by Karen Creamer | Mar 26, 2025 | Clarity, relationships
This past June marked my thirty-third anniversary and my husband gifted me with an Amethyst ring, necklace, and earrings (because Amethyst is the traditional stone to mark the thirty-third year of marriage). These spark a lot of conversations because when anyone admires the jewelry, I tell them about their significance.
I’ve been thinking about all of the things that I’ve learned these past thirty-three years and decided to share them with you.
Here are my five best tips for how to stay married in midlife: Keep reading
by Karen Creamer | Jan 9, 2025 | books, italian, my one word, Spiritual Practice
Anyone who has been following me for a while has heard me talk about My One Word, but for those who are new:
My One Word is pretty simple: it’s a spiritual practice where you choose one word to focus on and to inspire you for an entire year. There is a book entitled My One Word by Mike Ashcraft and Rachel Olsen for anyone who is like me and likes to read about new ideas.
There is also a website that walks you through the practice if you are interested in investigating it further: MyOneWord.org
For 2025, I’ve decided to try something different:
An Italian word!
“Benessere”
I came across it while I was studying Italian this year and I just loved the sound of it.
It means “well-being”.
One of the ways I’ll use my one word as a filter. When I consider doing something or eating something or going somewhere with someone, for example, first I’ll ask myself: Will this contribute to my well being? If yes, yay! Green light! If no, then I’ll (probably) pass on it. Keep reading
by Karen Creamer | Jan 2, 2025 | Being BRAVE, Comfort, fitness, health
I retired from nursing in May last year (my birthday gift to myself).
I took a part time job at
Quest Fitness and started working the front desk.
After a while, I thought about trying out some of the classes there and then I thought of all the reasons why this was a bad idea: I’m out of shape! I haven’t done an in-person exercise class in years! I don’t remember how to use any of the equipment! And so forth, ad nauseum. Plus, there were a lot of different types of classes (over 60!) and teachers and I had no idea where to even start.
Bottom line: I was afraid to try.
I needed a strategy!
Then an old saying came to mind … Keep reading
Karen Creamer
