Category: Lifestyle
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How to Grow with Silver Chats in 2025
We are setting our goals for 2025, and as a reader, we hope to give you a glimpse into the coming year and what it holds for you. Read more
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What Are the Most Popular Topics for Us?
What topics do you discuss when you get together with friends and family? What are the most popular subjects? Silver Chats researched it, and we explored it in more detail. There are a few topics that will be of no surprise, and perhaps one you didn’t know was of interest to us. Read on to… Read more
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How Are Hobbies and Interests Good for Aging?
What do you do for fun? Do you have hobbies or interests? Do you have a passion for something that ignites or motivates you? Many older adults lose purpose as they age. We experience empty nests when our children leave, and many face the end of their careers. Finding hobbies or interests as we age… Read more
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Is There A Connection Between Lifestyle and Chronic Illness?
Could our ability to control, maintain, and alleviate chronic illness be as simple as a lifestyle choice? What exactly is a lifestyle? Which lifestyle is best for optimum health and wellness in aging? Silver Chats will address these questions and explore the answers. What is a lifestyle? Is it where you reside? Is it the… Read more
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Why Is The Art Of Doing Nothing Important?
When I retired a few years ago, I had a concept of what I wanted it to look like. I looked at my life and divided it into thirds. The first third was from birth to 25, the second was from 25 to 60, and the last was from 60 to death. I self-described the… Read more
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Why Grandparenting Is The Role Of A Lifetime
When my daughter suggested that I write a blog on being a grandparent, I thought it was a great idea. Then I thought about those individuals who don’t have grandchildren. Would it be fair only to address a segment of older adults? But then I realized the “grandparent” relationship benefits are equal for children and… Read more
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How To Live Longer By Fasting
What do you know about fasting? If you are like me, I thought it meant going without food, starving and tired, and being hangry. Yes, I said hangry. When I’m hungry, I get cranky. I’ve skipped meals accidentally or fasted for premedical testing, but never for health benefits. Many of our attitudes around food and… Read more
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Why Voluntourism Is The Best Way To Travel
I made my first solo trip abroad in 2018. My destination was the Himalayan Mountain range that bordered India and China. I had prearranged accommodations through a volunteer organization called LHA. I went online, explored destinations I had dreamed of visiting, and then looked up volunteer opportunities around and near my destination. It came together… Read more
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How to Biohack Longevity
It took me many years of trial and error to figure out my physiology and what my body needed for better health and wellness. The choices, recommendations, and guidelines for age-related diet, exercise, and mental well-being, didn’t work for me. I did my own form of biohacking, not giving it a name. I experimented with… Read more
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The Top 5 Retirement Expenses
The question of retiring, and doing so comfortably, is individual and depends on many factors. After years of working, some rely solely on Social Security benefits. Some are fortunate enough to have had a retirement plan through work or financial planning. Some have acquired assets that provide added cushion and peace of mind upon retirement.… Read more