Category: HEALTH AND WELLNESS

  • I tried pole dancing and my arms are killing me!

    I tried pole dancing and my arms are killing me!

    Yesterday I tried pole dancing for the first time, and today my arms complain whenever I lift them up. My legs have bruises and my thighs are sore, but I have to tell you that I feel absolutely magnificent! I have always been curious about pole dancing. It is the idea of flight that fascinates…

  • Catching up on falling apart

    Catching up on falling apart

    One of the things that I now have the leisure of doing: Catching up on television shows that I’ve missed. I remember being so captivated by Grey’s Anatomy with McDreamy and McSteamy, Izzie cutting Denny’s LVAD, Karev giving O’Malley syphilis, and Christina Ricci doing a cameo as a paramedic. I think I went as far…

  • Embracing my lines, wrinkles, and everything else

    Embracing my lines, wrinkles, and everything else

    I was told that I may need to start using Botox. My eye bags had started making their existence known, most especially when I didn’t have enough shut-eye, and it was suggested that Botox could maybe improve their appearance. I grew up in the supermodel era. Linda Evangelista wouldn’t wake up for less than $10,000…

  • How to pose in a swimsuit in your fifties if you’re not Paulina Porizkova

    How to pose in a swimsuit in your fifties if you’re not Paulina Porizkova

    Of course, there is only one Paulina Porizkova but this doesn’t mean the rest of us have to look all sloppy either. Picking the right swimsuit is half the battle. The fifty-year-old body is not like the forty-year-old’s. We’ve got some mileage on us, and we should be proud of it whether it’s because we’ve…

  • How not to start your morning

    How not to start your morning

    I used to start mornings most disastrously. The moment I opened my eyes, I would instinctively reach for my phone and check for any messages or notifications. I would reply to messages before I had even brushed my teeth. So yes, if you had received any message from me in the morning a couple of…