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5 Reasons Midlife Women Should Walk Each Day

Health, Self-Care / By MaryJo Scamurra / 21 Comments / October 7, 2019 August 17, 2021

Learn why it is so important for women over 50 to take a walk each day for their health, and all the benefits that come with it. It is so important for middle-aged women to maintain a daily walking routine. Many women in midlife have spent years and years taking care of …

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3 Steps to Form New Habits & Simple Ways to Keep Them

Mindset, Self-Care / By MaryJo Scamurra / 15 Comments / September 15, 2019 August 17, 2021

Learn 3 easy steps you can take to form new habits and several simple things you can do to ensure you keep them. In my continual effort to better myself, I have been looking to form some new habits. I think we all have times in our lives where we intentionally want …

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Small Acts of Self-Care for Midlife Women

8 Small Acts of Self-Care

Self-Care / By MaryJo Scamurra / 9 Comments / September 10, 2019 August 17, 2021

Learn small and simple self-care practices for midlife women to feel rejuvenated, refreshed, and recharged so you can stop feeling drained, stressed, and burned out. This blog post contains affiliate links. Read my full disclosure here. Even the smallest acts of self-care can have big effects. By the time we have reached …

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3 Simple Ways to Recharge Your Tired Body

Health, Self-Care / By MaryJo Scamurra / Leave a Comment / August 18, 2019 August 17, 2021

Helpful tips that are quick and easy ways to rejuvenate and refresh your body when you are feeling run down and exhausted. Does midlife exhaustion have you worn out? If you find yourself being less productive because you are too tired for much of anything these days, you are not alone. This …

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10 Quotes & Inspirations for Midlife Women

Mindset, Self-Care / By MaryJo Scamurra / Leave a Comment / July 7, 2019 August 17, 2021

Quotes and inspirations to remind midlife women they have earned their place and to never stop climbing. By the time we've reached midlife, some days it is a chore to muster up a smile. Life can be hard. We get tired. Relationships roll on like roller coasters. Careers seem unfulfilling. The list goes on …

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Build Up Your Happiness

Mindset, Self-Care / By MaryJo Scamurra / 12 Comments / June 17, 2019 April 29, 2021

Become happier through a conscious effort. Self-help information that includes a free workbook with characteristics of happy people and exercises to build up your happiness. Many people like to think that true happiness is not possible in life. Since life is full of ups and downs, there will always be different levels …

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3 Steps to Personal Growth

Mindset, Self-Care / By MaryJo Scamurra / 9 Comments / June 4, 2019 August 17, 2021

A beginner's guide to personal growth. The process includes understanding your inner strengths, finding your weaknesses and working on fixing them to meet your ultimate goals. I turned 50 this year. That milestone was the perfect opportunity for me to take a long, hard look at myself. I knew I wanted to work …

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Ipsy Glam Bag vs. Ipsy Glam Bag Plus

Lifestyle, Self-Care / By MaryJo Scamurra / 6 Comments / May 15, 2019 July 30, 2021

Comparison between the standard ipsy Glam Bag subscription and the new ipsy Glam Bag Plus. Subscription beauty boxes are all the rage, even for older women. It is a convenient way to try new products you may not have known about otherwise. Last month, I received an email from ipsy asking …

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Finding Your Midlife Path

Mindset, Self-Care / By MaryJo Scamurra / 2 Comments / March 24, 2019 July 30, 2021

A free printable guide to help you discover and determine your purpose in life now that you have reached middle age. It may be time to redefine our purpose as we become middle-aged. A strong desire to find our path in midlife is very common. Right now there are millions of women, …

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7 Reasons to Color as an Adult

Self-Care / By MaryJo Scamurra / 24 Comments / March 10, 2019 August 17, 2021

Adult coloring is an excellent way to improve mental health and mind clarity. Learn why and how to get started with this beneficial therapy. Coloring offers many benefits for your midlife mental health. It's not just for kids anymore. It takes time and effort to color a page in an adult coloring book. …

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