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With love and respect,
Connie Clark
Founder, Joy after Fifty
March 10th, 2011 
Connie How to Reduce Stress, Increase Happiness and Longevity… Stress is the leading cause of dis-ease! It can cause headaches, gastrointestinal problems, heart disease, high blood pressure, depression, fatigue, poor concentration, memory problems AND it can take years off your life! Yikes… What can you do to relieve these debilitating symptoms? Plenty, as it turns out. […]
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No Comments » February 17th, 2011 Connie Manage Stress and Promote Brain Health: Are you noticing lapses in your memory—especially short term memory? I used to remember people’s names with ease! Today, not so. Do you walk into a room and wonder why you’re there? I am often looking for my glasses. Once, while searching, I realized they were on my head! […]
Posted in Stress Tags: Aging Brain, Anti-stress, baby boomers, Boomer Women, Boomers, brainn, depression, Happy Mood, health, Meditation, memory, mental health, Motivation, Positive Psychology, stress, vitality, women over 50, women's health No Comments » February 6th, 2011 Connie Reduce Stress and Boost Health through Love and Forgiveness As we approach Valentine’s Day, the themes of relationships and love come to mind. I will be dedicating this week to topics relevant to deepening our love for one another and ourselves. In the video below, you will hear Marianne Williamson discuss forgiveness – how it […]
Posted in Stress Tags: Anti-stress, Boomer Women, Forgiveness, happiness, love, mental health, Motivation, Self- Love, women's health No Comments » December 27th, 2010 Connie A POST-HOLIDAY STRESS CURE: POETRY, IMAGINATION, AND HOPE First, a poem written in 1513 that still inspires! I salute you. I am your friend, and my love for you goes deep. There is nothing I can give you which you have not. But there is much, very much, that, while I cannot give it, you can take. No […]
Posted in Stress Tags: Anti-stress, Dreams, Hangover, Happy Holidays, Happy Mood, health, Holiday Tips, Hopes, Imagine, Inspiration, John Lennon, joy, joyworks, Memorable Holidays, mental health, Science of Happiness, Serenity, stress, women's health No Comments » December 4th, 2010 Connie Coping with Holiday Stress While the holidays can provide wonderful opportunities for family bonding, festive celebration, and expressing gratitude, they can also be a source of stress and depression. The holiday blues often creep up as a result of unrealistic expectations, financial hardship, commercialization, family issues, and overall exhaustion. What can we do to fend […]
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