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An Ounce of Prevention

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Posted on September 13, 2022October 9, 2022by Barry Franks

2 mn readWe have a saying here in England, ‘An ounce of prevention, is worth a pound of cure.’ With this in mind, I felt at my age, it was time to get to my doctor’s and have a prostate exam. I had been putting this off for ages and ignoring constant advice from my significant other. […]

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Tagged ageing and health, Amazing Older Men, featured

Backstroke

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Posted on June 28, 2022August 6, 2022by Gerry Herman

6 mn readGerry Herman, 66, wrote this piece when he was in his mid-40s about his father who was 71. He explained that at that point ’71 seemed much older than it does now’.

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Tagged ageing and health, family relationships, featured, older men

I Was Like a Man Falling off a Ferry – I had MS

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Posted on June 14, 2022September 22, 2022by Peter Marriott Thompson

6 mn readThe next thing was the tests and the MRI scans, until eventually the GP sat me down and handed me the letter he had received from the hospital and said ‘maybe you had better read this.’

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I Hate to Call it a Disorder – finding out I had ADHD at 57

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Posted on May 24, 2022August 6, 2022by Advantages of Age

6 mn readIvan Pope is a writer, artist and long-distance cyclist who lives in Brighton. He originally graduated from Goldsmiths College Fine Art BA.

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Tagged ageing and creativity, featured, mental health

What the hell is Tre?

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Posted on February 22, 2022August 10, 2022by Advantages of Age

4 mn readTRE (Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises by Dr David Berceli) is a somatic stress management tool I had experienced once, about ten years ago.

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Tagged berceli, exercise, tension, trauma, tre

An Unexpected Hospital Stay in the Middle of the Pandemic

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Posted on June 8, 2021August 9, 2022by Hanja Kochansky

9 mn readFoolish me. I presumed I had it under control at 85. I planned to live for about ten more years and then, in my mid-90s, die of a heart attack.

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Tagged ageing and health, featured, lockdown lives, London lockdown

Choosing To Live Apart – how does that shimmy down as we get older

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Posted on May 10, 2022August 6, 2022by Rose Rouse

7 mn readWe were old when we met. Asanga – Pete, Albert variously – was almost 70 and I was almost 60. And we lived five hours apart by car…

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Tagged featured, Relationships, relationships in later life

Return of the Wise Woman

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Posted on March 11, 2016September 26, 2022by Lynne Franks

3 mn readI’m coming up to 68, in a passionate, new relationship, developing several big business ideas, travelling around the world, moving home but not sure where or even which country.

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Tagged Bloom Retreats, Lynne Franks, PR, wise women

A Paean to Raving at 53

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Posted on June 14, 2016August 5, 2022by Kavida Rei

5 mn readI’m one of the world’s oldest ravers and I’m still raving. I consider it a radical act of defiance against the fear machine that promotes hard work until retirement, after which you’re expected to tip-toe quietly towards death

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Tagged age and memories, fabulous older women, Kavida Rei, Ravers

I spent a lifetime trying to be someone else – now I’m free to be me

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Posted on June 21, 2016August 6, 2022by Pepi Lemer

3 mn readFreedom… that sweet word which, for me, encompasses everything that sums up what it feels like to be of a ‘certain age’.

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Tagged Amazing Older Women, musicians, Pepi Lemer

Swimming Lessons

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Posted on June 28, 2016August 6, 2022by Jean Callahan

6 mn readDorothy knew that I wasn’t a strong swimmer, but what she didn’t know was that I really couldn’t swim at all…

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Tagged Jean Callahan, Swimming

Sex in My 70s – at last, the pressure is off!

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Posted on October 25, 2016August 6, 2022by Asanga Judge

4 mn readMuch of my life, despite discovering meditation in my 30s, has been about achieving goals – either physical ones in different sporting activities or intellectual ones in my medical career.

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Tagged ageing and sex, Path of Love, Relationships

A Feminist Arrives in Nakedland

Posted in Age is No Barrier, Voyages
Posted on November 15, 2016August 6, 2022by Lori Perkins

4 mn readI casually mentioned to people that I was going to Cap d’Agde this September. Most of my friends didn’t know where that was or what it was…

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Tagged Amazing Older Women, Cap D’Agde, Lori Perkins, Naturism, Nudist Beaches

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