Helping Women Over 40 Look & Feel
Vital, Sexy & Fit!

I keep old reference papers from when I would attend fitness conventions every year.  Back in the '90s. the research was booming in the area of wellness.   People had ideas about all the benefits of strength training but studies were just being documented.  It is fun to...

Fall salad with pears, arugula, dried figs and almonds

I love a delicious salad and am always trying to make them like the restaurants do.  I grew up in Jersey in the days when a salad consisted of Iceburg lettuce, a sad looking tomato slice, and Italian dressing.  

Well, no...

This is my hallway this morning after I have carried down the large Calico Critter Playhouse and bookshelf my daughter no longer wants in her "grown-up" room. She manages to get her discarded items into the hallway, and it stops there.

Sometimes I feel like I have spent years of my life cleaning...

I love chocolate, but I also love to be healthy and fit.  What to do?  Bake a better brownie!  

This is from a recipe I saw in Oprah magazine back in July 2012.  It takes a pandemic for me to finally get a chance to try them.  They are raw, so something quite new to me....

I wrote this when I was studying affirmation and how our mindset can help us create our best self.  Honestly, with the school rush for the kids, getting my am workout in, and working, it is not easy to do.  However, I spent so many years in this arena, I feel it is engrained in me....

There is a reason why Pinterest is so popular! Having a place to put your ideas, thoughts and dreams can be very inspiring. 

I started making vision boards back in college.  At 19 I had lots of ideas of who I wanted to become and how and where I wanted to live my life. It wasn't...

This ancient form of mindful practice is making a comeback, though I am not sure it ever left. I think of meditation as anything that calms the mind for 5 or more minutes. Some people chant, some people go for a hike by themselves without music, some people sit calmly and breathe slowly and...

Even this photo breaks my heart

This is taken from my book, “Innervisions for the Outer You.”  I know it is a long post by today’s standards but I think Fear is something that is not spoken about enough and can use a more in-depth discussion.  As always, if you have...

Word Selection

Our choice of words can empower or destroy. 

That sounds a bit intense and an exaggeration... but is it?

The language that we use on a daily basis can have profound effects on our moods and the moods of the people that we share our lives with. It’s interesting to listen...