Hi, I'm Ann Harrison, founder of Contemporary Retirement Coaching and creator of the Retirement Detox Program. I hope you find the articles and resources here to be informative and inspirational and look forward to reading your comments and thoughts. More about me.
We all know how important Calcium is in the prevention of Osteoporosis, but what do you do if you're not particularly keen on dairy products? Here are some sneaky tricks for working calcium into your diet and routine from msn.com in conjunction with Caring.com.
'It's just a stage you're going through...' - how many times have well-meaning friends and family members said that to you over the course of your lifetime? And, as far as retirement is concerned, 'disillusionment and disenchantment' is just one of the stages that most retirees go through. (Check out Mark Cussen's ' 6 stages of retirement' to find out which stage you've reached in the retirement process.)
Of course, problems can occur when you spend too long in the 'disenchantment' stage and feelings of disenchantment start to turn into boredom and dissatisfaction with your life, which can, in turn, lead to full-blown anxiety and depression.
If you feel that you may be suffering from depression, I would urge you to contact your Doctor immediately and get the help you need. However, if you feel that it's time to give yourself a bit of a shake-up in the 'retirement lifestyle' department, here are some of the ways that I can help:
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It's never too late to rescue your retirement from the doldrums and turn it into the retirement you deserve!
Recently, I read a news item about a 74 year old British man who died inside a labrynth of
tunnels he had built in order to find his way through the piles of
foul-smelling rubbish he had accumulated in his home. He was thought to have become lost inside the tunnels and, unable to find a way out, died there of dehydration. Incredible!
And though I'm sure that your own clutter is on a very much smaller scale, I should imagine that it's a very rare person who has no clutter whatsoever...
Why do people accumulate clutter? Maybe they:
.
are rebelling against their upbringing, (if their parents were
sticklers for tidiness and insisted that their children lived by the
same standards)
. had a poor or deprived childhood and they surround themselves with 'stuff' to help them feel more secure
. are unhappy and are spending money on things they don't need in order to make themselves feel better
. are depressed and don't have the inclination or the energy to clear the clutter away or
. just can't be bothered to find a place for everything.
Most
houses have clutter 'hot-spots' - places where stuff accumulates on a
regular basis. The clutter hot-spots in our house are the hall table,
my desk-top, my bedside table and the sofa in my partner's office which
gets piled up with stuff that we need to take with us to the boat or
stuff that we have brought back from the boat.
Where is the
clutter hot-spot in your house? How does the clutter make you feel when
you look at it, or try to move past it or clean round it? My guess is
that you feel stressed, frustrated, slightly depressed and annoyed and
maybe even a little helpless and hopeless.
Next, think about the
great feeling you get when you walk into a room after you've completely
cleaned and cleared it. How good does it feel to get rid of all the
junk? Clutter takes up space in your brain. It is always there at the
back of your mind. It is always
there on your mental 'to-do' list, being carried around in your head indefinitely.
If, like me, most of your clutter is of the paper variety, use the Do, Schedule, Delegate, or Dump technique. The aim is to touch each piece of paper that comes into your house only once.
Set up a mail-opening station in the hall or in your study or office. Keep a bin handy by the work surface to throw unwanted items into immediately. Better still, buy and use a shredder to avoid being a victim of the growing crime of identity theft. Register with the Mail Preference Service (you can do this on-line) to cut down on the amount of junk mail being sent to you. At the same time, register with the Telephone Preference Service to stop all unwanted marketing phone calls. Both of these are quick and easy to do and you will be amazed at the difference it makes.
Every time you open an envelope, resolve to either Do, Schedule, Delegate or Dump the contents. Either:
Do it right away (file it, write a cheque, write a reply, sign it and send it back)
Schedule it if you can't deal with it immediately (write it on your calendar or in your diary)
Delegate it to the right person to deal with it or someone who can handle it or
Dump it straight into the bin.
If you find it too daunting to jump right in and clear the clutter from an entire room, start smaller. Start by clearing a drawer, a cupboard or a desk-top. Every time you leave a room that needs clearing, take with you five items that need throwing away or which should be stored somewhere else. Do a 10-minute blitz - go into the room and spend 10 minutes picking up everything that shouldn't be there. Set a timer and, when it goes off, stop clearing. Do it again later.
