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What Your Toenails Know About Your Fitness Ruth said this to me recently, and it stopped me in my tracks. “My test is cutting and painting my toenails.” We’d been talking about how to know if you’re maintaining your fitness or starting to decline. I’d mentioned some of the warning signs – sitting to put shoes on, using the trolley for […]
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Built to Last: What the Grandmother Hypothesis Says About Why You Matter I was listening to a podcast the other day and the host mentioned something called “the grandmother hypothesis.” I paused mid-walk. Hang on — what is this? So I did what any curious woman does: I started reading. And what I found was
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Car Crashes Are Scarier Than Spiders: What Feels Scary vs What’s Actually Risky My nine-year-old granddaughter said this to me after she, her brother, and Paul were in a car accident. The car is probably a write-off. Thank goodness, no one was hurt. “Car crashes are scarier than spiders, Nanny.” This is a kiddo who is
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The Laundry Detergent Moment: When Your Strength Becomes Someone Else’s Responsibility I noticed something last week that’s been sitting with me. My mum was buying the small bottles of laundry detergent. The ones that cost more per wash and need replacing more often. When I asked her about it, she said something that stopped me: “I can’t handle the big bottles anymore. They’re too
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