I did it.
I took Healthbolt’s Vitality Compass Challenge.
In fact, I actually took it twice. Once including my cancer diagnosis (even though it was 20+ years ago) in my answers; the second time not. Confessing my cancer actually gave me a lesser “biological age” (27.5 vs. 28.7). Both are younger than I am so I am cool with that. My life expectancy was boosted by a year or two by not confessing (97 vs. 97.2). Both were higher than the last time I played a longevity game, so once again, bonus.
It was my “healthy life expectancy” that made me gasp the …read more

One of the opening speakers at last week’s Pennsylvania Governor’s Conference for Women was Indra K. Nooyi, the chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo. As a mother of two and arguably one of the most successful female executives in the world, Indra spoke to the challenges of motherhood and trying to maintain the “continuity of motherhood” while still actively contributing to the workforce:
We need women in the workforce, yet, children need their mothers at home…in a way, the very existence of the dilemma is a mark of progress.
I suppose, but the more and more I listened to Indra …read more