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June 11, 2026
Keeping Your Bones Strong As You Grow Older
55% of Americans over the age of 50 have osteoporosis or low bone mass. That’s more than 40 million people! Osteoporosis is a condition that makes bones brittle, greatly increasing the risk of fractures. It is, therefore, no surprise that about 75% of hip, spine and forearm fractures occur in older adults, especially post-menopausal women. While these statistics are scary, osteoporosis is not an inevitable part of aging. In fact, it’s both preventable and treatable. Should You Get Tested for Osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is one of the most underdiagnosed conditions. There are way too many people walking around with it who probably won’t realize they have it until they fracture a bone. The best way to know if you have osteoporosis is to get a bone mineral density test, often referred to as a BMD test. It’s a quick painless test that uses x-rays to measure bone mass and the specific amount of minerals in certain areas of your bones. You shouldn’t wait until symptoms appear before getting the BMD test. If you’re a post-menopausal woman or have other risk factors for osteoporosis, such as long term use of oral steroids, get tested. Even if your physician says you are in the normal range, remember to get retested every year or every other year. How To Build Bone Mass Start Early Bone mass increases steadily until the age of 30. After that, bones start to break down faster than new ones are made, leading to bone loss. If you take care…
Embrace Your Authentic Self
How often do you feel pressured to mask who you really are? How often do you withhold how you feel or think, keep your opinions to yourself, and do your best to fit in or conform? Whether it’s work colleagues, family, friends, or even social media, we tend to hide our true selves. But if…
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Why You Must Take Charge of Your Thinking
We are what we think. That’s what they say. Is it true – do you believe it? Maybe, maybe not. But there is a relationship between the quality of our thoughts and the quality of our life. Some people try to improve their lives with materialistic things and experiences, or they turn to mind-altering substances…
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4 Steps to Tame Your Emotions
Think about your life for a second. What are some special memories? What makes those memories feel so special? Emotions. To a large degree, our emotional experience determines our life experience. We experience a variety of emotions. Some are pleasurable. Others are painful. Sometimes we process them productively. Sometimes we avoid them. Denying unresolved emotions…
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Take Charge of Your Happiness
What is happiness? People talk about it all the time, “I just want to be happy,” “you deserve to be happy.” It’s even in our Constitution, “pursuit of happiness.” According to the dictionary, one definition of happiness is “feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.” Everyone wants to be happier. And you can be. Consider these…
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Whose Your Positive Role Model?
A positive role model is someone you respect. But it’s more than just having someone to look up to. It’s about finding someone you feel is worthy of modeling. It can be more than one person. You can have positive role models for your personal and professional life or your intimate relationship. They influence how…
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10 Ways to Combat Loneliness
Loneliness is feeling sad about being socially disconnected and isolated from people. When you’re going through something very difficult and you wish you had someone to talk to but don’t, you can feel emotionally lonely. Most people feel sad, lonely or even depressed from time to time because of life’s challenges and pain from loss…
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To Thine Own Self Be True…
One of the most well-known personality tests is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). It’s a psychometric assessment designed to measure preferences in how a person perceives the world and makes decisions. The test is based on Carl Jung’s book Psychological Types published in 1921 A mother-daughter team did the original work for the Myers-Briggs Type…
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The Purpose of Personality Testing
Personality testing strives to evaluate and describe certain aspects of our character that are supposed to be the underlying constructs that make us who we are. The idea is that by discovering our unique traits we will become more effective in our career, unlock our potential, and find a a life partner who is best…
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Are Personality Tests Reliable?
Have you ever felt like you needed to go find yourself? If so, you’re not alone. In fact, according to Google, hundreds of millions of people are interested in figuring out who they are. For decades, scientists and personal development professionals have used personality typing to help people discover insightful truths about themselves. Traits versus…
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5 Simple Ways to Age Better
Time doesn’t stop for anyone. Everyone ages. All the money in the world can’t buy another second of time. But that doesn’t mean you can’t control how well you age. Here are five simple ways to age better. Grip Strength Grip strength might not be an exciting topic but it’s related to multiple health and…
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Why You Need Sleep And How to Get More
The quality of your sleep affects your quality of life. Period. Sleep isn’t a luxury or a guilty pleasure. Your body, mind and soul require rest to be healthy and for you to be at your best. We spend up to a third of our life sleeping. During sleep, our brain is hard at work…
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Is Change A Good Idea? Ask Yourself These 5 Questions
Most people don’t like change…they resist it or fight it because they find comfort in the familiar – and change is anything but familiar. Whether we like it or not, change is happening all around us. Sometimes it’s the result of our choices or consequences. Sometimes it comes out of nowhere and smacks us up…
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