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Preparing for Your Senior Years | Part 10: Your Future Self Is Counting on You
The choices we make in our 50s can shape the health, security, independence, and joy we experience in our senior years. Preparing for the future is not about being afraid of aging. It is about understanding your whole health, organizing your important information, planning your finances and housing, building a dependable support system, and continuing…
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H&W|Preparation For Discharge After Surgery
If you or someone you love is scheduled for surgery, don’t wait until discharge day to figure out what will be needed at home. Where will the patient heal? Is the bathroom easy to reach? Who will prepare meals, pick up prescriptions, and help with everyday tasks? Recovery begins before surgery—with a safe space, the…
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RealTalk|Who Is Teaching Us How to Live?
Once upon a time, learning how to live happened naturally through parents, grandparents, elders, neighbors and mentors. As families faced more pressure and generations stopped sharing the same spaces, many young people were left to figure out life on their own—or through social media. How do we begin rebuilding relationships where wisdom, questions and understanding…
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H&W|Know Why You Are Calling
The birds outside my window were bouncing from the grass to the cedar to the roof. Every time I focused on one, it flew somewhere else. 🤣 Sometimes our thoughts do the same thing when we call the doctor’s office. In today’s post, I’m sharing one simple way to catch your thought before you dial…
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ATasteOfFlava|Friday Virtual Coffee and Sunflower Blinders
I pulled my sunflower blinders out this week, and they helped me focus on what mattered. 🌻 From my tower window, I’m watching the birds change their routine as Seattle eases toward fall. Pull up a chair and join me for a virtual cup of coffee. ☕️
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H&W| Stress and Your Body
Stress does not only live in our thoughts—it can settle into our bodies. Headaches, fatigue, stomach problems, body tension, sleeplessness, and simply feeling unwell may be signs that we have been carrying more than we realize. In Thursday’s Health & Wellness blog, we’re discussing what happens when stress makes us feel physically sick, why those…
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RealTalk|Who Is Your Favorite Elder?
Every generation needs elders—not to control, criticize or demand that younger people live as they did, but to breathe life, knowledge and hard-earned wisdom into those coming behind them. But the exchange should move both ways. The elder says, “Let me show you what life taught me.” The younger generation says, “Let me show you…
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ATasteOfFlava|Remembering My Senior Sister
Some people enter our lives and leave a presence that time cannot erase. Today, on the anniversary of her passing, I’m remembering Sheryl—my Senior Sister at work. She welcomed me into the clinic with that beautiful smile, advocated for patients and showed up for me when I needed help. Life at work has never been…
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Today’s Victory / Evening Reflection
Tonight’s victory came wrapped in news I never wanted—but answers I desperately needed. After months of saying the problem was my hips, today I finally saw the proof for myself. I wasn’t failing to move. I was doing my best to function with two severely damaged hips. Sometimes the victory is not receiving the news…
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Preparing for Your Senior Years |Chapter 9: Learning to Advocate for Yourself
Do you know your doctor’s name, your diagnosis, and exactly why you are calling the clinic? Learning to advocate for yourself is not about being difficult—it is about being prepared, asking questions, keeping records, and making sure your concerns are understood. In Chapter 9 of Preparing for Your Senior Years, we are talking about how…
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