Not long ago, wives were “silent partners” when it came to estate planning. Husbands were the ones in charge of long-term planning and major financial decisions. In fact, estate planning attorneys often advised wealthy men to leave their assets in trust for their wives, so that a trustee other than their wife could manage and preserve the family fortune. It was assumed that a widow would not have the skill or the experience necessary to responsibly manage the money she inherited from her husband.

Hormones to a large degree contribute to our experience of vitality and youthfulness in terms of both how we feel and how we look. Because of this, Bio-Identical Hormone replacement (BHRT) is a hot topic. While hormone replacement is not for everybody, for those who do choose to use them a very big difference can be made in one’s health. And this is an important issue for both men and women.

According to this principle, all change – in the universe and in the body – occurs in five distinct stages. Each of these stages is associated with a particular time of year, a specific element in nature, and a pair of organs in the body. Change links together the season of the year, aspects of nature, and your body’s organs and bodily processes. A practitioner of Chinese medicine uses this principle to diagnose and treat health problems, linking specific foods, herbs, and acupuncture points to the restoration of yin-yang and Qi.