january 2023 – INSPIRED

THRIVE BEYOND 55: DECEMBER 2022/JANUARY 2023

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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 ...

November 25, 2022
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SHOULD YOU EXERCISE WHEN ILL?

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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 ...

November 25, 2022
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LIVING ON PURPOSE: CHOOSING THE RIGHT MUG

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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. ...

November 25, 2022
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HOW WE MET

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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. “ ...

November 25, 2022
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IF I COULD SPEAK TO MY 50-YEAR-OLD SELF

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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 ...

November 25, 2022
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WALKING MEDITATION TO REDUCE STRESS

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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 ...

November 25, 2022
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DARRYL LENOX: BLIND AMBITION

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DARRYL LENOX: BLIND AMBITION

Stand-up comedian Darryl Lenox, born in America but now living in Canada, regales the audience at Vancouv ...

Stand-up comedian Darryl Lenox, born in America but now living in Canada, regales the audience at Vancouver’s Vogue theatre. “You love the word humble. In Canada it’s a good day if somebody calls ...

November 25, 2022
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ROAMING GREAT BRITAIN

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ROAMING GREAT BRITAIN

The forlorn screech of gulls is constant, and kestrels hover above the cliffs without twitching a feather ...

The forlorn screech of gulls is constant, and kestrels hover above the cliffs without twitching a feather. I welcome the brisk breeze from the North Sea, as even Britain, known for its cool, grey weat ...

November 25, 2022
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KAMEHAMEHA THE GREAT: HAWAII’S FIRST KING

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KAMEHAMEHA THE GREAT: HAWAII’S FIRST KING

Exploring the life and times of Kamehameha the Great often enriches our sundrenched holidays on Hawaii Is ...

Exploring the life and times of Kamehameha the Great often enriches our sundrenched holidays on Hawaii Island… A lifelike statue in little Kapa’au town honours this extraordinary king. Heading west, w ...

November 25, 2022
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GOING WITH THE FLOW IN SOUTHERN FRANCE

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GOING WITH THE FLOW IN SOUTHERN FRANCE

When Mother Nature opens her floodgates, all you can do is go with the flow. Pre-Covid, my husband and I ...

When Mother Nature opens her floodgates, all you can do is go with the flow. Pre-Covid, my husband and I were on a Viking European River cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam, but because of high water le ...

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ODE TO A CANADIAN WINTER

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ODE TO A CANADIAN WINTER

Travel has lurched to a near standstill, and we've almost got used to it. Almost. For the grounded snowbi ...

Travel has lurched to a near standstill, and we've almost got used to it. Almost. For the grounded snowbirds among us, the thought of not spending our winter under a palm tree in Mexico or in a golf c ...

November 25, 2022
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IF HORSES COULD FLY

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IF HORSES COULD FLY

As the outfitter and his chief pilot shivered by their small fire, they could hear an angry bull moose gr ...

As the outfitter and his chief pilot shivered by their small fire, they could hear an angry bull moose grunting and crashing through the bush 25 metres away. At the tail end of another 100 days of fly ...

November 25, 2022
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