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Good Morning & Happy Sunday to Everyone.

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We talk a lot these days about loneliness, disconnection, and the fraying of community. It’s become almost cliché to say the world feels fragmented. But beneath the headlines and the statistics, there is a quieter truth:...

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Happy Mother’s Day to Everyone!

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...and the Beauty of Being Fully Alive

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Sometimes life has a poetic sense of timing.

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We often think of insight as something that comes over time—through reflection, journaling, or long periods of change.

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Long before Kickbutt Ageless Living, I was already writing and speaking about what I called Ageless Living. It was the heart of my earlier work—the foundation of the books I published years ago, and in many ways, the thr...

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When one is on a journey, the path is not always straight or clear. There are detours, roadblocks, and even dead ends. There is a continuous need to pause, to sit with what is happening, to reflect, to seek advice and co...

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In a world where money shouts louder than compassion, we must ask—what are we truly becoming?

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A reflection on finding peace in the rhythm of community life.

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Yep, I'm like a fish out of water!

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There comes a season—often suddenly, often without our consent—when the body begins sending messages we can no longer ignore. For many of us, that season arrives in our 70s and 80s. One day we’re moving through life with...

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Over the past three weeks, my Reflection Writing Circle has been practicing something deceptively simple: noticing. This feels like a good moment to pause and notice where we are now — and what has begun to shift simply ...

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I used to think alignment meant getting it right.\nMaking the correct decision.\nSaying yes to the right opportunity.\nFeeling confident, clear, and energized.

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This has been an extraordinary week here in San Miguel de Allende, where the 21st anniversary of the Bilingual English/Spanish Writer’s Conference and Literary Sala Festival brought together more than 1,700 national and ...

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Recently, I spent a good part of my day wrestling with a digital collage. One of those creative projects that begins with delight and slowly morphs into something resembling a low-grade headache.

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Some days don’t arrive gently.

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Lately, I’ve been sitting with the word becoming.

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This weekend reminded me of something I’ve known for a long time — and still sometimes forget.

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Sometimes, a pause can feel like it has overstayed its welcome. We begin to itch, wondering if nothing is happening, if we aren’t making progress. Yet when I look closely, I see that progress often arrives in quieter, su...

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I spent the day dancing with a 13-year-old.

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Happy New Year, Dear Friends.

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As this year draws to a close, I find myself taking inventory of grace.

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Lately, I’ve been noticing a quiet question surfacing among people in their 80s—people who are sharp, capable, curious, and still deeply alive.

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It’s midnight in a hospital room—not exactly the setting for spiritual epiphanies, and yet here I am, wide awake, listening.

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A Life of Love, Gratitude, Creativity & Courage

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My Question: “What are the lessons to be learned from the body fighting illness while the spirit is fighting impatience?”

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Growth happens during stillness

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This week's bilingual Passion Test Workshop at Villas Xichu was a beautiful gathering of English and Spanish-speaking women, united by a shared desire to live with purpose. Lourdes Cordero and I had the joy of facilitati...

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San Miguel de Allende doesn't announce itself; it seeps in. Quietly, through the slanting light, the chime of bells, and the very air that seems to hold memories of celebration. This Halloween, its spell caught us at Ant...

","url":"https://al.slowdowngranny.com/blog/f/reverence-and-revelry-part-2","title":"Reverence and Revelry: Part 2","summary":"San Miguel de Allende doesn't announce itself; it seeps in. Quietly, through the slanting light, the chime of bells, and the very air that seems to hold memories of celebration. This Halloween, its spell caught us at Ant...","date_modified":"2025-11-03T01:07:44Z"},{"id":"https://al.slowdowngranny.com/blog/f/reverence-and-revelry-my-d%C3%ADa-de-los-muertos-weekend-in-san-migue","html_content":"

Ageless joy knows no generational boundaries — only laughter, color, and connection.

","url":"https://al.slowdowngranny.com/blog/f/reverence-and-revelry-my-d%C3%ADa-de-los-muertos-weekend-in-san-migue","title":"Reverence & Revelry: My Día de los Muertos Weekend in San Miguel","summary":"Ageless joy knows no generational boundaries — only laughter, color, and connection.","date_modified":"2025-11-02T18:37:35Z"},{"id":"https://al.slowdowngranny.com/blog/f/flame-of-purpose","html_content":"

There comes a moment in every life when we realize the spark that once fueled us hasn’t gone out — it’s simply waiting to be rekindled. Maybe it’s after a major change, a loss, or a quiet morning when the mirror reminds ...

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The wait is almost over! Join me this Monday, October 13th, from 4–5 p.m. CT for the official Kickbutt Ageless Living Launch Celebration on Zoom!

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In a world swirling with uncertainty, anxiety, and rapid change, one truth remains: we are not meant to navigate life alone. Especially now, as we enter the rich, expansive season of midlife and beyond, the call to conne...

