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Reflections and Lessons Learned This Summer being present redefining after 50 self-care Sep 22, 2024

I compare the season of fall in my life to how I view New Year's Eve for everyone else.   It is a time of year where I reflect on my summer and the previous year along with my goals and...

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There Can Be a Downside to Being Fully Present being present self-care Apr 07, 2024

Every year my family does what we fondly refer to as our "lake week."   Both of my sons and their families, myself and my husband, and this past summer my parents, all go to my younger...

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What Does a "Full" Day Look Like for You? being present redefining after 50 self-care Mar 26, 2024

It's been a couple of years since I made the decision to "fade out" of my 25+ year career and a full year in which I've been totally client free and retired.  

My mindset each...

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Finding Your "Greater Purpose" After 50 being present habits self-care Feb 24, 2024

At the beginning of each year, I send out a survey to the Life Balance Community about what you'd like to see more content on.    What you need help with.

I went back to take a...

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"Naming" versus "Feeling" the Things for Which We Are Grateful being present self-care Jan 04, 2024

Like many of us, I've been contemplating 2023 and reflecting on my thoughts, plans, and dreams for 2024.   

I've chosen a word for the new year which shouldn't surprise anyone who's...

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Got Called Out By My Husband for Trying To Control EVERYTHING being present right side of 50 self-care Aug 30, 2023

Life has been a bit nuts during the past 3-4 weeks.    

Although this is fairly typical for me in August, it seems a bit worse this summer.

We are on the last legs of our beach...

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Small Easy Ways to Start Being Present in Your Own Life After 50 being present self-care Jul 19, 2023

Last spring after some stressful "stuff," I decided to move forward with my plan to fade out of my job (I just cannot bring myself to use the word "retire" for some reason) and declared last summer...

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Is Suffering Optional? being present habits self-care Jun 12, 2023

Recently, I read a book called "The Road to Me" by Laura Drake.   Nellie, the grandmother in the book said, "suffering is optional."

This quote was a topic of discussion for our book...

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Book Review From the Blog: The Road To Me by Laura Drake being present self-care May 12, 2023

I love to read and my typical genre is either psychological thriller/mystery or historical fiction.   From time to time, I stumble upon a book that I feel that the women in this community...

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The Value in Being Present as We Age being present self-care Apr 12, 2023

I am writing this blog post after returning home from an amazing weekend with family as we celebrated my mom's 80th birthday.   (Although she is technically my stepmother, she and my...

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