The latest edition of Fashion Flash is now available for your reading and viewing pleasure. Each week, I connect you with the host of this awesome online magazine. Our team takes turns and sometimes I will be the host right here at Your True Self Blog! Meanwhile, you can find some of the best bloggers and podcasters for women over 40 here. This week, you’ll find the Flash at Stacie’s blog: The Makeup Obsessed Mom. Click on her name below to browse your favorite topics from beauty to fashion, food, fitness, health and wellness, reinvention of your best life and travel news. Included is my post on how to conquer your closet to make it easy to look your best.
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Fashion Flash, Link Love, Tips and Tricks
Closet Organizing, Emag, Newsletter, Online Magazine
Sweatpants can be part of a stylish outfit whether around the house or out on the town. You can be comfortable and look great at the same time. Age doesn’t matter. In this post, I have plenty of ideas for you for how to wear sweatpants when you’re not at the gym.
Because of it’s lasting popularity, athleisure has now become a classic style. You can buy luxe athletic clothes or dress up athletic clothes that you already own. In this post, I will explore how to embellish your sweatpants.
Here’s what one retail analyst told Vogue Business:
“We are reluctant to continue calling [athleisure] a trend… much in the same way that denim is not a trend,” said Mintel retail analyst Chana Baram. “Rather, sports clothing is embedded in the fashion world.” – from Vogue Business
No matter where you go, day or night, or even if you want to lounge at home looking classy, not frumpy — you can wear sweatpants and look great doing it! Add a special top, topper, scarf, jewelry and/or footwear for a modern and stylish look. Mix and match your sweatpants with evening wear or business clothes. Those pieces that you save for special occasions can be made wearable any time by combining them with sweatpants. So let’s take a look at how to wear sweatpants when you’re not at the gym! Continue Reading
Outfit Combinations, Style Inspiration, Ways to Wear It
At-Home, Athleisure, Lounging, Style, Sweatpants
When the Coronavirus invaded our world, fashion and style seemed to pale in comparison to the serious issues that we suddenly had to deal with. Many fashion bloggers wondered if what they had to offer was important. So why is style important, even now? I found some answers.
The first thing that I thought to do as a fashion and lifestyle blogger for women over 60 (age doesn’t matter; we all have the same basic needs) was to address the issues of health and well being, physically and emotionally. But then, I wanted to reassure you that style is indeed important. I am talking personal style here, not fashion. We don’t need to keep up with the latest fashions during a pandemic.
“Fashion is not art; it’s the art of living.” — Marc Jacobs
But style is artistic and creative. And creativity and art are personally fulfilling and inspirational, thereby reducing stress — something needed especially at a time like this. It is good for your mental and emotional health to distract yourself from anxious thoughts and focus on something pleasurable.
Also, color and crystals are healing therapies. We can wear both to feel better.
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Inspiration, Social Concerns
Coronavirus, Style
It’s a time of awakening to the changes we need to make. As we self quarantine in our homes, some of the improvements we need to make for lifelong health are most likely becoming very clear to us. Age doesn’t matter. And even better, we have the time to cook good foods, exercise, sleep, drink more water, and all those things that are good for us. Now is the time to make that effort because staying in good health and having a strong immune system starts with having good health in the first place. So as we attempt to avoid getting the Corona virus or any flu virus, it’s a good time to ensure our lifelong health.
Are People Over 60 Really More Vulnerable Physically?
I was a bit skeptical when I read that people over the age of 60 were some of the most vulnerable. I thought that was a generalization that everyone over 60 was at a frail point in life. But that’s not what I see. My community of friends virtually and in real life are quite healthy women who look much younger. I felt that they should probably not be lumped into a category of people who are frail and vulnerable. But I’m not an expert, so…what do you think?
Map a Plan for Lifelong Health
Ultimately, I think now is a good time to ensure lifelong health no matter what our age. I have some tips that can help, so I’ve provided links below to help map a plan to get strong and stay strong. Continue Reading
Body Mind & Spirit, Lifelong Health
Coronavirus, Exercise, Food, Sleep, Water
Welcome to Your True Self Blog where age doesn’t matter…except when it comes to the Coronavirus. Since this pandemic hit the world and eventually the place where I live, fear and anxiety have become a real tangible issue: first when people panicked and cleared the shelves of everything we needed at the stores, and then when each one of us in my family began to realize the possibilities of what it will do to us. So what are the best ways to calm our fear and anxiety?
I was going to research all the best ways and post them all here. But then, I decided to just share my story and the ways that my family is coping with the fear. As I did, I came up with 17 of the best ways to calm our fear and anxiety. There are many more. I welcome you to leave your ideas in a reply below this post! Continue Reading
Checklists and Guides, Lifelong Health, Social Concerns
Aromatherapy, Body Mind Spirit, Body/Mind/Soul, Lifestyle, Meditation, Wellness
