I Hope You Dance!

I Hope You Dance!

Too little attention is given to our mental health. Many of us spend the best part of our lives hustling from one job to another. At the grind working to pay the bills, raise the children, then before we know it, we’re old and depressed. I see this among my friends...
Aging Gracefully Aging Healthy

Aging Gracefully Aging Healthy

I am proud to say that I will celebrate my 59th Birthday in a few days.  One word that appropriately describes my feeling is GRATITUDE! Not too long ago, I was a frail, unhealthy, unhappy & discontent middle-aged woman.  Today, I gladly announce that all of that...
Health Meat Alternative: Blackeyed Peas

Health Meat Alternative: Blackeyed Peas

Healthy Meat Alternative Ingredients ● 2 cups cooked & drained black-eyed peas ● 1/4 yellow sweet pepper chopped ● 2 cloves fresh garlic chopped ● 1 small ripe tomato chopped ● 1 teaspoon fresh or dried thyme leaves ● 1/4 teaspoon Caraway seeds ● 2 slices beetroot...
Self-Love is Self-Care is Health-Care

Self-Love is Self-Care is Health-Care

Learning to love and accept ourselves is perhaps the first step to mental & emotional healing. Some of us have memories of emotional trauma as children, young, middle, and older adults. It is definitely not easy to just forget about these experiences. With time,...
Stress Kills.  What will YOU do about it?

Stress Kills. What will YOU do about it?

Stress Kills So many folks are getting all sorts of health issues due to Chronic, Excessive Stress. Is it really worth the stress? Folks are so busy doing this and that. Pursuing this or that. Nothing is enough anymore. We want more, better, bigger. Isn’t it...