Welcome to Your True Self Blog where age doesn’t matter…except when it comes to the Coronavirus. Since this pandemic hit the world and eventually the place where I live, fear and anxiety have become a real tangible issue: first when people panicked and cleared the shelves of everything we needed at the stores, and then when each one of us in my family began to realize the possibilities of what it will do to us. So what are the best ways to calm our fear and anxiety?
I was going to research all the best ways and post them all here. But then, I decided to just share my story and the ways that my family is coping with the fear. As I did, I came up with 17 of the best ways to calm our fear and anxiety. There are many more. I welcome you to leave your ideas in a reply below this post! Continue Reading
Checklists and Guides, Lifelong Health, Social Concerns
Aromatherapy, Body Mind Spirit, Body/Mind/Soul, Lifestyle, Meditation, Wellness
Age doesn’t matter when you are in good health. Energy is youth. So in the spirit of lifelong health, I am alerting you to beware of dangerous chemicals that have been lurking in American waters for a long time. But they have been allowed to spread, going unreported and unchecked throughout our lifetimes. This is a time to call for transparency on all levels in our society.
Here’s the Scoop:
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Lifelong Health, Social Concerns
Health and Wellness, Public Health
Recently, my family and I went to hear Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha talk about her book documenting her experience in uncovering the tragic disaster of the Flint water crisis. As she told the audience what happened in Flint, it became clear that public health and a clean environment are ruled by politics. I am sharing news of this event with you because it is important for lifelong health — for you, your children and your grandchildren. Age doesn’t matter. Cultivating good health early in life improves the odds of living longer, and improving our environment is directly related to human health. What happens to others can spread to you and yours. But there are things you can do about it. You can affect what happens to your body and your environment.
My husband. Russ, is a long-time Commissioner of the Detroit Public Library. He interviewed Dr. Mona onstage at Detroit’s Osborn High School auditorium for the Michigan Humanities Great Michigan Read (GMR) program. I will present some talking points from the interview below. But first, let me introduce you to the GMR program and Dr. Mona.
Michigan Humanities’ Great Michigan Read of 2019-20: What the Eyes Don’t See by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha
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Lifelong Health, Social Concerns
Books, Health and Wellness, Making a Difference, Public Health
I belong to an amazing Facebook group called Forever Fierce: The Midlife Revolution, spearheaded by Catherine Grace O’Connell. Their first Forever Fierce Day is February 19, 2018. To celebrate, the group is asking women in midlife and beyond “What does it mean to you to be Forever Fierce in midlife and beyond?” The group promotes the idea that age doesn’t matter when it comes to women staying “fierce.”
I was surprised to be faced from the start with reactions against the word “fierce.” Continue Reading
Inspiration, Social Concerns
For the last 40 years, my husband Russ and I have lived in Detroit. At first, we lived in the Cass Corridor. Then we bought my Aunt Anne’s house on the northeast side. We have lived been here for 31 years because Russ didn’t want to leave Detroit.
The Cass Corridor had a bad reputation back when we lived there. My own family stopped coming to visit us because they thought our home in northeast Detroit was in a dangerous area. My sisters were amazed that I would continue to live here because of my husband’s wishes. I don’t usually invite people over to our house anymore, since the foreclosures took over the area in recent years and the Emergency Manager took away some of our public services.
So why are we here, and what’s good about Detroit? There are lots of reasons, from the personal to the ideal.
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Social Concerns, Things You Don't Know About Me
