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    How We Met

    JUNE & JOHN June and John enjoy dancing, cheek-to-cheek, as if they’ve been doing it for the past 50 ...

    JUNE & JOHN June and John enjoy dancing, cheek-to-cheek, as if they’ve been doing it for the past 50 years. But they only got together five years ago, when she was 80 and he was 82. John, widowed ...

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    Living on Purpose

    BEING BOLD REVISITED People talked to me about their bold moves after I wrote a column about being bold i ...

    BEING BOLD REVISITED People talked to me about their bold moves after I wrote a column about being bold in the May 2022 issue of INSPIRED magazine. Richard Wong sent me an email and suggested that he ...

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    Thrive Beyond 55-February

    As we head into February, we are reminded of the many loves in our lives… people, pets, places and even p ...

    As we head into February, we are reminded of the many loves in our lives… people, pets, places and even possessions. This year started out with some big changes for me. One of my dearest friends passe ...

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    Prudence Emery: Defying Expectations

    Slightly inebriated from the champagne she consumed the night before, Priscilla Tempest, the newly instal ...

    Slightly inebriated from the champagne she consumed the night before, Priscilla Tempest, the newly installed Press and Public Relations Officer at London’s prestigious Savoy Hotel scrambles up to the ...

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    Sweetheart Sites of Seattle

    Pike Place Market. It’s that time of year again – when chocolate boxes are carved into hearts, roses brim ...

    Pike Place Market. It’s that time of year again – when chocolate boxes are carved into hearts, roses brim from corner grocers, and cupid comes out of hiding. So, how are you going to celebrate the big ...

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    More Time To Make Better Choices

    “I have friends who understand my jokes and I have company at mealtime. I’m a part of the organizing comm ...

    “I have friends who understand my jokes and I have company at mealtime. I’m a part of the organizing committee for the charity down the street and I get my game of scrabble in every Thursday afternoon ...

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    Making Friends in Retirement Living

    “Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.” –Rod McKuen “I moved into a retirement home because I don ...

    “Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.” –Rod McKuen “I moved into a retirement home because I don’t like to be alone,” says Jo-Ann De Jong, 89, who made the transition to a retirement communit ...

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    Forever Fit: Intermittent Fasting

    Intermittent Fasting is a popular weight loss method that focuses on ‘when’ you eat. This can includ ...

    Intermittent Fasting is a popular weight loss method that focuses on ‘when’ you eat. This can include meal skipping, eating only within a window of time during the day, eating every other day, or ...

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    The Sunshine Vitamin

    I recently had blood drawn for analysis in preparation for a wellness visit with my doctor and discovered ...

    I recently had blood drawn for analysis in preparation for a wellness visit with my doctor and discovered that my vitamin D level was low. Why should we know and be concerned about our vitamin D level ...

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    THRIVE BEYOND 55: DECEMBER 2022/JANUARY 2023

    Here we are, with this issue, ending one year and beginning another. Life is a constant cycle of endings ...

    Here we are, with this issue, ending one year and beginning another. Life is a constant cycle of endings and beginnings. We close one chapter and open another. What did 2022 bring for you? Did it reve ...

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    SHOULD YOU EXERCISE WHEN ILL?

    Feeling under the weather? Let your symptoms decide whether to skip your workout. Light exercise is gener ...

    Feeling under the weather? Let your symptoms decide whether to skip your workout. Light exercise is generally safe, especially if you’re a reasonably fit person with ‘above-the-neck’ symptoms of illne ...

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    LIVING ON PURPOSE: CHOOSING THE RIGHT MUG

    Each morning, my husband makes me coffee and delivers it wherever I am: just waking up and still in ...

    Each morning, my husband makes me coffee and delivers it wherever I am: just waking up and still in bed; in the easy chair journalling; or at my desk writing a draft of something to be submitted. ...

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    HOW WE MET

    DEBBIE AND RANDAL “I had to believe that love still existed,” reflects Debbie, widowed nine years ago fro ...

    DEBBIE AND RANDAL “I had to believe that love still existed,” reflects Debbie, widowed nine years ago from her high school sweetheart, whom she met at age seven, dated at 17, and eventually married. “ ...

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    IF I COULD SPEAK TO MY 50-YEAR-OLD SELF

    For those of us in our 70s and beyond, it seems like just yesterday we were 50! If time travel or other s ...

    For those of us in our 70s and beyond, it seems like just yesterday we were 50! If time travel or other scientific marvels would allow us to send a message back to our 50-year-old selves, what would t ...

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    WALKING MEDITATION TO REDUCE STRESS

    A recent survey by Nanos Research found that 46 per cent of Canadians feel more stressed, up from 21 per ...

    A recent survey by Nanos Research found that 46 per cent of Canadians feel more stressed, up from 21 per cent pre-pandemic. Stress is a natural response to any event in our lives, and triggers may inc ...

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