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The Gift of Age Substack by Dr Linda, a bestselling author of 7 women's health books is the very best science, strategies and secrets for Healthy and Joyful Aging for women over 50.
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Brain Fog Is Real (opens the original)
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The first time I heard the term “brain fog” was about twenty years ago, on live television. I was interviewing a well-known journalist about his struggle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.“I have constant brain fog,” he said. “It feels as though my head is wrapped in a plastic bag and submerged under water.”I remember thinking: that’s it. Someone had finally found words for what I had been living with.I had been exhausted for years, ever since the birth of my fifth child in 1999. As a GP, I had watc
STRONGER THAN YOU THINK YOU NEED TO BE (opens the original)
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For decades, we’ve talked about healthy ageing largely in terms of prevention.Keep your blood pressure down. Watch your glucose. Don’t smoke. Protect your bones. Reduce your risk of dementia. Exercise. Sleep well. Eat well.All of that matters hugely.But lately I’ve been thinking that we’ve missed something.Healthy ageing isn’t only about reducing what might go wrong. It’s about building enough capacity to withstand what inevitably does.Because even if we do everything “right”, life still happens
The Longevity Blueprint: 16 Short Talks on Ageing Well (opens the original)
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Things I No Longer Want to Be Good At (opens the original)
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For most of my life, I’ve been collecting skills without quite noticing it.Being accommodating. Keeping everyone happy. Being needed. Being efficient. Coping well. Saying yes. Not making a fuss.I got good at these things. I also got good at being good.They may even have helped me build my life; a career, a family, a reputation for being reliable. But somewhere along the way I stopped asking whether everything I had become good at still deserved to come with me.I have always valued the concept of
Who Do We Become? (opens the original)
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S oup. Family. Ancestors. The ocean. Some conversations are too rich to be captured by a single theme. This is one of them. A journey through grief, identity, ancestry, motherhood, legacy and ageing. This conversation explores the stories we inherit, the losses that shape us, and the person we continue to become. Joanne Fedler is an internationally bestselling author of 17 books. A former lawyer and women’s rights advocate, she now leads international writing retreats and explores the power of s
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