Healthy and Simple

I recently had a friend who is a seasoned professional who has decided to change her career.  She has been in the same profession, working    for the same company for over 24 years and she’s frankly, had enough.  Luckily, she has saved some money over the years which gives her the opportunity of time.  Time [...]

A close friend of mine was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. It wasn’t a huge surprise. She hadn’t been taking care of herself; she ate a diet heavy in fats and sweets, and got very little exercise. She also has a family history of diabetes so with that kind of background and that kind [...]

I love to play squash. I’m not very good at it. In fact, to be brutally honest, I’m rubbish. But I’m enthusiastic and I try and I am getting better. Unfortunately the folks I play against are getting better as well so the gap between us remains the same. Here’s the proof — I am [...]

I love Shirley, but sometimes she does things that are not just rotten, they pretty much amount to cruel and unusual punishment. She is always singing or humming songs. Sometimes it’s a wonderful classic, but sometimes it’s a trite commercial that she grew up listening to. And sometimes it’s something as awful as a Captain [...]

I love getting the New York Times on Sundays and devouring it, curled up in my favorite chair sipping a cup of coffee!  It’s a luxury to me to be able to “really” read the paper and absorb the stories rather than just race through and grab information from the newspaper while getting ready to [...]

If your idea of a good workout is driving around a golf course in a cart and playing a round of golf, say bye bye to your brain! A new study says to help protect your mind against the ravages of dementia you need to up the ante a bit. But the good news is [...]

Are you trying to lose a little weight?
The question is this?
Do you occasionally give yourself a treat?
And I say, occasionally, because..it’s not as easy as it sounds.
Because if you occasionally eat that piece of chocolate cake… or ice cream sundae…
It could easily turn into Now and Again and if the idea of now and [...]

Hands up anyone who whiled away a really boring time at school doodling on a pad? Come on, I bet there isn’t one person who didn’t spend at least one chemistry or physics or comparative literature class making odd sketches in their notebook.
Well now it turns out that you weren’t just wasting time, you were [...]

Non-Fat! Huh! – What is it good for….Absolutely Nothin’ Say it again!
The food industry has lots of ways to make us believe we can eat what we want and still stick to our diet! Have you been lured into the evil ways of the “Non-Fat” food industry? You know the one that says, “Ice [...]

Have you ever been in a meeting where someone starts to quote some dead philosopher as if they have the answer to everything and you start thinking “oh boy, here we go, how trite is this going to be”. Then you realize that what they are saying is actually not only powerful but really quite [...]