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Mindset shifts post-Covid

Spending so much alone time at home during Covid led me to develop a couple of mindsets, or attitudes, that do NOT reflect the person I want to be. And yet, now that the pandemic is over, I’m finding it hard to shake off these attitudes. Specifically, I have two mindset shifts to make post-Covid: a sense of social anxiety, and an orientation toward self-centeredness.

This post will describe how I got here and what I’m doing to move forward. Maybe my story will help you shift a mindset you’re struggling with, too.

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Immunocompromised behavior post-Covid

Have you noticed? Covid is over. Finished. The national emergency is history. Most people in the US have gone on with their lives. Stopped masking, stopped pumping hand sanitizer at building entrances. Personal and business travel is up. We’re resuming our regular behavior post-Covid. Life is back to normal.

Only it’s not.

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6 things I learned from 2 weeks of plant-based eating

Is plant-based eating a game-changer for health? Or just another craze? I thought I’d do an experiment in plant-based eating myself, so I ate no animal products for 2 weeks straight.

Here’s what I learned from 2 weeks of plant-based eating.

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Plant-based eating in midlife

Approximately two-thirds of the world’s population lives on a primarily plant-based diet. Although that estimate connects to issues of poverty and the availability of meat worldwide, it also indicates that America’s meat-focused way of eating might not be the best. Not surprisingly, more and more people are giving plant-based eating a try.

I wanted to understand what plant-based eating really means, why people are switching to plant-based diets and whether this way of eating is something that can benefit me at midlife.

Here’s a summary of my research. This post will help you distinguish the different types of plant-based diets, why people choose plant-based eating, and how to get started with it. See what you think about whether plant-based eating in midlife is something that works for you.

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Getting off opioids after surgery

Opioid addiction is widespread in the US: from 1999 to 2019, almost 500,000 people died of opioid overdoses. Some addictions start when recuperating patients receive opioids after surgery. I used opioid prescriptions to combat post-surgical pain after knee replacement in 2020, and getting off opioids turned out to be a major challenge in my recovery.

Here’s my personal account. I hope it may help you or a friend. Feel free to share this post.

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Midlife hand pain: my experience with CTS

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) affects three times as many women as men, particularly post-menopausal women in their fifties. Carpal tunnel release surgery, a simple procedure that relieves swelling and pain in the hand, is the most often performed hand surgery in the United States. In this post, I’ll tell you about my experience with CTS and my carpal tunnel release surgeries. I hope my story will help you decide how you want to deal with carpal tunnel pain you might have.

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