AGE LIFE BALANCE BLOG
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Age Life Balance blog is a great place to read and absorb the quirks and wonders of life.
Finding my Tribe – Ageing with purpose
'Finding a tribe' - a sense of belonging - can be important. While sometimes it’s great to forge ahead on your own, following your own path, it can also be comforting to know you’re not totally barking up the wrong tree. For the first year after I launched Age Life Balance, I was in a comparatively lonely space. I was attracting people to read my articles , although it would always be nice if more people read and commented! I was also spreading the wording through the connections I was making through networking. People seemed to ‘get’ my message and what I was trying to do – but it was fairly slow burn. I did wonder if there was really [...]
Good oral health benefits ageing & longevity
National Smile Month started this week! If you’re not aware, it’s the largest & longest-running campaign to promote good oral health. Between 13th May and 13th June 2019, National Smile Month will be sharing positive messages and engaging others to develop and maintain a healthy mouth. Looking after our mouths can impact how we live and the way in which age too. I’ll be exploring this further on, including some tips for optimum oral health and hygiene. Coincidentally, it’s also the week that my kids and I had our periodic dental check. Family trip to the dentist Now, I wouldn’t say it’s our favourite thing to do, nor even in our top 10, but we know it’s important. We’re [...]
Awe & wonder to keep youthful
One of the Age Life Balance Words of Wisdom tips for keeping youthful, is looking at things with childlike wonder. Often when we’re in the thick of [...]
Sound Bath – a calming, restorative experience
Sound Bath – a calming, restorative experience This Sunday afternoon was not a typical one for us. My daughter and I went to a Sound Bath. I [...]
Time out
Time out I’m not sure the last time I felt this relaxed. It’s Good Friday afternoon and we’re sat in my dad’s garden in Devon. The sun [...]
13 reasons why I love my new eyes
13 reasons why I love my new eyes It’s been 7 months now since I had corrective eye surgery. Prior to my surgery, I had very poor [...]
Dietary supplements for now & my future
Dietary supplements I eat a pretty balanced diet - in fact, I pride myself on this - yet I still enhance my diet with a number of [...]
Smarter working
Smarter working Fancy working smartly, rather than hard? This sounds like a great proposition to someone as busy as me. But what does it actually mean? And, [...]
Positivity boost
Positivity boost Following my recent Balance for Better article for International Women’s Day, I’ve been inspired to focus on positivity this week. Our busy modern lives are full [...]
Following my dreams
Following my dreams I’ve got some great news to share with you…I’m following my dreams! You probably already had a sense of this if you’ve been following [...]
Balance for Better
Balance for Better In case you hadn’t already heard, Balance for Better (#BalanceforBetter) is the 2019 theme for International Women’s Day which was celebrated globally on Friday [...]
Those Darn Hormones!
Anita Duwel - the founder of Love the Life You Live! and Aging with Vitality! - is a Canadian blogger, Certified Holistic Nutrition Coach and Workplace Wellness [...]
Age Life Balance celebrates 2 year anniversary!
Age Life Balance celebrates 2 year anniversary! I’m proud to announce that Age Life Balance is celebrating its 2-year anniversary this week! I’ve successfully posted 104 weekly [...]
Planning to optimise life
Planning to optimise life Last year I posted an article on planning, from a long-term life and ageing journey perspective. I’m a planner by nature, but I [...]
Body image – You are perfect right now!
Penny Hackney – aka The Cheerful Chick – is an Australian blogger and style mentor for over 35’s who is on a mission to encourage women everywhere [...]
How old am I? Biological age versus actual age
How old am I? Biological age versus actual age Last week I took a biological age test. For the uninitiated, this test gives an approximation of biological age [...]
12 ways to protect yourself from the January blues
12 ways to protect yourself from January blues It may just be me, but January seems to be dragging on a bit. What felt like a [...]
Ever feel like an imposter in your own life?
Ever feel like an imposter in your own life? If you find yourself doubting your accomplishments or experiencing a fear of being exposed as a fraud, you may [...]
Do Something Different
Do Something Different This follows on from an earlier post called “Does the prospect of having to work until your late 60s fill you with fear [...]
Balance – Everything in Moderation
Balance - everything in moderation January is often a good time to look at where we are, and to try to bring things back into balance. This [...]
12 sources of joy
12 sources of joy As we fast approach the end of the year, late December is often a time of reflection. 2018 has been a particularly busy [...]
Warm up to stay healthy this winter
Warm up to stay healthy this winter Keeping warm is a topic on which I have a lot of personal experience. I’m feeling cold writing this blog, [...]
Bolstering immune systems – colds & flu
Bolstering immune systems – colds & flu Wherever I turn at the moment I see signs of colds & flu – sniffing, sniffling, sneezing, wheezing and coughing. [...]
Acupuncture for corrective & preventative health
Acupuncture for corrective & preventative health As I mentioned in the introduction to last week’s blog on the Chinese approach to ageing well, I recently experienced acupuncture [...]
The Chinese approach to ageing well
Today I’ve been for my first ever acupuncture session. I’ll be telling you all about that in next week’s blog. Today’s post has been kindly written for [...]
Expanding our comfort zones to keep youthful
Expanding our comfort zones to keep youthful I’ve probably mentioned “comfort zones” in a number of previous blogs, as it’s a concept I think about a lot. [...]