I was so comfortable and basking in the warmth of summer. I was so grateful for the splash of fall colors and the crispness of the air…and now there is snow on the mountains and the ...
Views: 1955(5 votes) - ***Take Two and Call Me in the Morning - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comAs part of a multi-disciplinary medical team, I often see patients who have been taking medications to treat musculo-skeletal disorders (muscle aches, tight muscles, tingling and numbness in the arms or legs, etc.) for several weeks. Many of these patients have been ingesting acetaminophen ...
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