Blue Zones Midlife Moai

3 Reasons Why You Need a “Midlife Moai”

What’s a “moai” you ask? It’s a social support group of about five lifelong friends. I learned of this concept through my study of the Blue Zones – the five areas of the world where people live the longest.
how to select summer fruit

How to Fall In Love With Summer Fruit

I love the produce section of my grocery store in the summertime. Fruits of the red, blue, orange, and purple varieties stop me in my tracks. Recently, I had to pause for a moment to adore the neatly piled nectarines, apples, peaches, and plums laid out in front of me.
exercise for women midlife

Big Tip #5: 5 Big Exercise Tips That Will Keep You Fit For Life

Big Tip #5: Keep Exercise Social Keeping exercise social can have many benefits. One of my previous clients met up with a friend every morning, rain or shine, for a power walk.
exercise for midlife

Big Tip #4: 5 Big Exercise Tips That Will Keep You Fit For Life

Big Tip #4: Keep Exercise Fun Yes, exercise is technically “work,” but don’t forget that it can also be fun! In fact, I recommend you make it fun, because again, the point is that you’ve committed to making exercise a part of your life for the rest of your life, right?
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Big Tip #3: 5 Big Exercise Tips That Will Keep You Fit For Life

Big Tip #3: Keep Exercise Measurable Sure, many women start exercising because they want to be healthy, but often it’s because they want to lose weight. It’s been extra hard to lose weight and keep it off in their midlife years, so exercise becomes more popular and seen as more necessary than ever.
Midlife Exercise Help

Big Tip #2: 5 Big Exercise Tips That Will Keep You Fit For Life

Big Tip #2: Keep Exercise Challenging If you’re going to make the effort to workout, you might as well try to challenge yourself. There are many ways to do that. One way is to try different types of physical activity – maybe things you’ve always wanted to try or that look fun, but you haven’t mustered up the courage to try yet.
Exercise tips midlife

Big Tip #1: 5 Big Exercise Tips That Will Keep You Fit For Life

For the next five weeks, I’m sharing 5 Big Exercise Tips That Will Keep You Fit For Life. I created this for midlife women who have already made the commitment to making regular physical activity a part of their life for the rest of their lives, as well as for those who have already begun to take the smallest action toward regular physical activity and want to make sure they are able to stick with it.
rethinking exercise in midlife

Thinking About Exercise in a Different Way

You may have heard me say before that while our body is our vehicle for life, it’s far different from the vehicles we drive every day. Sure, you could say that, like a car, we can “purchase” replacement parts, but rather than a new engine, transmission, or tires, for example, we can get new hips, knees, and even a new heart.
midlife priorities

Put Your “Shoulds” Back on the Shelf

“I’ve been ‘should’ing’ all over myself.” I couldn’t help but chuckle when one of my clients opened with this line at the beginning of our coaching session. But in all seriousness, I find that we women tend to do this – carry a lot of “shoulds” around with us all day.
me time midlife

Don’t Make “Me Time” a Big Production

“Me Time,” AKA “self-care” doesn’t have to be expensive or take a long time. In fact, I believe “Me Time” works a lot like exercise, in that it’s cumulative – it’s not so much about what you do once in awhile, but rather what you do over time that counts in the long run.