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Last year, my nervous system felt like it was always in survival mode. I’d just moved to Seattle for work, leaving most of my friends in sunny California. Loading audio narration… Seattle winters, meanwhile, are known for being rainy and gloomy rather than snowy. The sun would set around 5…
Since moving to New York City, I dreamed of getting to work out at a high-end club with eucalyptus-scented towels, premium toiletries, and top-rated classes. Loading audio narration… When I signed up for a $250 monthly membership at a luxury gym eight years ago, I felt like I’d made it.…
At 45, Shambi Broome didn’t believe she had colon cancer symptoms. She assumed her occasional abdominal cramps could be explained by her past two C-sections and hysterectomy. Loading audio narration… “If I had any discomfort, I was like, ‘Oh, it’s probably scar tissue,'” Broome, now 49, told Business Insider. “If…
My early attempts at exercising and diets to improve my appearance were always short-lived. Try something new, get no visible results, give up, repeat. I assumed that my regular yoga practice and eating fresh, home-cooked food didn’t count. Loading audio narration… I began to notice comments revolving around my age…
“I have always seen myself as a very ordinary person with no real athletic ability,” said Linda Kelly.Still, at 80, she has completed multiple half-marathons and routinely hikes, bikes, and runs around her part-time home in Anchorage, Alaska.Kelly is as fit as someone decades earlier, with the lab results to…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Heather Wagenknecht, a vice president of sales for a company that deploys towers for public safety and telecom from Batavia, Illinois. It has been edited for length and clarity.As the VP of sales for my company, I average between 100 and…