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I’ve been noticing something lately. The world keeps telling us what aging is supposed to look like — slower, smaller, diminished. The ads show gray hair as a problem to be covered, wrinkles as something to erase, and mi...

","url":"https://al.slowdowngranny.com/blog/f/rewriting-the-aging-story","title":"Rewriting the Aging Story","summary":"I’ve been noticing something lately. The world keeps telling us what aging is supposed to look like — slower, smaller, diminished. The ads show gray hair as a problem to be covered, wrinkles as something to erase, and mi...","date_modified":"2025-09-28T20:00:39Z"},{"id":"https://al.slowdowngranny.com/blog/f/a-fish-out-of-water-my-tech-tangled-week","html_content":"

This past week reminded me just how much I rely on the conveniences of modern technology — and how completely out of sorts I feel when those conveniences go missing.

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Two or three weeks ago, I did a photo shoot that made me feel radiant, rebellious, and real. And in this photo, I was having fun with a young friend decades younger. She’s 35. I’m 83. And we’ve never counted. Our frie...

","url":"https://al.slowdowngranny.com/blog/f/age-outloud%E2%80%94-let%E2%80%99s-talk-about-it","title":"Age Outloud— Let’s Talk About It","summary":"Two or three weeks ago, I did a photo shoot that made me feel radiant, rebellious, and real. And in this photo, I was having fun with a young friend decades younger. She’s 35. I’m 83. And we’ve never counted. Our frie...","date_modified":"2025-09-15T14:12:40Z"},{"id":"https://al.slowdowngranny.com/blog/f/work-smarter-not-harder-building-a-community","html_content":"

We’ve all heard the phrase “work smarter, not harder,” but when you’re building something from the ground up—something that matters—it’s easy to fall into the trap of doing everything. And doing it again. And again. Twe...

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Every once in a while, something comes along that reminds you who you are—and who you are still becoming. For me, this week, it was a photo shoot. Not just any photo shoot, but a delicious, joy-filled collaboration with ...

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Last night, I witnessed lightning and thunder unlike anything I’ve seen in 83 years.\nIt went on and on, a relentless performance of the heavens.

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At 70, I jumped out of an airplane. At 83, I jumped onto a stage.

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Some Sundays are quiet reflections. Others—like today—are symphonies of story, spirit, and serendipity.

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Rising between 3 and 4 a.m. is not unusual for me, but today it was purpose-driven. My Tapping for a Miracle (EFT) and my quantum meditation were even more focused. Re-reading a rewritten article for the umpteenth time h...

","url":"https://al.slowdowngranny.com/blog/f/slowdowngranny%E2%80%99s-guide-to-living-well-where-wonder-never-retires","title":"Slowdowngranny’s Guide to Living Well: Where Wonder Never Retires","summary":"Rising between 3 and 4 a.m. is not unusual for me, but today it was purpose-driven. My Tapping for a Miracle (EFT) and my quantum meditation were even more focused. Re-reading a rewritten article for the umpteenth time h...","date_modified":"2025-08-03T15:56:36Z"},{"id":"https://al.slowdowngranny.com/blog/f/chaos-to-clarity-a-week-in-the-life-of-a-digital-late-bloomer","html_content":"

There’s a particular kind of chaos that only comes when an 82-year-old woman decides to build a digital community, launch an online course, and do it all on a platform with a name as suspiciously optimistic as “Mighty Ne...

","url":"https://al.slowdowngranny.com/blog/f/chaos-to-clarity-a-week-in-the-life-of-a-digital-late-bloomer","title":"Chaos to Clarity: A Week in the Life of a Digital Late Bloomer","summary":"There’s a particular kind of chaos that only comes when an 82-year-old woman decides to build a digital community, launch an online course, and do it all on a platform with a name as suspiciously optimistic as “Mighty Ne...","date_modified":"2025-07-21T02:07:32Z"},{"id":"https://al.slowdowngranny.com/blog/f/a-glorious-time-with-gloria","html_content":"

Yesterday was another milestone in my ever-evolving life. I had lunch with Gloria, an old soul and an old friend. We gushingly embraced, sharing bear hugs and kisses cheek to cheek, wondering if it had really been three ...

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Yesterday, I walked into a room of strangers at an art opening, and the relaxed, welcoming environment immediately shifted my hesitancy to tap on the door to what people describe as my “radiant energy that expands beyond...

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The Clouds have been rolling in! Lately, I’ve felt like the universe tossed me into a sitcom called “Digital Mayhem & Barking Dogs.”Between wrestling with the Mighty-but-Not-So-Mighty Network, an internet connection that...

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We live in a world that prizes focus…a world obsessed with productivity, so from the time we’re little kids, we are chided to “Pay attention!” We're told not to daydream; we're supposed to stay on task. Somewhere along...

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Wake Up Excited!!

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SlowdownGranny began as my way of sharing whispers of wisdom, aging with grace, and savoring every slow moment. But something new has been calling — a fire, a movement, a gathering place. Kickbutt Ageless Living was born...

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