CORRECTION: Regarding PAD PLACEMENT – this post originally said: “Trick – recall learning “right hand over your heart to say the pledge of allegiance?” One pad is placed as if person is saying the pledge and the other pad under the opposite breast area.” THAT IS WRONG. Mirror images are always difficult enough, … Read more
Readers of Aging With Pizzazz.com get a special treat this month. I don’t often have audios on the blog, but here is an exception. The change of pace was fun for me and I hope others enjoy it too (even with my blunders). We meet Chris Mamula, husband, father and a retired physical therapist and … Read more
Keys to Improve Meal Times for Better Health I speak and write often about health care choices – not insurance, but care for our own health. I say “choices” because I doubt any of us follow some prescribed routine with no variation. No one is perfect – none of us. Not certain I would trust … Read more
Do you remember “field-trips?” When I was a kid in school, I so looked forward to these activities. My family was not “well-off” and if there were family outings, they weren’t the type the school would plan. No museums, historical spots, art galleries, or hands-on science displays (which were fewer in those days anyway). As … Read more
I suspect everyone occasionally reaches a point where “something has to give.” Not the big life issues, but compounding niggling problems occurring at once, or too many items on your To-Do list. Like me, you might determine that you need to let something go – even if just briefly. With taxes due, among loads of … Read more
Equating insects and health is not my attempt at an April Fool’s joke. Honest. There’s a connection – a BIG connection – to our healthy aging and the little critters. I wasn’t totally shocked when I learned that insects represent 80% (4/5th) of the world’s animal species. That’s a lot. In winter, insect thoughts take … Read more