Category: Growing Older

I’ve been talking quite a bit lately with my older women friends about makeup a lot lately. It seems that the products that I’ve used for years are no longer suited for me. Most particularly, anything that goes around or under my eyes. For instance,  my concealer and foundation are too drying for my already dry under eye area causing the dryness to become even more exaggerated – it’s not a pretty look!

You might recall your parents telling you to “eat your fruits and vegetables” as a child. And if you have children of your own, you probably exhort them to do the same.  But do you eat your fruits and vegetables?  And does it really matter when you start to eat them?   

I remember the first time I was faced with the sudden realization that I no longer had full control over my bladder. Oh sure, there were those times where I laughed until I thought I was going to pee. What women hasn’t experienced that, especially after a few glasses of wine! But this was different.

In a world where oversharing is the norm, it’s amazing to me how few women admit to having urinary incontinence. But, it’s estimated that up to 50% of all women will experience the involuntary loss of urine at some time in their life.1 That’s a lot of women dealing with the psychological and physical effects of this common problem on their own.