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Courage and Croissants, Inspiring Joyful Living is here and available at www.healthyjoyfulliving.com, Amazon, and B&N online. Below is an excerpt from one of our Guide book chapters. We find that this is even more important today as the world around us challenges us everyday. Lean into Creating the Life You Want to Live Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase....

TGIF can mean a lot of things, and in this case, we’re talking about RE-gifting. Tell me that you’ve never re-gifted, and I’ll call you a liar...or a saint...or maybe too driven! Let’s face it, we’ve all received gifts whereby, after our initial shock and embarrassment for the GIVER because a tacky fake crystal giraffe is NOT reflective of the type of gift one should give...

Typically in the past when I walked the beach I listened to my iPod. It could have been music of the 1950s, or maybe the Boss or Jimmy Buffett or Marc Cohn or John Mellencamp. And when I did, I usually shut out most of the world around me. I saw what was around me - sand, ocean, people, but I didn't observe them. However, on my recent daily walks, following my heart attack, I no longer wear my...

Growing Bolder Radio Show guest Ciji Ware is challenging us to get rid of our lead-filled toys and stuff that's been collecting in our homes for years. She suggests some questions we should ask ourselves before buying a gift just for the sake of buying.

However magnificent one’s earlier accomplishments, getting older can be a humbling experience. Loss of peripheral vision and depth judgment, lessened hearing acuity, decreased sensitivity of taste buds, stiffened arteries, declining bone density, a less efficient heart pump, reduced lung capacity, wrinkling of skin, reduced muscle strength and, for some, loss of hair are a few of the...

Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner....

Dear Pharmacist, I took your column regarding hormone replacement to my doctor. He’s never ordered progesterone, just estrogen because of the hysterectomy. For eight years, I’ve suffered with occasional hot flashes, mood swings, insomnia, and I can’t lose weight. Anyway, three days later, his nurse called to say he did some research, and wanted to add bio-identical progesterone to my...