Seems the dating habits of baby boomers are worth studying by companies that court our “healthy, wealthy, well-educated” demographic. But, of course! Last month the Del Webb active adult retirement community powerhouse released its latest findings about our mature singles dating and relationship habits. Ready? The survey found: 56 percent (ages 50 to 75) are [...]
“It” came on gradually. Wait—maybe it came on suddenly. I suppose it was really a combination of both, but when I noticed “it,” I got really worried. The pain was on the “outside” of my hips, the top of both my outer thighs, about six inches down from my waist. It started in November. Dull. [...]
My health insurance just went up (again). I received a separate letter today from AARP—the carrier for my United Healthcare policy—that contained a card entitled, “6 simple things you can do every day to improve your health.” The credit is to Dr. Oz, whose short, punchy article was taken from a 2010 edition of AARP [...]
Mind Your Body TV Episode 46 with Tanya Kormeili, M. D. Are you still comfortable in “your own skin” or do changes make you wish you could reverse the clock with anti-aging procedures? As our largest organ, skin keeps us from evaporating. Adults may have up to eight pounds of skin or 22 square [...]
You awoke this morning to a “new wrinkle” and maybe a couple of new brown spots on your skin. Unwelcome arrivals, to say the least? And maybe you started wondering—again—about what you can do to rid yourself of these new “features.” Wonder no more, for many of the answers you require are in a new [...]
A dear college friend of mine, “Annie,” just ended a too-long marriage in the northeast. She laments all the years she lost loving someone who simply wasn’t equipped to love her back, and who in fact manipulated her emotionally and verbally. She’s made a new rule I want to share with you. No more toxic [...]
Mind Your Body TV Episode 45 with Lori Ann Robinson. I’ve met some really wonderful people while doing Mind Your Body TV. I’ve genuinely enjoyed them and I’ve learned from them: That’s the great thing about being a journalist. I’m always going to school! I could listen to fashion and image consultant Lori Ann Robinson [...]
It’s always mystified me that mascara print ads show models who are obviously wearing either a strip of false lashes or individual false lashes. Go it one better, when graphics departments digitally enhance lashes to make them look long and lush and, amazingly, just like the lashes we all want to have, too. P&G’s Cover [...]
When friends ask me how long I intend to work, my answer comes rapid-fire: “Until I don’t want to, which at this point, is never.” Really. I can’t imagine not working: What would I do? (And don’t say “volunteer.” I already do that—when I’m not working. I write as a volunteer for humane causes, with [...]
Build a better boomer with Stephanie Stephens, M.A.
A warm "Welcome!" to Mind Your Body TV, where you'll "Build a Better Boomer" with series writer, executive producer and host Stephanie Stephens. A spokesperson for the active and vital 50+ female demographic, Stephanie delivers timely health and lifestyle content comprised of videos, audio podcasts and blogs here on Mind Your Body TV—and on her channels on YouTube and AOL/On.
A great, big wonderful world of growth and opportunity exists for women in our demographic during this exciting stage of life. Don’t just think of what you want to be and do—make it happen. You know you can and the time is now!