I watched a Dr. Oz special on Discovery Health Channel recently where he accessed lifestyles of individuals, the impact it was having on their health and recommended changes. While looking at one middle-aged woman’s life who was stressed taking care of her mother’s failing health, one of his points really rang home for me. He [...]
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Eating Less Processed Foods
This time of year is not great for newspaper advertisements for a youngish, active, childfree female. During the holiday season, they’re cluttered with toys and other kid-related gifts. Then, around New Years, the toys are replaced with exercise equipment for those with weight-loss resolutions. For years before setting up a home gym, I was a [...]
Childless Future
Many people fear a top, older (late 50s maybe) female executive I know, she’s very cut-throat, short-tempered and seemingly overall bitter. Though very good at what she does, difficult to work with … kind of like if Ebenezer Scrooge was a woman I suppose. She’s unmarried and I’d always assumed never had kids because there [...]
Eating on the Run
As I was leaving work for lunch, I was cut off by a Porsche leaving McDonalds’ parking lot. “No big”, I thought, “It’s a Porsche and will surely move it, right?” Yeah, wrong! The driver was apparently having problems getting past first gear to get through the intersection and in the left (formally fast) lane [...]
Gratitude – Powerful mental wonder drug?
This Dr. J post was particularly interesting for me, I read through all the points and found I am lacking in many of them. To start, I need more passion, selflessness, humor and to be more hard working to live longer apparently. I wonder how many people actually rock all these qualities (and does it involve [...]
Holiday Coffee and Tea
Coffee is a very important part of my morning and a big reason I can’t make it through a 2-hour department meeting without a trip to the ladies room … or two. With the cooling temps and commercial madness starting, I’m getting in the holiday spirit early this year. I’ve already assembled my [...]
Just call me auntie
It’s hard today to be a thirty-something woman and not have kids even though we’re becoming more common. I occasionally have to deal with parents making it their personal mission to convince me it’s the best thing ever. I wonder how they can be so sure I’m meant to be a parent without knowing me. [...]
Get a Morning Routine
On the way to work this morning, I was stuck behind two tea-partying vehicles doing about 5 below the speed limit and perceiving the lane lines as a suggestion. I strained to see in the back window of the kid-packed Suburban to find the woman behind the wheel with the lighted vanity mirror flipped-down so [...]
Financial Diet
Diet – like many woman balancing today’s must-be-thin pressure – the word just makes me feel hungry. But this is a different kind of diet, the kind that makes my checking account gain. This economy has made me nervous about my money and has driven me to pay off my bills and save what I [...]
Kid Quest
I had an opportunity to catch up with my mom during lunch this week. She’s been a bit frustrated at work because a coworker is out again on attempted maternity leave. I love getting updates on this woman because she absolutely baffles me. She’s either in her late thirties or early forties and is on [...]