3rd Quarter Recap 2021

Sept. 20th, 2021 – Making Different Choices than My Mother

Who here spent years watching their mother try fad diet after fad diet?

I know that I did, but I come to you today to say we are not destined to become our mothers.

Read this article for my personal account of how I work each day to consciously make healthy decisions. https://www.ljrohan.com/…/making-different-choices…/

Sept. 13th, 2021 – Get a Jump This Year on Seasonal Affective Disorder!

With fall just around the corner and the days growing shorter, some may experience SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder).

Equip yourself now by understanding the symptoms and knowing ways you can fight off those winter blues.

Find my top research-based suggestions at https://www.ljrohan.com/…/the-truth-about-seasonal…/.

Sept. 6th, 2021 – A Few Little Changes for a Good Night’s Sleep – Really!

Recently, I wrote a Myth Buster, entitled, Older People Need Less Sleep. As always, I cleared up the erroneous thinking on this topic.

This week, I am revisiting the topic and giving my top, research-based, suggestions to get a better night’s sleep.

• Fewer Trips to the Loo
• What’s for Dinner?
• The World is Blue
• Just Cool It

For more on these suggestions, read this weeks article at https://www.ljrohan.com/blog/a-few-little-changes-for-a-good-nights-sleep-really/

August 30th, 2021 – Rev Up Our Immune System to Stay Healthy This Winter

Are you doing everything you can to power up your immune system to help it fight off illness?

Here, I share with you the best research into which foods and supplements we can take to help supercharge your immune system against illness and be ready for old man winter!

A full list of immune support and explanations are included in this week’s article. https://www.ljrohan.com/…/powering-up-our-immune…/

August 23rd, 2021 – Prevention On Our Plates

Making friends with vegetables, and cutting back on red meat and processed foods will shrink both our waistlines and our breast cancer risk – a double win!

One serving of green vegetables a day for postmenopausal women without a history of breast cancer gave them a 50% advantage over non-cruciferous vegetable eaters. That’s some heavy leafy armor.

Learn more at https://www.ljrohan.com/…/food-as-prevention-in…/.

August 16th, 2021 – Are You Sleep Deprived? The Struggle is Real

One of the most frustrating things we experience as we get older is the loss of good quality, consistently deep, restorative sleep.

I know I have, and still sometimes do, suffer from sleep loss. Here, I look at the science behind why we can’t get a good night’s sleep now that we are in mid-life, or beyond, and offer some concrete ways to change it.

Read more at https://www.ljrohan.com/…/are-you-sleep-deprived-the…/.

August 9th, 2021 –  The Secret Bullet for Slowing Down Our Aging Clock?

Today, I am sharing the secret bullet for slowing down our aging clock.

Located deep inside our brain is the hippocampus. It is the part of our brains responsible for, among other things, our short-term and long-term memory storage. As I discussed last time, stress kills cells, all different kinds of cells throughout our body, and a key component of those cells is their telomeres.

The question is how do we keep those telomeres long and strong? Read this week’s article, https://www.ljrohan.com/…/the-role-of-telomeres-in…, for all the answers.

August 2nd, 2021 – How Stress Negatively Impacts Your Memory

Lowering stress levels should be our number one priority. An overabundance of stress messes with our minds, and as we enter middle age, our bodies don’t have the same reserves they once had to preserve brain function.

Find out more at https://www.ljrohan.com/…/how-stress-negatively…/

July 26th, 2021 – Why Multi-tasking is Draining Your Brain and Memory Banks

The brain, given the chance, has the miraculous capacity to improve, no matter our age!

Our memory banks do not have to stay in drawdown mode; we have the power to make generous deposits by choosing new ways of doing things that will add to our lives at every moment.

Want to find out more? Read my latest article at https://www.ljrohan.com/…/why-multi-tasking-is…/.

July 19th, 2021 – I am Grateful to be My Age

Renowned psychologist, Erik Erickson, laid out eight stages we pass through as we move along the arc of life.

The stage I am closing in on (Stage 8, 65+), includes acceptance, a sense of wholeness, and a sense of peace. All elements of Vibrant Aging™.

To Erikson’s list I would add appreciation and gratitude and awe—for all I have learned and all that I know from my time here on Earth. I truly feel differently— lighter, freer, and yes, more whole. This feeling is one of the profound gifts the pandemic gave me and I am ever grateful.

For you, how has the pandemic changed your life for the better? What insights have you gained? As always, I look forward to hearing your story.

For more about my story, read this week’s article at, https://www.ljrohan.com/blog/i-am-grateful-to-be-my-age/.