As we enter the fall season, I’m looking ahead with great excitement to some projects I have scheduled fo ...
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THRIVE BEYOND 55: OCTOBER
THRIVE BEYOND 55: OCTOBER
As we enter the fall season, I’m looking ahead with great excitement to some projects I have scheduled for the next few months. It all started with planning a backyard party for my sister’s 70th birth ...
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THRIVE BEYOND 55: August 2021
THRIVE BEYOND 55: August 2021
As we reflect on retirement housing in this issue, I’m reminded of my own journey with family members and ...
As we reflect on retirement housing in this issue, I’m reminded of my own journey with family members and friends through the process of deciding whether or not to move. For over 13 years my mother-in ...
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Thrive Beyond 55: July 2021
Thrive Beyond 55: July 2021
I frequently think about our world and how we can make it a better place. In my opinion, that process beg ...
I frequently think about our world and how we can make it a better place. In my opinion, that process begins with our core values and beliefs. When we are aligned with those values and beliefs, they m ...
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Re Start (with Attitude)
Re Start (with Attitude)
As governments talk about restarting the economy post-pandemic, many of us are wondering how to restart o ...
As governments talk about restarting the economy post-pandemic, many of us are wondering how to restart our lives. Pandemic mode took many of us out of high circulation. It limited our social reach an ...
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Thrive Beyond 55: June 2021
Thrive Beyond 55: June 2021
One of the greatest gifts of the last year has been the opportunity to reflect inward. We get so caught u ...
One of the greatest gifts of the last year has been the opportunity to reflect inward. We get so caught up in the gyrations of running our lives that we don’t notice our lives are often running us rag ...
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Thrive Beyond 55: May 2021
Thrive Beyond 55: May 2021
Spring in BC is arriving later than usual, and so are a lot of other things… including the first dose of ...
Spring in BC is arriving later than usual, and so are a lot of other things… including the first dose of the COVID vaccine. Many of us thought BC would be further ahead by now. Like many things ...
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Thrive Beyond 55: April 2021
Thrive Beyond 55: April 2021
ONE YEAR LATER It’s one year from the date I made the heart-wrenching decision to close the magazine for ...
ONE YEAR LATER It’s one year from the date I made the heart-wrenching decision to close the magazine for two months due to the fallout from COVID-19. At that time I didn’t know if we’d be able to open ...
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Thrive Beyond 55: February 2021
Thrive Beyond 55: February 2021
New Pleasures, New Treasures -- Stepping into a new year with all its uncertainty and potential has a way ...
New Pleasures, New Treasures -- Stepping into a new year with all its uncertainty and potential has a way of focusing one’s attention on what really counts in life. 2020 was a year like none I’ve ever ...
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THRIVE BEYOND 55: January 2021
THRIVE BEYOND 55: January 2021
When I ask people how they feel about 2021, the two words that pop up the most are “Uncertain” and “Hopef ...
When I ask people how they feel about 2021, the two words that pop up the most are “Uncertain” and “Hopeful.” INSPIRED Publisher Barbara Risto Many of us are living in that limbo-land, between Uncerta ...
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Notes from Readers Are Such Fun!
Notes from Readers Are Such Fun!
This week brought a number of notes and emails from our dear Readers. It reminded me that INSPIRED Magazi ...
This week brought a number of notes and emails from our dear Readers. It reminded me that INSPIRED Magazine has an effect far beyond what I could ever have imagined. One reader from Vancouver called t ...
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THRIVE BEYOND 55 – December 2020
THRIVE BEYOND 55 – December 2020
It’s mid-November as I “pen” this column and already the street where I live has turned into a Christmas ...
It’s mid-November as I “pen” this column and already the street where I live has turned into a Christmas Wonderland. Three families spent the weekend adorning their homes and lawns with festive lights ...
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THRIVE BEYOND 55 – November 2020
THRIVE BEYOND 55 – November 2020
Last month, several INSPIRED readers reached out with a response to this column, offering their reflectio ...
Last month, several INSPIRED readers reached out with a response to this column, offering their reflections and thoughts. It felt good to have this interaction. Although I had never met these people, ...
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Thrive Beyond 55 – October 2020
Thrive Beyond 55 – October 2020
“Every word you say is a blueprint that your mind, body and psyche want to make a reality,” according to ...
“Every word you say is a blueprint that your mind, body and psyche want to make a reality,” according to Marisa Peer, a UK therapist and personal coach. “Words are powerful and the most powerful words ...
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Thrive Beyond 55 – September 2020
Thrive Beyond 55 – September 2020
After months of relying on our computers and personal devices to keep us connected, bring us the latest n ...
After months of relying on our computers and personal devices to keep us connected, bring us the latest news, or entertain us, we’re starting to realize flat screens, while necessary for many things i ...
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Thrive Beyond 55 – August 2020
Thrive Beyond 55 – August 2020
Wow! Were our readers ever excited to get their hands on our first post-COVID-shutdown issue last month. ...
Wow! Were our readers ever excited to get their hands on our first post-COVID-shutdown issue last month. Our distributors said people were grabbing magazines out of their hands and carting bundl ...
| by Barbara Risto