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A Tribute to Louise Hay – My Top 10 Favorite Quotes

Louise Hay was best known as a motivational author, speaker, and founder of the publishing firm Hay House. She’s had a tremendous influence in the lives of women – empowering them to own their power, remove self-doubt and negative thinking, and create the future they desire.
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Frustrated with the diet industry? Join the club.

Last week, I shared with you a new term I created: Modern Health Enthusiast, in order to set the tone for the next five weeks where I’ll be breaking down my 5 Ways to become a “Modern Health Enthusiast,” inspired by the recent Time magazine article “The Weight Loss Trap”.
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Are You a Modern Health Enthusiast?

I’m going to create a new term and you’re the first to hear it: Modern Health Enthusiast. Do you like it? Let me explain a little more…
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Weight Gain: What does menopause have to do with it?

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Weight gain… What does menopause have to do with it?! Perhaps less than you think. So before blaming menopause for all of your recent or longstanding weight gain, consider this...
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Reignite Your Zest for Life in Midlife

When I count my blessings, one of them is always the fact that I know such amazing women who also share my mission of empowering women in midlife, but serve them in various ways. One woman in particular I wanted to highlight today, because our messages are so aligned, is Midlife Fulfillment Coach Maria Allyn.
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When You Feel Good…

When we feel good ABOUT ourselves, we do good FOR ourselves. In my Flourishing 50s community, our Guest Expert last month was also a wellness coach and she said shared with us something so simple and so true:
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Why Your Kids Still Need You

First of all, if you’re a mom in any way, I want to wish you very Happy Mother’s Day! I don’t have children of my own, but I am a child of my mom’s. So while I can’t tell you what it’s like to bear a child and love that child probably more than anything in the world, what I do know is that I still need my mom… but maybe not in the way you might be thinking.
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Want more time for self-care? Ask yourself these 3 questions

Time and self-care go hand in hand because self-care does, in fact, take time – everything from exercise, to sleep, to preparing healthy meals for yourself, to immersing yourself a relaxing, well-deserved bath at the end of a hard day takes some time.
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Redwood Retreat Recap Part I: 5 Things We Can Learn From Redwood Trees

Last October when I started planning my very first retreat up in the Redwoods in Northern California, I eagerly started learning everything I could about Redwood trees. From my own research on the Internet to every documentary on them I could find, I learned so much and I’m so glad I did.
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3 Massive Mistakes Women in their 50s Make

I had the honor of being a guest on one of my favorite podcasts,…