Category: Aging Well
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Why I Chose Not to Attend my High School Reunion (Hint: Blame Abraham-Hicks)
Lorna, in high school and out. For 9 years and 11 months, I looked forward to this high school reunion. On the last night to turn in my paperwork, I decided not to go. It was a surprise, mostly to me. There are lots of tales of people who go back to high school reunions…
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Insomnia Cure: Protein Powder for the Temple Body
Badami Cave Temple Columns, photo by Mukul Banerjee; creative commons license. If the body is a temple, then we need to be aware of when we’ve let it fall into disrepair. Nothing makes its normal upkeep more difficult than lack of sleep. For the past three years or more, I’ve had chronic insomnia. Rarely has…
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First Chakra Secrets: Stress Relief, Stress Incontinence, and Squatting like a Little Kid
Yoga pose, Prayer Squat, with legs together. Photo copyright by myyogaonline; creative commons license. Don’t you love how an unlikely conversation can be enlightening? While chatting with 4 acquaintances outside a bookstore—a happenstance meeting—the conversation turned from spirituality to Law of Attraction to … shhhhhh… urinary incontinence in women and occasionally in children. I…
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5 Great Finds from the Health Food Store
Next time you’re in a health food store, ask the clerk to tell you his or her five favorite items. Not what sells the best or what might help you with a particular problem—though you may ask about those as well—but which items have they tried that exceeded all expectations. I did this several…
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Today’s National Lorna Tedder Appreciation Day!
It’s my birthday and what am I thinking about? Bella. Bella from Stephenie Meyer’s vampire series that began with Twilight, a title which is still bizarre to me since Maggie Shayne wrote a few dozen vampire novels with twilight in the title and with a very strong following for her books well in advance of…