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Topic- Emotional wellness
Body image and dissatisfaction in middle and late life by Shari Feuz
At age 68, Carol’s exercise goals are to maintain her health, improve her balance and flatten her tummy. Seventy-two-year-old Joan works out to improve her bone density and to trim down. These real-life examples show that concerns about body weight and appearance can stay with us into our later years, and that adults of all ages want to shape up and look youthful. Some will go to great lengths to do so. This begs the question: Do body image issues persist across the life span?
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Emotional intelligence at work by Terry Ferebee Eckmann
As health and fitness professionals, many of our characteristics affect our ability to make a difference in people’s lives. For instance, we need to know exercise science, teaching methods and nutrition, as well as how to apply that information. But, of all the qualities or characteristics necessary, emotional intelligence may be the most essential to succeed.
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Encouraging friendships and social support by Elizabeth Best-Martini, M.S., and Kim A. Botenhagen-DiGenova, M.A.
Many older participants in physical activity live in settings other than their own private homes. This relocation may have altered their previous relationships with family and friends.
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The journey back by Marge Coalman
Most of the homilies associated with fitness are based on truth. You cannot put fitness in the bank. Use it or lose it applies. And it is an inside job. But when the physically fit individual experiences a catastrophic, life-changing event—especially a life-threatening illness—a history of fitness can play a crucial role in the person’s recovery and journey back to wellness.
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