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Rather than standard New Year desires and resolutions… Shall we consider New Eyes this year? When it comes to our health and fitness, is there a whole new way to envision Vibrant Longevity? Or have we been on the right track and just need to keep doing what we were doing? Philosophers as far back […]

We made it. Another year. Ups – Downs. Happy – Sad. Per our Annual Tradition…shown below are our Ten Tips for a Happy Healthy Life, with graphics obtained years ago from Google Images. Practicing the Ten Tips when possible yields benefits in every area of life. Also how about if we declare a paraphrased statement

Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens at 7:27 p.m. Pacific Time on December 21, 2023. Many diverse cultures living north of Earth’s equator celebrate Winter Solstice with light-themed festivals. Recently Look On The Bright Side Day was cast as an informal holiday for the Winter Solstice. Why Not? Why not look for

Every year December 5th is observed by the United Nations as International Volunteer Day (IVD.) IF EVERYONE DID…is the International Volunteer Day theme for 2023. In addition to benefitting society, Volunteering can be good for mental health and fitness because it takes the mind off circumstances of our own lives. It can be easy to

For the New Year’s resolution folk among us, the Monday after Thanksgiving represents the beginning to successful launch of any health and fitness behavior change. The diligent within resolution’s ranks dial back their New Year’s launch to the day after Halloween – foregoing (or minimizing) holiday sweets, pastries and abundant feasting. Researchers James O. Prochaska

This week we borrow the phrase “In All Things Give Thanks…” from 1 Thessalonians chapter of the Bible. The sentence originally caught my eye because it does not say FOR All Things…; but IN All Things… Whatever our Health and Fitness state this Thanksgiving week, let’s take a step back, look at it and say…“I

During the pandemic I hosted free Happy Monday Get Strong half hour Zoom sessions for anyone who wanted to participate. Our purpose was to ward off sarcopenia – the loss of muscle mass – which is associated with inactive aging. Sarcopenia eventually leads to frailty, which includes five criteria: weight loss, exhaustion, low physical activity,

Thirty Years ago in 1993, the first in a series of Chicken Soup for the Soul books, by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, was published. Along the way November 12, which happens this coming Sunday, was designated as Chicken Soup For The Soul Day. A key theme in Chicken Soup for the Soul books

Our One Day At A Time title serves as a health, including mental health, and fitness salvo throughout a variety of philosophies and religions. This time-bound phrase lifts the burden of too much to do, change, think about or emotionally carry into manageable perspective. Starting first with emotions and perhaps stinking thinking, which sometimes can

The prayer phrase…”Give us this day our daily bread,” serves as appropriate lead-in to this week’s October 24th, National Food Day celebration, which was established by the 50+ year old Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) in 2011. According to the online National Day Calendar® – the nationwide CSPI October 24, “celebration of