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Zip-lining in Costa Rica—exhilarating

April 16, 2016 By Sandra Bornstein 2 Comments

Did I ever think that one of my middle-aged travel adventures would include zip-lining across a Costa Rica rainforest canopy? Nope. But then again, I never imagined that I’d be an expat, middle-aged, international teacher either. After teaching in Bangalore, India and watching my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Attitude, Central America, Lifestyle, Worldwide Travel Tagged With: Buena Vista Canopy Tours, Costa Rica, overcoming fear, overcoming fears, stepping outside comfort zone, stepping outside one's comfort zone, zip-lining in Costa Rica

Should I Have Surgery?

August 4, 2015 By Sandra Bornstein 2 Comments

When a doctor recommends surgery most people become fearful and begin to question the necessity. Much like the peaceful skies that erupt with unpredictable bursts of light from fireworks, people contemplating surgery are jolted by the unanticipated news. Many will simply ask, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle Tagged With: fears of rehabbing, fears of surgery, medial meniscus surgery, middle age aches and pains, midlife orthopedic issues, overcoming fears, physical therapy or surgery for medial meniscus pain, procrastinating surgery, shoulder surgery

Holding Hands With Uncertainty

June 11, 2012 By Sandra Bornstein 2 Comments

  What was the best part of the last movie you watched? Was it the plot, the performance of the actors and actresses, the escape from reality, or did the story strike a raw nerve inside of you? On my recent transatlantic flight from London to Toronto, I viewed The Vow. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Attitude, Lifestyle Tagged With: Jonathan Fields, overcoming fears, Responding to traumatic events, The Vow, Uncertainty

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