This is message was on a poster in a store window I passed by the other day. I have been thinking about it ever since. Interesting choice of words, because the antonym of resist is "submit to or yield to" and I don't believe that one hundred percent either. The part that I keep going back to is "some people never get the chance". Those of us who have lost someone to a too early death always have the lingering: what ifs and if only. We never get to know what kind of adult they would have become. How might they...

Each year since 1978 the Kennedy Center Honors has, according to Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein, spotlighted "the extraordinary careers of five artists whose talent and ingenuity have enriched and shaped cultural life in America".   This year one of the most exceptional is Carmen De Lavallade. At 86, Ms. De Lavallade can celebrate many achievements along with a career that continues into it's the seventieth year. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Carmen at age 17, began studying and performing with the modern dance choreographer Lester Horton. Eventually, she brought a friend from Thomas Jefferson High School to study with Horton. The...

This morning I had a long conversation with one of my fitness clients, who is in her seventies, about the new mysterious pain she had been experiencing. I kept asking questions about changes in movement patterns, sleep habits, diet, and exercise; anything new or different that might explain these new unpleasant sensations? Then she said, "Do you think it could be the statin?". I didn't know she had started taking a statin. I told her that whenever you begin taking a medication and then notice a change in your body, it is important to check with your physician to make certain that...

Finally, a word (I hope) we can all accept that distinguishes without stigmatizing those of us who can no longer be considered young. Thanks to Maureen Conners,  "a fascinating woman who works in fashion technology, an emerging longevity industry (that is, a business providing the needs of older people, including education, travel, and entertainment). She uses the word “perennials” to refer to older customers."  Finding a word that embodies what I have always felt aging should be: aspirational.  We know we have to eat well, sleep well, exercise, be surrounded by friends and loved ones, perhaps have a dollop of...

The definition of one's salad days is a " period when one is young and inexperienced." In other words: green, immature, undeveloped. There is a  positive aspect of this time we would all like to retain as we grow older and wiser; that is the mental speed and agility of youth.  It turns out that one simple way to keep some of that youthful brain health is by Eating Your Greens!  Nicholas Bakalar reported in the New York Time : A Salad A Day May Be Good for Brain Health  "Those who ate the most leafy vegetables — one to two servings a...