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The Beautiful World of Zentangles

German Roig — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:03:36 +0000

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The art of Zentangle was developed by Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts. At a glance, Zentangle images appear to be a complicated interwoven mass of lines and curves. On closer inspection it becomes clear that Zentangles are carefully drawn doodles; images of passing fancy that are created from simple beginnings.

Zentangles are ‘built’ line upon line, with embellishments added at will by the artist. The images are compelling, probably because most people can look upon the sections of a Zentangle and think, ‘Well I could do that’. And they do!

One of the many attractions of Zentangles is that they are accessible for anyone who can put pen to paper: children;baby boomers; tired executives… There is no necessity for artistic talent, although a creative side is invariably exposed with practice. They can be as simple or as intricate as you wish and for some they have replaced crosswords and Sudoku as a commuter’s companion! They are calming, pleasing stress removers that are slightly addictive so be warned!

Zentangling artists tend to range in age from around four to ninety four – the beauty of the Zentangle is that it requires no expensive equipment, simply pen or pencil or both and some good quality paper. Beginners are usually delighted with even a first attempt, which is likely why a second and third effort follow quickly after!

Baby boomers find that Zentangles can be used to decorate and embellish and can be incorporated in other work such as scrap booking, journals, invitation designs and they have even been drawn onto trainers to personalize someone’s daily workouts!
One of the more interesting benefits of Zentangle for baby boomers is the effect of reducing stress. The process of absorbing the mind brings tranquility. Time runs away as the artist slips further into his or her creation, producing lines, blocks and circles that are fascinating, interwoven pockets, drawing the eye and calming the soul. Its therapeutic effects have been known to help deal with addiction; anger; stress; recuperation from illness and work related distress and even a first experience of putting pen to paper to create a Zentangle teaches why this is so. In simple terms it is an exercise in hand eye co-ordination that requires very little natural artistic talent. The result, however, is artistic in the extreme and it is possible for five year olds to turn out a piece of work that is every bit as impressive as something a professional artist might produce. How neat is that…! The process of producing a Zentangle utilizes just about every area of the brain and requires the creator to be totally absorbed, making it a valuable tool to combat stress.

The finished work boosts confidence and fills the artist with enthusiasm to try again. There are certain skills which may be learned, such as pattern techniques and shading but on the whole, a raw novice can enjoy Zentangling from the outset and build an impressive gallery within a week or so. Zentangles may also provide a satisfying pastime for someone who is armchair bound or even bed bound. Baby boomers who are recovering from illness could find Zentangling deeply therapeutic.The Psychological Article on The Beautiful World of Zentangles is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

Boomer Yearbook is a Social Network and Psychological Articles for Baby Boomers. Connect with old and new friends, or expand your mind and ward off senior moments and elderly problems with dream analysis and online optical illusions and brain games provided by clinical psychologist Dr. Karen Turner. Join other Baby Boomers to stay informed, receive weekly Newsfeeds, and let your opinions be heard. Baby boomers changed the world. We’re not done yet!

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Zentangles traditionally are created on small squares of paper (making them pocket friendly) although some, like the one in our illustration, expand to become more ambitious and larger pieces. The patterns are inspired by nature; architecture and people and there are no limitations to what a Zentangle might depict. Some are themed; some are not; a totally free media of expression and a way for the mind to celebrate its artistic side as well as exercise its ability to problem solve; direct ideas and freely portray unconstrained thoughts on paper.

Beverly Godfrey is a passionate Zentangle artist with a fine collection of Zentangle projects in her portfolio. A beginner’s guide is available on her Squidoo lens at http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-zentangle

See Maria Thomas’ Zentangles at http://www.zentangle.com/index.php

Baby Boomer Vanity – Where Will it Lead Us?

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:14:40 +0000

By Dr. Karen for BoomerYearbook.com

Baby boomers continue to attract criticism in their advancing years. In the maelstrom of ‘boomer controversy’ in the fifties, sixties and seventies of the last Century, baby boomers were attacked for their promiscuity; their blatant disregard of rules, regulations and traditions and most of all for their sheer audacity when it came to refusing to do doing things the way they had always been done. When boomers decided they no longer liked society’s values, they set out to change them. And change them they certainly did!

In the bad old days (in other words before plastic) things were a little different. New mothers struggled with heaving metal buckets of soaking diapers because there was no alternative to getting cloth toweling clean and sterile as baby boomers had not yet invented disposable diapers. The wonder of synthetics had not yet changed the World, so every housewife’s daily routine included armfuls of washing and pressing of family clothing – not to mention an ongoing battle with pure cotton bed linen to be boiled, starched and pressed before it was deemed fit for use.

Women particularly were victims of agricultural facilities. Most men in the pre boomer age enjoyed the status of ‘lord and master’ and favored conventional family roles where they very much ruled the roost; rarely helping with household chores; usually making all decisions of a financial nature for good or ill; sometimes availing themselves of a social life separate to family life, found in sporting and drinking clubs.

