Insomnia, Mindfulness, Music, Music and Medicine, Music Composer
When your mind is racing, how do you power down your mind? You can start with mindfulness and by powering down your phone. Listen to the recording of me reading this post over my original music played by Ben Schwendener....
Anger, Composer, General Health, Mental Health, Music and Medicine, Music Composer, Stress Reduction
It’s not always easy getting where you want to go. There is lots of rerouting and you may have to make a U-Turn. But it can be easier if you are flexible and willing to learn from your mistakes. Here’s a Musical Musing about a U-Turn. Listen to it with the...
Aging, Diet & Nutrition, EstrogenBook, Exercise, General Health, healthy eating, sexual health
Menopause is known as the change, but things don’t have to change for the worse. In fact, for many women, menopause is the beginning of a new opportunity to enjoy the life they want to live and for healthy aging. Here are my top 5 tips to “change” for the better and...
Diet & Nutrition, General Health, healthy eating, Nutrition
From Thanksgiving though New Years pumpkin pie is a staple of the American Diet. This recipe is from Chef Kevin from Community Servings. It’s delicious so I’m sharing it with you! They provide food that has the ability to heal not just the sick, but the...
Aging, Diet & Nutrition, Estrogens, Exercise, General Health, osteoporosis
It’s winter and that means slippery ice on the ground in many parts of the country… So it’s time to think about how to prevent falls more often than usual. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC): One out of five falls causes a serious...
Composer, Health Song, Inappropriate Touching, Sexuality
Last night on 60 Minutes one of the stories was about Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman and her story of sexual abuse and inappropriate touching from the then Olympic doctor Larry Nassar. Aly was a naïve young girl, and like many of her team mates and those...
Aging, Early Menopause, General Health, Hot Flashes, Hot Flashes, Menopause, Sleep, Sleep Apnea
If you’re one of the 75% of women who get hot flashes around the time of menopause, there may be more than just the heat that is affecting your sleep. According to a North American Menopause Society (NAMS) November 1 online publication of Menopause, severe hot...
Diabetes, Diabetes Song, EstrogenBook, Estrogens, Health Song, High Blood Pressure, Menopause, menopause symptoms, Metabolic Syndrome Song, Music and Medicine, Music Composer, Stroke, Weight Control
Are you struggling with midlife belly fat? Belly fat can mean much more more than how you look or your jeans or dress size. Your jelly belly may be a clue you’ve got metabolic syndrome. I’m discussing metabolic syndrome in honor of Diabetes Awareness Month. In...
Diabetes, Diabetes Song, Diet & Nutrition, General Health, Heart Disease, Menopause, menopause symptoms, Mood Swings
November is National Diabetes Month. And diabetes definitely needs more awareness. There are approximately 114 million people in the U.S. affected by diabetes. 30 million have the disease and 84 million more people have prediabetes meaning their blood sugar is...
Depression, General Health, Health Song, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Music, Music and Medicine, Music Composer, Stress, Stress Reduction, Yoga
It seems most people today are feeling like the world’s a pretty stressful place. News stories keep the focus on negative things that make it difficult to feel relaxed. We can’t avoid our realities – there are a lot of challenges and there is...
