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agebuzz newsletter: May 29th: Included This Week: Preventing A Fall 🫳👇

May 29th, 2025

May 29th, 2025

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Social Engagement

Skin Cancer

Guest Blog Post

Truth and Humor of Life After 65:

The Poetry of Jane Seskin

Jane Seskin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the author of 13 books. She’s written nonfiction articles and poetry online and for national magazines and journals (including 20 poems published in Cosmopolitan Magazine, 5 poems in Woman’s Day, and 18 posts in the NY Times Metropolitan Diary). She has also been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

Today's poem is reprinted with permission from her latest book of poetry, “Older Wiser Shorter: The Truth and Humor of Life After 65.” Seskin’s poetry is authentic, funny, insightful, quirky, and heartfelt. A Reading Guide to the poems is also included and will inspire further reflection and discussion for book and women's groups. Newly revised with 26 additional poems!

You can purchase Jane's new poetry book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Bookshop.

agebuzz Asks

This Week’s Reader Poll: In response to the May 22nd reader poll regarding strength training, the responses reflected a robust strength training practice by a significant number of agebuzz readers! Whether at a gym or in your home, with a trainer or on your own, so many of you described the weights, bands, and other equipment you use to keep yourself strong and active. Many of you also mentioned other exercise activities that you do in addition to strength training, such as swimming, walking, lawn mowing, and lifting laundry and heavy shopping bags! The enthusiasm you expressed was palpable, and while the respondents are a self-selected group, it appears that so many of you enjoy the process of maintaining and improving your strength. So stay strong and keep up your good work! 

This Week’s agebuzz Reader Poll: Have you put aside money to pay for personal care assistance in your home should you need it?

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Martin Seligman, Renowned American psychologist known for founding the study of “Positive Psychology