Are you a grateful person? If you are, you know the benefits of a daily life filled with gratitude. That’s because the greatest gifts a mother (and, for many of us, a grandmother as well) leaves her children and “grands” is what she leaves them in their heads. Gratitude is one those gifts, and […]

  This post is sponsored by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases through an unrestricted educational grant from Merck & Co., Inc. to write about pneumococcal disease but all opinions are my own. Gratitude is essential to happiness and gratitude is one of the fundamental tenets on which I have based my life. And, good […]

Rise and shine! Good morning, dear readers. Grab a cup of fresh coffee and let’s talk about the beauty sleep you likely just awoke from… It may seem obvious to many of you, especially in our age of wisdom, just how crucial sleep is to our overall wellbeing. Even without entirely grasping what sleep does […]

Today is National Relaxation Day which has me thinking… how do you take care of yourself? Self-care is essential at every age, but after 50, I feel it is more important than ever! So, how you give yourself the treatment you deserve, today, on National Relaxation Day, and every day? Start with my list of […]

One of my favorite things about the morning time is having breakfast with my Ultimate Concierge. It gives us a chance to sit quietly and connect, often talking about our plans for the day or things in the news; it’s an ideal way to set the tempo for a happy day together. And, while this […]