Thin people - whether they are naturally thin or have lost weight and managed to keep it off - have several strategies in common which help them to stay thin without, apparently, having to work at it. Here are 10 of those strategies...
Being born to a mother who was under age 25, being a tea drinker and having strong legs... all indicators that you could live long enough to join the Centenarians' Club. Find out what else could help you qualify here.
This is one that will probably appeal to UK readers only:
The Health Tourism Show is coming to Olympia Two in London on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 October, and if you have an interest in this kind of thing, there's still time to register free, at http://www.onlineregistration.co.uk/cgi-bin/reg.pl?showdir=healthtourism&formname=reg.
The event will bring providers of dental, medical, cosmetic, joint replacement and other health services from abroad to London. The event is being run by the organisers of the Retirement Show who say that going abroad for treatment can have the following benefits:
* Lower costs, even taking into account flights and accommodation
* Beat NHS queues
* Well-trained English-speaking
staff
* Take a holiday during convalescence
The Health Tourism Show also includes 3 free seminar theatres, which
will cover every aspect of choosing the right supplier abroad for
your health and medical needs.
Exhibitors include:
Angelis Group UK Insurance
Chirurgiepro Tunisia Cosmetic Surgery
Barcelona Centro Medico Spain Hospital Group
Cosmetic Surgery UK Magazine UK Cosmetic Surgery Magazine
Dr Giuliano Alfieri Italy Dental
Dunya Eye Hospitals Group Turkey Eye Surgery
Forerunner India Health travel agent
Malta Medical - Fortina Spa Resort Malta Health travel agent
Four Seasons Cyprus Hotel
Glour UK Israel Cosmetics
Healthcare and Wellness Sdn Bhd Malaysia Health travel agent
Heaven Sent UK Massage
Holiday Tours Malaysia Health travel agent
Isida Clinic Ukraine IVF Hospital
Morfi Clinic Cyprus Cosmetic Surgery
Multiclinica Medefi Dental Clinic Portugal Dental
Nadija Clinic Ukraine IVF Clinic
Odontika Lithuania Dental
Picture Perfect Cyprus Health travel agent
Polyclinique Hammamet Tunisia Hospital
Porcelain Ukraine Dental
QualityPlant Hungary Dental
Scanhealth Scandinavia Norway Hospital Group (IVF)
Singelberg Clinic Belgium Cosmetic Surgery
St Raphael Private Hospital Cyprus Hospital
Treatment Abroad UK Website
Tulip Holidays Ltd Turkey Health travel agent
World Med Community USA Health travel agent
Yeditepe University Hospital Turkey Hospital (IVF)
Ygia Polyclinic Cyprus Hospital
Gran Canaria Spa and Wellness Spain Health travel agent
...
and a number of other companies that are in the process of confirmation.
Who'd have thought that being an active blood donor would be linked with a lower risk of liver, lung, colon, stomach and throat cancers? And maybe, like me, you hadn't put two and two together and realised that the good news associated with the rise in petrol/gas prices is that traffic fatalities have dropped because fewer drivers are on the road. Find out more in 8 Ways to Stay Healthy.
It's thought that here in the UK alone, at least 1.5 million adults are affected by Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). And I'm one of them - but, fortunately, I'm only an occasional sufferer. It's usually on days that I don't get enough exercise and it only happens in the evening, when I'm relaxing. It's certainly not severe enough to lead me to seek treatment but it definitely prompted me to read this article on RLS from MSN.com.
Why do the rich have better health than the poor? Why do they enjoy greater longevity and less disease? Why is social class a better predictor of health than family history? Find out in Be As Healthy As The Wealthy, an interesting article for MSN Men's Health by Laurence Roy Stains.
Watch how your body turns food into fat, expanding your omentum (the 'apron' that hangs off your stomach) and your waistline in this short (01.24 minute) video from Oprah's Dr Oz. And how much better at human biology would I have been if they'd only had videos like this when I was at school?
