Purpose and Permanence: ManhattanLife Across Time, Part 1

Imagine it is Wednesday, May 29, 1850. A young New York City skyline stands proudly in the distance. Where the Atlantic meets the harbor, water ripples are flattered by a bright morning sun, appearing like jagged crystals flanking a great castle and the village surrounding it. A closer look brings the hum of various boats approaching the docks, trailed by whistling from a large ship as it enters port. Soon we see unpaved streets with people in their 19th century fashions bustling about...
July 12, 2025 Read More »
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Hospital Indemnity Select: Helping Ease Your Stay

Consider for a moment a big trip to the supermarket. The sort of outing that goes beyond getting bread but involves a long list and some pre-calculation. You arrive at the store, hopefully landing a parking spot that isn’t a mile from the entrance. Armed with a plan and a mental map, you head inside and retrieve a basket, smartly avoiding the ones with wheels in need of WD-40. Then, aisle by aisle, weaving past fellow customers, moving from colder sections to a balmier climate and back again, you nearly flo
November 07, 2024 Read More »
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A Promise Kept: Climbing to the Mount Kilimanjaro Summit

The distance is done. Powerful winds roll to the southeast, brushing past and enveloping you at once. Despite this, you remain steady and firmly planted to the point you’ve attained. The rocky and icy ground at your booted feet, terrain once rugged as it is treacherous, now feels almost smooth underneath, welcoming in a way, as if you’ve been expected for some time. A sundry of feelings lightly settles over you, like a warm blanket to counteract the unusually cold air. It is here that intense exhilaration is met with unprecedented calm and more, all tirelessly earned over the course of many days.
July 31, 2024 Read More »
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Forward, Still: Ruminating on Grief and Loss

It’s the socks. They’re unmissable even in this setting, a faux pas that should be called out here and now. Bright and swimming with a medley of colors that takes squinting to identify, echoing the tie-dye t-shirts so popular decades ago. Except this exact clothing has no apparent order to its look-at-me visage; it’s all entropy and devoid of style, dominated by something approaching pink and turquoise. And oh my, is that actually burnt orange? With each passing second, my shock mounts with intensity, while the wearer of said socks, a tall and lanky man, quietly coughs and moves his fist to his mouth, before lowering his hand and falling silent again, gazing forward like everyone else in the immediate radius...
July 31, 2025 Read More »
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Yoga 5 by 5: Potential Benefits and Basic Poses

We're all stories. These personal sagas assembled over time. There’s the childhood that seems endless. Followed by an adulthood that feels ridiculously rushed, yet glorious just the same. But throughout everything, sleek and topsy-turvy scenes alike, there are two constants: the mind and the body. Enter yoga, a resource that can bare great value when used to align both constants, strike balance, and regain control we either lack or misplaced.
April 29, 2024 Read More »
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Plant Cultivation 5 by 5: Potential Benefits and Plants That Can Support Wellness

Once again, the scent of spring is in the air! Or is that simply pollen floating its way around, spurring us toward a dramatic sneeze? In either case, though it’s already past the halfway mark, April is still National Garden Month, acting as a springboard to revive or create a unique arrangement of plants and flowers, one that might withstand the medley of weather the coming months bring. Check out the first entry in the '5 by 5' blog series!
April 23, 2024 Read More »
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Meaning What? Defining Insurance Words and Phrases

It’s important to understand the spectrum of options available to us concerning our healthcare and financial prospects. It also matters greatly that we have familiarity with the specific terminology used in product and service explanations. There are words and phrases that, once explained, can make the insurance plans and opportunities they’re a part of even more understandable, and thus, more beneficial for the policyholder or contract holder.
April 05, 2024 Read More »
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Upsides to Aging: 10 Reasons Getting Older is Great

When does time itself become a nemesis to defeat? When does the aging that attends it become a process we must race to resist? These large shifts to competing with time’s passage as we mature can happen at any age. The change is different for everyone. But there are still advantages to getting older that have nothing to do with what our high-definition mirrors reflect. Physical concerns completely aside, aging is quite wonderful. Here are ten reasons why.
March 14, 2024 Read More »
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Check-Ups to Check Off!

Many of us drive a vehicle. We rely on these rather complex machines to take us from place to place, whether it's to the grocery store, to work, or on our next road trip. Some of this is accomplished by ensuring the vehicle's oil is changed or it's battery is charged. The vehicle is regularly looked after by people that understand it's intricacies well as well and especially cared for by the folks that use it. Would anyone want to happily hop into a vehicle that's delipidated or clearly shows signs of neglect? Of course not. We can consider our health in a similar fashion. Let's take an extended look at the important numbers needed to keep us informed about the state of our health and keep us moving forward.
February 01, 2024 Read More »