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Who’s out front, your body or your mind?

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Aging gracefully

Calabasas Chiropractic doctor talks about the mental game that goes with aging.

I’m turning 50 next year.

Whaaat? 

I know, it doesn’t seem possible, but there it is. The big 5-0.

According to the “world” I should be super mature by now. Tell my brain that!

Most days I feel 25. Some days I feel as young as 19 and other days I feel as old as 35. But I never feel 50.

What is 50 supposed to feel like, anyway?

Even if I live to be 90 years old, I’m over halfway through this life. Some people slow down as they get older. Physically, the body goes through changes with age, and they’re not all happy ones.

This dichotomy of an aging body and youthful mind fascinates me. Aging is the biggest mental game around, and you determine how old you feel. Here are a few things I do to keep feeling young, even as the years march on:

  • I’m silly with my kids. They help keep me young by immersing me in young music, young TV shows, and young attitudes. We all need to be silly more.
  • I eat clean. Food is fuel, and my body needs the best fuel it can get. When I slip, I wake up feeling 50, and that is NOT OK.
  • I drink a lot of water. Water flushes toxins and toxins make you feel old. They make you look old, too. Water is the elixir of life.
  • I push my body just a little harder than it wants. Over the last few years, I lost my “fit” status. We had a lot of personal changes and exercise went away. When I started exercising again, I hurt myself by pushing too hard. Talk about feeling old! Now, I push myself in smaller increments, more frequently. I’m always a little bit sore, but I’m never a lot sore. Right now, that feels perfect!
  • I am always learning. The best way to feel young is to realize how much there still is to learn about the world. Everything that I learn I try to apply to life. It has made for some fascinating and wonderful changes in the last few years!

If you also feel way younger than you are, leave me a comment, and share your secrets!

 

Who is YOUR advocate?

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My stepdaughter’s Betta fish got really sick, and I finally clued in a couple weeks ago. Since then, I’ve been on Operation Betta Rescue. 

I’m surprised he wasn’t dead. He’d been sick for a while, but I don’t go in her room often and didn’t realize it.

A couple months ago, our cat knocked his aquarium off the dresser. It took me several minutes to find the fish. He was under the bed, against the wall. The aquarium had shattered. I think he may have been hurt badly when that happened.

If you’ve been following me on FB, you’ve watched the whole thing. One of the biggest comments I get is, “I can’t believe you’re helping that fish.”

My response is always, “If he isn’t giving up, I’m not giving up!”

If I’ll do this to help a fish get better, what do you think I’ll do to help YOU get better?

If you need help, call me. I won’t give up on you, either. (818) 661-6369.

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Mother-Daughter Instagram Shenanigans

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My 14 year old daughter got on Instagram a few weeks ago. That was weird; all of a sudden my baby has a social media presence. And I’m not in control!

Here’s a little Live I did about her first IG video experience:

 

I’m not worried about her social media presence, or of predators, or of her doing ridiculously stupid stuff on there (I’m sure she’ll do some stupid stuff, but not *ridiculously* stupid stuff, she’s got a good head on her shoulders and her dad and I have done a good job teaching her to understand consequences).

What I’m worried about is what she thinks of MY Instagram posts.

I was an early adopter of FB, creating my profile back in 2008. I played around with Twitter in 2009/2010 but found 140 characters was too limiting. I have a Pinterest account but never use it. I only started using Instagram when I realized I could push it to Facebook and get double the bang for my time.

There are two personalities on social media: The Exhibitionist and The Voyeur.

I’m The Exhibitionist.

I think my daughter is The Voyeur.

So, as she is figuring out who she is (in real life and on social media), she’ll be watching me play my part in all my Exhibitionist glory at an age when I know who I am, am confident in that role, and don’t give a darn what anyone thinks of me. I think she’s going to be mortified! But maybe she’ll surprise me.

Want to watch the mom and teen interaction play out? Follow me personally on Instagram @andrea_mills_oliveau and my office Instagram @RestorationChiroSFV.

That’s all I have to say about that!

Dr. M