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Offers insight into healthcare practices, identifying the cellular sources of aging and illness and revealing that aggressive treatments provide an illusion of control and survivability at the cost of life quality.
"Bestselling author ... Barbara Ehrenreich explores how we are killing ourselves to live longer, not better. A razor-sharp polemic which offers an entirely new understanding of our bodies, ourselves, and our place in the universe, NATURAL...
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A unique narrative on a unique time offering solace to people nearing retirement. Poised for Retirement is not your parents' retirement guide, nor is it a financial planning guide; rather, it's the relatable story of an ordinary working woman reflecting on her life and career. Written with humor, compassion, and poignancy, Nayer's poetic prose is also inspirational. Easy to implement visualizations and breathing and sleep techniques are offered at...
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The average age of the people living in the Morning Glory condominium is sixty-two. Together in the well-used recreation room, watching movies, playing cards, holding an art show, or a wake, these seniors are, finally, 'really' living.
Mary is busy with her daughter and pregnant granddaughter, while Alice desperately wants more time with her family. Phil and Helen's affair is discovered, Paul and Sandra agree to become friends with benefits and Lise...
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A baby boomer named Sarah is nearing retirement. But before she can embrace it, there comes a day that would be forever etched into her mind: it was the day she received a call from her mother's friend.
"Had she talked with her mother lately?" the friend gently asked.
Something was very wrong.
As Sarah drives back home, a sense of extreme dread overwhelms her. She prays but can't seem to shake the heaviness. What she finds when she arrives is devastating....
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"Stop Back Pain – Kiss Your Back, Neck And Sciatic Nerve Pain Goodbye!" is the culmination of years of research on what works and what doesn't. Kathi Casey has synthesized and integrated a practical and fun approach for understanding and transforming back pain. There are many treatment options that don't involve prescription drugs or surgery. You don't have to live with back pain! Learn Kathi's "Three Step Approach" for healing back pain, and the...
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I wrote this as a tribute to my mother, a humble and gently unassuming housewife and mother who loved and understood everything about life and all of its great mysteries. Although Alzheimer's disease relentlessly and ruthlessly ravaged both her mind and body, her soul remained untouched and pure. This book chronicles her struggles, which certainly impacted the lives of everyone for both the better and the worse. In the end, though, her final lasting...
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The fountain of youth is real. By fasting 1 day a week, taking resveratrol, Metformin and AMPK you can live much longer, be more healthy and energetic. This is the result of years of scientific research. There are so many things we can do to live a long and healthy life. Most of them are in this small book.
8) Empty Nest
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Empty Nest was created because I never understood what an "empty nest" really meant. After a long awaited thirty years, I finally had my firsthand experience.
Empty nest? Or was it not? I finally found the answer for me and wanted to share my experience with you.
I hope you find this book to be helpful as you begin your own journey through an empty nest.
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Cedarwood popularity is based on its scent. It produces an aroma that uplifts your spirits, comforts the soul and calms your nerves. It has become popular due to its topical and aromatic qualities. Its oil has an invigorating scent that has various benefits. It is an enhancement to our daily beauty products and s total lifestyle changer. Cedarwood essential oil has numerous benefits. Cedarwood essential oil recipes are highly recommended to anyone...
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Women often do not know about the changes they may experience as they grow older. This article outlines the changes that women can expect by the time they reach 50 and beyond. I start from the top of the body and end at the feet. This article makes suggestions about how to handle these bodily changes. I also talk about aging teaching us about what is important and what is not. Growing older may help us understand what matters. This article does not...
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As Camille ages, Brian feels it's time that Camille moves closer to him. Camille doesn't share that view and proceeds to prove it through Adult Education Courses to show she is still relevant. She enlists her friend Sarah to attend 'Intro to French Cooking' with her. All goes well until their perfect souffle deflates with a thud. Camille's 'Internal Construction Class' leaves her nauseous from the dry wall and Camille's, entertaining but often inconvenient,...
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Most of us who came of age in the 1960's and 1970's never thought we'd reach the point in our life where our lovemaking would need assistance, but guess what, we are here. Assisted Loving: The Journey through Sexuality and Aging begins with hope and ends with humor. In between it is forty-nine question and answer columns responding to almost every possible issue having to do with aging and sexuality, including the obvious erectile disorders and desire...
13) Daddy's Home
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It warms your heart to hear them running across the house as you walk through the door after a long day at work to your kid screaming with glee, "Daddy's home!" From chasing a speedy toddler around the house as you try to wrangle her into a bath, to the insistent wiggling as then you try to fight her to go to sleep next to you at bedtime, this small glimpse of the working-dad life will warm your heart and have you cherish the little crazy moments...
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Con el envejecimiento, independientemente de la etapa de la vida de la que estamos hablando, se está produciendo una metamorfosis. En verdad, asusta al ser dentro de todos y cada uno de nosotros. ¿Por qué? Porque no sabemos cómo hacer esto llamado envejecimiento. Preferiríamos practicar la NEGACIÓN probada y verdadera. ¿Quién quiere admitir a sí mismos, o a cualquier otra persona, el grado en que se sienten impotentes e indefensos sobre lo...
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There are lots of books available on Immortality, but very few on how to become immortal yourself.This book provides both a history of the Search for Immortality and a path for each person to get there in their current life.Records of persons who lived from 112 to over 900 years are provided as part of the historyThe approach is based on the relationship of the Spiritual, Energy, and Physical bodies.This excerpt explains....Chap 7 d. How the Bodies...
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La transfusión de plasma o plasmaféresis consiste en la transferencia, únicamente, de la fracción líquida de la sangre una vez eliminadas todas las células. Mediante esta técnica es posible transferir los factores circulantes en la sangre de un organismo joven a uno viejo y conseguir una mayor capacidad regenerativa de los tejidos envejecidos.Una gran parte de la disminución de la capacidad funcional y regenerativa tisular durante el envejecimiento...
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Achieving a perfect end to our life is something we should think about, and before it is too late. For many people perfection might mean dying peacefully, when they are ready, perhaps in their own home, having said farewell to favourite people and places. These days many people do not get close to achieving this ideal.Advances in medical science have enabled us to prolongue lives, but not necessarily with the quality of life the affected people had...
18) Six-Word Lessons on Exceptional Caregiving - 100 Lessons to Be a More Compassionate & Creative Careg
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Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a book in six words or less. He wrote, "For sale: baby shoes. Never worn." Dr. Seuss was given a similar challenge to write a book using 25 words or less. The result of this challenge was The Cat in the Hat. I was very excited to be added to the talented authors of the Six-Word Lesson series and join the ranks of these amazing authors. In our "go go go" world where folks want quick, easy information, this...
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My step-mother, June, lived alone until her nineties, but over time fell into the depths of dementia. With no biological children of her own, I was the one left to guide her down the path toward the end of her life. Haunted by my father's last words to me to take care of his Junie, I couldn't walk away from this difficult task.
In 2008, the recession hit. I was laid off from my job and my husband, Richard and I moved 150 miles away to start anew....
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Did I Kill My Brother is the story of Jeff Bell's experiences he wishes to share with as many as possible. He went through great trials with his older brother, Rod, being an invalid from a jobsite accident and from diabetes. It was heartbreaking for Jeff that he couldn't do more for Rod who had done so much for him in his life. Jeff takes you through the final situation of Rod's life leading to his death. Because of Rod's condition, Jeff decided to...
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