Better Reasons for Women to Exercise

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My colleagues and I at the University of Michigan recently published an eye-opening study on midlife women.  It showed that the health benefits we’ve been taught to strive to achieve through exercising might not be powerful enough to deliver the health outcomes we...

Cinderella: Modern Lessons for Women in Midlife

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Many of us treat our bodies similar to how Cinderella was treated by her stepmother. We consider our bodies to be our nemesis.  We ignore them –we do anything to avoid acknowledging them. Wikipedia says “The word “cinderella” has, by analogy, come to mean one whose...

Life Lessons at 45

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Today I turn 45. I thought this would be a great time to reflect on a few things I’ve learned…. The moment you choose self-acceptance and self-love is the beginning of true self-care. The saying “Don’t sweat the small stuff” is easy advice to hear but harder to...