by Susanne Veder Berger | *Getting Naked ~ Susanne Veder Berger, Columnist, Aging & Anti-Aging, Health
In Part I of this essay, I wrote about a new Harvard study documenting something that many of us have always known – that it’s possible to slow the aging process through certain simple changes in the way we eat and exercise. I encouraged you to make a list of...
by Susanne Veder Berger | *Getting Naked ~ Susanne Veder Berger, Columnist, Mind & Body
Scientists at Harvard University’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute recently published a formal study that supports something we’ve all known for years. In a study involving mice, they found that by making a number of small changes in nutritional intake and...
by Susanne Veder Berger | *Getting Naked ~ Susanne Veder Berger, Columnist, Justice & Help, Surviving Abuse
When I learned recently of the horrific murder of one of our Here Women Talk colleagues – cutting short the life of a beautiful, sensitive woman and loving mother – my immediate reaction was anger. More specifically, I find it disturbing and outrageous that over the...
by Susanne Veder Berger | *Getting Naked ~ Susanne Veder Berger, Columnist, Mind & Body
As the new year gets underway, the sense of excitement and anticipation we all felt a few weeks ago remains. It’s not too late to make 2012 a masterpiece – even if those ambitious dreams we envisioned on January 1 now seem a bit more out of reach and the challenge of...
by Susanne Veder Berger | *Getting Naked ~ Susanne Veder Berger, Columnist, Life Lessons, Mind & Body
We all have good moments and bad. If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that out of the bad comes the good. I’ve struggled through many hardships in my life, and with each one, I can tell you that when I took the leap to move past whatever was...
by Susanne Veder Berger | *Getting Naked ~ Susanne Veder Berger, Columnist, Life Lessons, Surviving Divorce
I woke up in Maui to sunshine while my husband took the children for a walk, and all I can remember feeling is guilt. Yes, my life was perfect, but I wasn’t happy or fulfilled. And I wasn’t ready to admit it to myself. Sometimes in a single moment, we look at our...