Vibrant seniors and boomers are blogging and using Facebook, Twitter and Skype to keep up with families and friends. Social media savvy seniors and boomers may also be boosting brain power new research suggests.

Vibrant seniors and boomers are blogging and using Facebook, Twitter and Skype to keep up with families and friends.  Social media savvy seniors and boomers may not be the first to try the newest app or gadget; but are eager to adopt them once the technology is mainstream.  Older users on social media are active to discuss and share travel, health, hobbies or search for products, values, and discounts.  The social and digital contribution of these connected seniors is impressive! Baby Boomers are 80 million strong and growing.

In just five years, 50% of the US population will be 50+ projects Nielsen Research. (August 2012)

US Boomers’ Internet usage now is impressive:

- 33% of all online users

- 33% of all social media and Twitter

- 33% are heavy internet users.

Currently, there are about 21 million online seniors (those aged over 65 years old) in the United States according to Forrester Research, (June 2012).

Forrester finds 49% of digital seniors in the US are using Facebook.

- 91% of online seniors use email

- 59% have purchased products online in past three months

- 46% send/receive photos by email

- 44% play solo games online

- 24% sign up for coupons/freebies.

Staying connected online and through social media may be a great way for seniors to stay healthy. One recent study shows social media can give older adults a brain boost.  Researchers at the University of Arizona taught some seniors, over 65, how to use Facebook and then put them through cognitive and memory tests.  The new Facebook users fared 25 percent better on the tests than seniors who did not use the social network.

Boomers were raised in front of the TV and have always embraced media and technology. The size of the screens is now shrinking as they continue to grow with a constantly changing tech landscape that could help keep them young and connected for socializing, shopping and entertaining themselves on social media.

To see some of these savvy seniors in action on Facebook, I suggest you visit the Lutheran Senior Services page on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/LutheranSeniorServices.

So what to do???? 10 pounds feels like a big brick, and a few jiggles.

Any help?

I am eating lots of veggies, but being a carb addict I find this all so unsatisfying…I think I am having carb withdrawals…

1. Wear black-It goes with everything and looks great on nearly everyone!

2. Always wear something on your body that is slim fitting. If you are wearing flowing pants with wide legs wear s slimming top. If you are wearing a large tunic top wear slim pants…

3. If you are going to wear bright colors chose the part of your body that is the slimmest. For instance if you have rather large tatas wear the more neutral or dark color on top unless you want to extenuate them.  If you have a large bottom well then try the darker color unless of course your aim is to maximize the derrier…

4. Wear your great scarves because they accentuate your beautiful face instead of wrinkles.-same goes for jewelry.

5. Go for length.  A line.  you want the eye to travel in a straight line for length. I don’t know about you but they say you get shorter with age.

6. Accentuate the positive.

7. Think of pieces that are multifunctional, and can go from morning till evening. Those are my favs. What are yours. Picture from Eileen Fisher

Just to let you know sometimes our friend comes in torrents, some times it beats the crap out of us with cramps, sometimes you can’t seem to get rid of it, some times you feel as if you need to go to the emergency room to stop hemooraging…Yes that sounds like fun doesn’t it. I know it sucks…It really does,,,and then you have all those mood swings crying one moment and bloody angry the next…It goes all over the board. One thing is for certain I haven’t experienced any thing close to nuetral..It is either one extreme to the next.  Sorry. Maybe someone else has had a kinder experience.

Here are some books I found that may help you, at least to look up information…

Susan Weed- Menopausal Years the wise woman way

or The wisdom of Menopause-Christine Northup.

I can tell you I haven’t found much wisdom for menopause but there was some good information in there.  Let me ask you have you found any wisdom in Menopause? I have just found well you know crazy hormonal swings, and a body that will not behave…

If you have any books you can recommend please do let me know and I will post them…from friend to friend…Love to hear from you…

Now I am a pretty positive person. I find the bright nugget in every situation or at least try…but when that ugly hormonal cloud comes over me-Just forget it.

Now I haven’t quite found the way to battle the beast…but one thing I have learned is to just grin and bear it. No use talking about it cause no one else can really understand this beast…so like I said just grin and bear it. I also take a walk if I can and see if I can find anything pretty to look at. A bit of external focus never hurt a soul.

I was told to drink loads of water, gobs of green tea, use that hormonal roller coaster as a few cleansing days so that I  can blame it on the cleansing.  Sounds reasonable. Next time I will try that…

The good news is this can’t last forever can it?

I did find a lash lengthener called Latisse for a mere 120.00 if you get a prescription, so mind you have to pay for the doctor visit as well…a little high in my book for eyelashes…Anyone know when the patent runs out- then the stuff will be about 30 dollars..well maybe by the time I am 75..

I did find something called Smart Lash at Dermstore.com for 29.99 on sale from 100.00 on Amazon it is 63.99. I figured I would give it a go…I will let you know how it works. Maybe, just maybe I will have long

lustrous lashes like my daughters…we shall see. Got any recommendations…

Over the past few weeks, I have visited several blog sites focused on Baby Boomers. The sites have held special interest for me because they were created for many of the same reasons that All Things Fulfilling was born – to participate in the birthing of new tactics in marketing and also to satisfy my desire to take a creative leap in life. 

Many baby boomer men and women have decided the time is now to pursue an interest that has been on the back burner for many years. Just last week, I made a visit to the new business of Karen D. Gilroy of Hayden,Colorado. After fulfilling her duties as a wife and mother, she went back to school and is now fully prepared to counsel others on the interconnectedness of mind, body and spirit. She is helping her clients discover the joys that come with living balanced lives. Nutrition and holistic healing have been life-long interests for Karen. 

Tools for positive change, beyond mind, body and spirit counseling and therapy are available in Karen’s newly released book, published by Balboa Press. Through her book, Discovering the Healer Within, Karen shares what she has learned from mentors including Dr. Joseph Murphy, Catherine Ponder, Rhonda Byrne, John Holland, Harvey and Marilyn Diamond, Louise Hay and many others. 

The importance of exercise, the role the subconscious mind plays in “bringing about what we think about,” detoxifying the body to improve physical health, proper food combining, and the self-healing properties of the human body is all addressed in this book. Discovering the Healer Within is offered to provide insightful facts and topics to aid the reader in beginning  their journey of improved health and spirit. 

Discover the Healer Within is available in print or in e-book format. To order this book, please visit http://bit.ly/ok0ehs. To learn more about Karen D. Gilroy’s services as a mind-body-spirit counselor and therapist, please visit http://bit.ly/paoPUe.

Are you a baby boomer who is ready to pursue a new direction in life? Join the National Association of Baby Boomer Women http://bit.ly/jhkg7I . To read more inspiring stories of women who have started down new creative paths in their lives or are rebuilding their lives after the age of 50 – Google the words Baby Boomer Blogs.

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I’m laughing about how a friend recently had a run-in with a younger person. This younger person expressed doubt that older people could learn new things.

Yes, old people can learn, if they think it’s important. If, say the “old gal” is a public school teacher and she’s being asked to learn yet another package of cross-your-fingers curriculum to improve test scores, handed to her by a central office administration that hasn’t even bothered to determine whether or not this newest package is effective…well, the old gal might just tell you – and she likely WILL tell you, because this ain’t her first beauty contest – what she thinks of the new effort. Can she learn? Most certainly. Will she make the effort? Maybe not.

Rather than throwing up their hands in ageist defeat, today’s employers might find it more effective to demonstrate the value of the new thing to the older workers.

Hey, that sounds familiar. Isn’t that what they’re saying about the millennials?

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