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Read more: Aunt Ola’s doing okay at 105When we heard that my husband’s Aunt Ola had been ill with pneumonia, we were concerned. When we visited her in August, Ola was still…
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Read more: Following your own adviceOften, I realize, I know exactly what would be the best choice to make about what to eat or what to do with my time,…
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Read more: Need some Vitamin C?Even if you already have had a glass of orange juice today, you may need some Vitamin C. We heard an interview with Dr. Edward…
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Read more: Wisdom from Piper KermanAfter she graduated from Smith College, Piper Kerman wasn’t sure what she wanted to do with her life. Drifting for a while, she became friends…
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Read more: Ever looked at a magazine at the airport?Have you ever stopped to look at the women on the covers of the magazines at the newsstand at the airport terminal? We’re talking about…
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Read more: The myth of perfectionDebora Spar, president of Barnard College, urges women to recognize that the quest for perfection is a myth. In an article in the October 1…
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Read more: Wisdom from Emily Dickinson“I’ll tell you how the sun rose a ribbon at a time,” Emily Dickinson wrote. In another poem, she said, “The moon was but a…
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Read more: More wisdom from Cheryl StrayedWhat makes Cheryl Strayed, who wrote Wild about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, special? Her “ability to go to dark places that we don’t like…
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Read more: How do habits change?As we all know too well, there are no easy, simple answers to rely on when we want to change a habit. As Charles Duhigg…
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Read more: Plenty of cuesDo you remember that we wrote a blog post recently about habits and talked about the cue, the routine and the reward? A habit is…