Category Archives: Healthy Aging

Are You Counting what Really Matters?

We need to value intangibles. Intangibles like family, friendship, contributions to our communities, and our spiritual / religious commitments defy easy measurement. Yet they add essential meaning and value to our lives. As Albert Einstein said:
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”

How Radical Acceptance Transforms Our Lives

Radical Acceptance helped me to gain perspective in a very dark period and supports now me through these challenging times. Of course past injuries run deep and leave scars. Still we can build better relationships with love, faith, trust and open communication.

Yoga for Emotional Resilience Amid Conflict

At times you may feel like me that we are living in an upside down world. Both my longstanding Jewish observance and Yoga practice have been very helpful for me since October 7th. What are you doing to find comfort and safety in these difficult times?

Cost-Effective Skin Care to Fight PhotoAging

Everyone cares about their appearance to a certain extent. Beyond esthetics, the care and feeding of your skin has important implications for your overall health and wellbeing beyond vanity. Your skin is your body’s single biggest organ and also your gateway to good health. We now know that the skin plays a vital role inContinueContinue reading “Cost-Effective Skin Care to Fight PhotoAging”

Just Landing: Fresh Granola

Sometimes the best thing to happen all day is a fresh batch of Granola. Gluten Free Granola In case you missed it, here is the Gluten Free (GF) Granola Recipe.

Just Landing: Fresh Granola

Sometimes the best thing to happen all day is a fresh batch of Granola. Gluten Free Granola In case you missed it, here is the Gluten Free (GF) Granola Recipe.

Training for Life(2) – Five Questions for Donna Goodwin Osher, Specialist Trainer

Of course fitness is important at every age. As we get older, physical training is very helpful to maintain mobility, improve balance and keep strong. Training helps to retain and increase bone density, which is very important for healthy aging. Core strength training is very important to stabilize and protect the spine, increase agility and make every day movements easierץ

Your 2024 Microbiome Diet Resolution

The New Year is almost here – and so are all the crazy, restricted 30-day diets promising miraculous weight loss and a return to youth. Mixed Green Salad with cubed tofu – rich in Prebiotics While the details vary, these New Year’s resolutions diets have one thing in common: they all prey on our veryContinueContinue reading “Your 2024 Microbiome Diet Resolution”

Easy Tofu Tips + Everyday Tofu Recipe

If you have wistfully picked up a box of fresh tofu in the supermarket only to put it down again because it would “just sit in your refrigerator,” this is for you.