If you have ever thought that a date is, well just a date, think again. A visit to the date markets in t ...
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Date Anyone?
Date Anyone?
If you have ever thought that a date is, well just a date, think again. A visit to the date markets in the Middle East will soon change your mind as you discover the various types. Purveyors of date ...
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Eat, Drink, Travel
Eat, Drink, Travel
Meal by meal, spice by spice, sip by sip, nothing is so satisfying as exploring a country through your ta ...
Meal by meal, spice by spice, sip by sip, nothing is so satisfying as exploring a country through your taste buds. From the exotic spice markets of the Middle East and Asia to the bustling cafes of Pa ...
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Stay Cool with Ceviche
Stay Cool with Ceviche
It’s refreshing, diet-friendly and best of all, incredibly yummy. If I could pick a recipe to beat the s ...
It’s refreshing, diet-friendly and best of all, incredibly yummy. If I could pick a recipe to beat the summer heat it would be ceviche. This dish requires no oven, only a marinade that cures the raw ...
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Dune Bashing in Dubai
Dune Bashing in Dubai
It’s become a national sport for tourists visiting Dubai – a drive out to the sand dunes where caravans o ...
It’s become a national sport for tourists visiting Dubai – a drive out to the sand dunes where caravans of 4x4 vehicles circle the tops of shifting sand dunes, charging up one side and sliding silentl ...
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Travel is Transformative
Travel is Transformative
Very few things in life have the power to change your perspective like travel does. There’s something abo ...
Very few things in life have the power to change your perspective like travel does. There’s something about opening yourself up to a new destination that spurs the Universe into giving you thoughts, f ...
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Expedition of a Lifetime
Expedition of a Lifetime
No continent has held its secrets as closely as Antarctica. It holds a place on the bucket lists of many ...
No continent has held its secrets as closely as Antarctica. It holds a place on the bucket lists of many, but only a few will scratch that itch.. Antarctica is protected not only by its severe climat ...
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Find Your Travel Style
Find Your Travel Style
When asked what they’d like to do, most people over the age of 55 will tell you they want to travel more. ...
When asked what they’d like to do, most people over the age of 55 will tell you they want to travel more. As someone who worked during high school so I could study and travel throughout Europe upon gr ...
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Before & After – Special Edition
Before & After – Special Edition
Ruby Attwood was feeling drab when she asked her friend Pennie Hanna to snap a tight-lipped photo and ema ...
Ruby Attwood was feeling drab when she asked her friend Pennie Hanna to snap a tight-lipped photo and email it to INSPIRED Senior Living magazine to enter the Makeover Contest in March. She had no ide ...
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Creating a Life She Loves
Creating a Life She Loves
Barbara Risto, the publisher/owner of INSPIRED Senior Living has walked the path of a caregiver, multiple ...
Barbara Risto, the publisher/owner of INSPIRED Senior Living has walked the path of a caregiver, multiple times. She is a testament to being thrust into caregiver roles, as so many are; and also being ...
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15 Beauty and Fashion Tips to Keep You Looking Your Best
15 Beauty and Fashion Tips to Keep You Looking Your Best
Hydrate – drink lots of water. Not only will this keep your skin hydrated, if you drink a glass before ea ...
Hydrate – drink lots of water. Not only will this keep your skin hydrated, if you drink a glass before each meal you’ll be less likely to overeat. Use sunscreen and self-tanning lotion. A moisturizing ...
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Charge Your Emotional Battery
Charge Your Emotional Battery
Today we make more decisions in 10 minutes, consciously or subconsciously, than our grandparents probably ...
Today we make more decisions in 10 minutes, consciously or subconsciously, than our grandparents probably made in a day. My grandfather would take half a day to drive the horse-drawn wagon to town. On ...
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Don’t Market to Seniors
Don’t Market to Seniors
Don't Market to Seniors!! What??? Let me explain... Today's senior is not the senior of yesterday. They ...
Don't Market to Seniors!! What??? Let me explain... Today's senior is not the senior of yesterday. They aren't picking up knitting needles, and heading for the nearest rocking chair when they turn 65 ...
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Charities Need You to Give
Charities Need You to Give
As we were gathering material for this Planned Giving edition and talking to charities, it became clear t ...
As we were gathering material for this Planned Giving edition and talking to charities, it became clear that many are feeling the pinch of the economic downturn - some more than others. But almost all ...
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Aids to Daily Living
Aids to Daily Living
"Aids to Daily Living" (ADLs) are devices that help people with disabilities to function at their highest ...
"Aids to Daily Living" (ADLs) are devices that help people with disabilities to function at their highest possible level and enjoy the highest possible quality of life. ADLs are also referred to as " ...
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Understanding Subsidized Care in BC
Understanding Subsidized Care in BC
In 2002, the B.C. government made adjustments to the systems and process for providing subsidized care, c ...
In 2002, the B.C. government made adjustments to the systems and process for providing subsidized care, creating through the various Health Authorities throughout the province a one stop resource to a ...
| by Barbara Risto