The Middle Way Blog
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with 14 Healthy Heart Tips
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY AND HAPPY HEALTHY HEART MONTH February is Healthy Heart Month and Valentine's Day is a great time to start healing your heart. You know from my last blog that laughter is healing. Here are 14 more tips for health and heart healing. They are not...
A New Year’s Resolution You Can Keep. Don’t Forget To Laugh!!
DON’T FORGET TO LAUGH Laughter is a release, a bonding agent, a prescription for health, a weapon and more. When someone laughs at your jokes today-not a polite laugh but an honest-to-goodness “I get you” laugh — it feels like love. (From my daily horoscope) When was...
Looking Back at 2018 and Looking Forward to 2019 – Happy New Year
It's a snow day here in Mason, Ohio. I love snow days when I have nowhere to go-just the time to catch up around the house, make...
Thanksgiving Turkey Hotline Tips and How We Spend our Holidays
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. We did! I love watching the Macy’s parade, making my stuffing and roasting my turkey, then relaxing until the family arrives and it's time to coordinate the dinner. I do get to know turkey hotline reps for at least one...
My Travels, Health, and Healing my Human Heart
This is a long post with a long story that begins with just a catch up on our travels including our experience with the flu, and then my cardiology journey and resistance to doctor's orders. If you have ever felt you and your doctor were not communicating-read this...
Aging, Dying, Red Convertibles, Wine and Chocolate
A friend of mine owns a red convertible. She got it over 18 years ago and it still looks great. She is now in her late 70s but as vibrant as her car. Her license plate is Joy 4 All, and she lives that every day of her life from her vintage clothes and hats, to her...
Taking It Slow Got Me In Trouble
I recently got pulled over for going too slow. I love to take my time on the country roads between my home and visiting my Godmother at the nursing home in Centerville. I set my WAZE navigation app for avoiding freeways. That way it takes me through the small town of...
More on Retirement-Two Great Books Two Great Interviews
Enjoy these two interviews I conducted 6 years ago for my Blog Talk Radio show, The Middle Way Health. Now that I am retired these two interviews were even more meaningful to me today. If you plan to retire within the next 5 years, I highly recommend these books....
I’ve Been Busy With Retirement
I’ve Been Busy with Retirement “A well planned retirement does not give you more time, but allows you to use the time you’re given to do what you truly want to be doing without a lot of planning.” Me First, I want to extend my sincere appreciation to all of my readers...