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We’re approaching that time again, “the most wonderful time of the year,” they say.

Some love the holidays because they appreciate the comfort of tradition—the regalia, the reunions, the rituals.

Others delight in the nostalgia of holidays past, when all was calm and all was bright, even if just for a day.

As for me, I love the spirit of giving and the way the season often brings out the best in people.

It’s the seat given to someone with an armful of bags, the donation offered to someone with a head full of worries, or forgiveness extended to someone with a h…

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Ever since memory foam pillows entered the sleeping scene, they’ve been a top contender in the great debate over the most comfortable pillow. And joining Team Memory Foam is as easy as counting sheep — if you can find the right pillow, that is.

With our list of the best memory foam pillows, you don’t need to lose any sleep over which one you should bring to bed. Keep reading to learn more about our foamy faves.

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Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2021/11/ikk-nf-%CE%BAb-activation-as-a-target-for-senotherapeutics/

The accumulation of senescent cells in later life is a contributing cause of aging. While these errant cells never amount to more than a tiny fraction of all cells in a tissue, their inflammatory signaling is harmful. Researchers here describe an approach to diminish that inflammatory signaling, thereby reducing the ability of senescent cells to force nearby cells to also adopt a senescent state. This could shift the balance between the pace of creation and pace of clearance of senescent cells, allowing the burden of senescent cells in aged tissues to fall to more youthf…

Source https://seniorplanet.org/open-thread-thanksgiving/

Being grateful is awesome, even if its just for having good hair. What are you grateful for this Thanksgiving?

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By Leo Babauta

I’ve been working with a large number of people who are very often exhausted, not just from sleep problems but from their daily activities.

A lot of us are drained by being around other people, doing video meetings, going out in public … and so we start to avoid those activities to preserve our energy.

Setting boundaries and giving ourselves space to rest is absolutely an important thing to do. But too much of these kinds of self-restrictions over time can result in us not being able to interact with people, increasing our isolation and loneliness, which only drains us more.

Here’s an email from a reader the other day:

As a person struggling with burnout symptoms, I find it hard to resonate with the idea of antifragility and pushing your boundaries.

That because the first step towards moving away from burnout symptoms is acknowledg…

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2021/11/results-from-a-small-informal-trial-of-telomerase-and-klotho-gene-therapy-for-alzheimers-disease/

Bioviva was at one point developing telomerase gene therapies, work that has transitioned into the medical tourism industry via Integrated Health Systems rather than proceeding towards regulatory approval. The institutional communities of science and funding strongly disapproved of the self-experiment undertaken by the Bioviva founder, and the way that self-experiment was popularized in order to build the company. I think this a pity, given the long history of self-experimentation by noted figures in the scientific community. Nonetheless, we live in an era that frowns upon self-experimentation as a part of the path to progress, and applies very high sta…

Source https://tinybuddha.com/blog/love-relationships-blog/please-dont-fix-me-what-true-empathy-is-and-isnt/

“No one mentioned until I was in late middle age that—horribly!—my good, helpful ideas for other grown-ups were not helpful. That my help was in fact sometimes toxic. That people needed to defend themselves from my passionate belief that I had good ideas for other people’s lives. I did not know that help is the sunny side of control.”  ~Anne Lamott

I’m a well-meaning empath.

If you share your problems with me, I’ll quickly make them my own. I’ll listen intently, feel deeply, and want to help. I’ll give you advice and solutions you didn’t ask for, then be annoyed when you don’t do what I suggest.

I used to think this was being helpful.

When my partner told me his joints were aching, I thought he wanted me to teach him yoga poses…

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2021/11/fight-aging-newsletter-november-22nd-2021/

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• Arguing for Public Policy on Medical Research and Development to Focus on the Treatment of Aging
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Source https://minimalistbaker.com/pecan-pie-bars-vegan-gluten-free/

Pecan pie lovers, this one’s for you! We’ve tried for some time to create the perfect vegan pecan pie, and after some pie struggles last year, we changed our vision a bit and boy are we happy with the result! Introducing: pecan pie bars with crunchy, buttery pecans and a shortbread-like crust.

With all the classic flavor of pecan pie, they’re undetectably gluten-free and vegan, and perfect for your holiday table.

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Source https://seniorplanet.org/ask-joan-sexually-incompatible/

Are they sexually compatible anymore? Joan counsels a reader concerned about a drastic difference in sexual desire.

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