And it doesn’t involve becoming a pretzel… 50 is the age when your body begins to rebel (if it hasn’t already). Suddenly you have aches and pains that you never had before. You might be having trouble sleeping, and your anxiety is suddenly off the charts. WTAF is happening? As you age, your ability to
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Hi, I’m Janine, I’m a recovering perfectionist. Hi Janine! About 12 years ago, I finally set down what Brene Brown describes as 20 ton armor: Perfectionism. At age 40, I finally realized that my Dad would still love me, even if I wasn’t perfect, and that I was loveable generally speaking. The belief that I
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I was not always as even keel as I am now. In my 20s, I scheduled every moment of my day. I had everything timed so that I would go from one thing to the next without time in between. If the train was late or someone needed to talk, my whole day was thrown
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I have been journaling since age 10 after reading the Diary of Anne Frank. I have many journals, filled with my thoughts and “adventures,” dating back to 1982. Back then I would write about what happened each day, more like a log of events. In my teen years it was about the boys that I
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Never give up About 10 years ago, I decided I wanted to lead a trip in Costa Rica. Beach, jungle, animals, where else would I want to go? Of course back then my kids were little and there was no way I could get away for a week. Plus, I had never done anything like
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I used to think that loving yourself was weird. As part of GenX, I grew up thinking that I had to rely on other people to love me. Loving myself wasn’t going to happen, who does that?! My stories were that I wasn’t thin enough, smart enough, good enough, and that my emotions were just
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You know you’ve hit “old age” when your back starts to hurt. Or at least that’s the story you might be telling yourself. I used to think that, until at age 40 I started having lower back pain. 40 isn’t old, I was too young to be having back pain! When I found out the
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For most people, when you live your daily life, unless your body hurts, you probably ignore it. You’ve got places to go, people to see, things to do, and your body is pretty low on your list of priorities. Here are 3 reasons that, as you age, paying attention to what you do with your
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Sitting is part of life, especially if you work at a desk or drive a lot. Sitting for hours at a time can be detrimental to your body. You might feel the discomfort, but do you know why it’s there? There are a few potential reasons (that I will address in another post), but one
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You may have heard that yoga can lower pain levels for lower back pain. But do you know how or why? Yoga has been around for thousands of years and combines physical poses and movements with breathwork and meditation to help you feel stronger, more mobile, and calmer in your daily life. This combination of
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