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Margaret Elaine

• Margaretelaine.com (The Freedom Code, $37) (05/26)

• Margaret Elaine Videos @ youtube.com (05/26)

• What NOT to Do When Your Husband Passes First @ youtube.com (05/26)

• Things Nobody Tells You About Living Alone As An Older Woman @ youtube.com (05/26)

• Before You Turn 70: Throw Away These 5 Things, Even If It Hurts @ youtube.com (05/26)
  • I was holding on to things that made my life harder
  • Is keeping this making my life better?

• Growing Old Alone After 65 ... The Loneliness Nobody Talks About @ youtube.com (05/26)

• The 7 habits That Kept Me Out of the Nursing Home @ youtube.com (05/26)

• In Old Age We Only Need These Seven Pillars to be Happy @ youtube.com (05/26)
  • #1: Protect a body that cooperates -- walking, exercises, good diet
  • #2: Financial stability -- every dollar I didn't spend gave me more security
  • #3: Routine
  • #4: Have one reason to get out of bed
  • #5: Deep connection -- you need one relationship in which you don't have to perform
  • #6: Ability to be at peace alone
  • #7: Gratitude for what remains -- days were defined by what I COULD experience

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The Old Truth

• If You're Over 70, Staying Home Is the BEST Thing You Can Do @ youtube.com (05/26)
  • "The minute a woman sits down, the world forgets her."
  • Where am I in all this running?

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Dr. Daniel Hayes

• Stories of the Elderly: 12 Things to Avoid @ youtube.com (06/26)
  • The biggest threats to your health are hidden in your daily routine
  • 12: Skipping you morning light exposure
    • You need at least 30 minutes of morning light
  • 11: Eating meals in complete silence and isolation
    • Turn the TV on a channel you enjoy
  • 10: Neglecting door and floor safety
  • 9: Taking medications without a structured system (medication errors)
  • 8: Keeping your home too warm
    • The ideal sleeping temperature for adults is 65-68 deg F
  • 7: Going days without touching or being touched
    • Take dance or exercise classes
    • Consider getting a pet
  • 6: Ignoring your sense of purpose
    • The content of the purpose matters far less than its consistency and depth
  • 5: Living with chronic, low-grade dehydration
    • Your thirst mechanism degrades significantly after age 60
    • Drink 8-9 cups of fluid a day, prioritizing water
    • Set a 90-minute timer as a hydration reminder
    • Add a pinch of sodium with your water
  • 4: Avoiding strength training because you think it is for young people
  • 3: Letting you home become socially unwelcoming (social isolation)
  • 2: Relying on emergency responses instead of prevention and detection systems
    • Wear a medical alert device around your neck
    • Set up daily check-in systems, apps like Snug or Life365
    • Telling your doctor that you live alone
  • 1: Abandoning your brain's need for novelty and learning
    • You must deliberately introduce novelty into your daily routine
    • Take a beginner's class in something you have never done before

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