In addition to the inconvenience of daily chores, many lladies were compelled to stay within the strict perimeters of local prejudice. A respectable widow, even if she was still relatively young, would not dream of casual dating and risk triggering gossip and scandal. Dressing in racy fashions was definitely out of the question! As she got older, her skin wrinkled and her teeth and gums began to weaken: she accepted her toothless and wrinkly future quietly and made the best of things, choosing to cover the wrinkles with thick, unsightly make up resembling filler and thinly veiling her ill fitting dentures with a watery smile…

The general aura of practicality surrounding society in pre boomer days would hardly encourage vanity. Newspaper promotion vaguely endorsed the importance of ladies keeping their figures through heavy corseting right up to the fifties but few cosmetic enhancements were available, apart from standard face paint widely frowned upon. Men were invited to keep their beards well trimmed and reminded that real men smoked the right brand of cigar or cigarette but were otherwise left to age graciously!

Baby boomer technology changed everything forever

Yet by the closing years of the last Century, it was possible to completely transform one’s appearance and scrape away the years as much as one wished, provided there were sufficient funds to cover the treatments. Plastic and silicone technology brought revolutionary medical corrective surgery. Combined with a determination to stay young, almost anything became possible for a baby boomer on a mission to live forever…

Any why not? Why should the World object on the one hand to the baby boomer vanities that brought physical enhancement to the modern World and yet on the other hand have the temerity to avail itself of the technological and surgical facilities now available courtesy of boomer skills, talents and resources?

In the twenties and thirties of the last Century, a man with a toothache could either put up with it or undergo an extraction. By the time he reached his late fifties, he would be most fortunate to have sufficient healthy teeth left to chew! Nowadays, it is extremely rare for a fifty, sixty and even seventy year old to wear false teeth. Early orthodontry pulls and pushes teeth and gums into shape and modern dental methods strengthen gum and bone sufficiently to ensure our teeth outlive us. No more plates; no more embarrassment…

Research changed that: boomers changed that.

Along with the ability to perform cosmetic surgery, new morals surfaced to accompany physical enhancement. The World talked itself into believing breast lifts were perfectly acceptable, along with hair transplants; nose jobs; tummy tucks and less invasive treatments such as eyelash dyeing; hair tinting; skin peels.

Baby boomer vanity is one of the biggest single money spinners in the history of marketing and the reason is obvious: boomers have money.

Baby boomer morals have always been slightly flawed where the rest of the World was concerned but their ability to ‘fix stuff’ has always been legendary. Who on earth would tolerate being fat, bald and toothless if they could be slim, fit, with a perfect flashing smile and a full head of hair? Who? Broke people – that’s who!

It takes money. And money, unfortunately, is a commodity the average Joe does not have. The result is resentment of boomers and their ability to have exactly what they want whenever they want it.

As we lurch into a new Century, modern science embroiders on boomer achievements to improve on existing treatments in an effort to make them not only better but also cheaper and therefore more accessible for those with fewer financial resources.

So don’t worry – by 2050, we will ALL be gorgeous!

The Psychological Article on Baby Boomer Vanity – Where Will it Lead Us? is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

Baby Boomers and Sexual Freedom

German Roig — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:51:38 +0000

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By Boomeryearbook.com

Any kind of a sexual revolution has had baby boomers in their very forefront, right from the very beginning. This is the reason why baby boomers have been given so much importance by people around the world. A recent poll and study just concluded amongst parents suggests that baby boomers have a much more enjoyable as well as enticing life than others. They enjoy a greater sexual freedom and are open to vivid types of foreplay.

This rage in echo boomers to copy the attitude of baby boomers has been growing. Baby boomers are increasing in number and today, their tally has reached to eighty five million. Today, people are increasingly interested in meeting interesting people and going the distant lane along with them. The results of numerous research done in the area suggest the very same thing. About 30 per cent of baby boomer population are single. There are about 34 per cent baby boomers out of these who indulge in having sex on their very first date. There are still other 17 per cent who indulge into pre- marital sex.

There are various intents as well as reasons which drive youngsters into copying baby boomers attitudes , as suggested by the questionnaire based survey conducted in the United States and Canada. Out of the entire lot of baby boomers, at least 47 per cent of the population consisted of those who were looking for friendship and about 17 percent others were looking for an able as well as an amicable sexual companion. Such baby boomers are increasingly sexually free as well as liberated.

The reason behind this has to do with the environment in which these baby boomers were born and brought up. These were the times of radicalism as well as social change. These were the times when feminist movements and sentiments were doing rounds in the society and these empowered women to feel more confident about their sexual wants as well as needs in the bed. These were the times when contraception became increasingly popular and the issues related to pregnancy and the fear of its social repercussions started to be forgotten. Even single parenting ceased to be a social taboo and this encouraged many women and men all over the world to indulge in sexual relationships more freely.

One of the greatest points of advantage which baby boomers enjoy over their parents’ generation has to do with a modern day lifestyle syndrome which is known as the empty nest syndrome. If you consider parents, they look forward to enjoy a very active sexual life till the time their son/daughter goes to college. When this happens, it is hard to talk about issues during bed and sexual interest gets a bit lost. Baby boomers however have the advantage of being able to find a common activity which interests both the partners. Thus while going for walks, reading or exercising routines; they can easily indulge in sexual conversation leading to activity which is highly beneficial for the entire relationship.

The Psychological Article on Baby Boomers and Sexual Freedom is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

Elderly Problems for Co-dependent Parents

German Roig — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:45:39 +0000

By Boomeryearbook.com

Apart from many other elderly problems, co-dependent parents can unknowingly ruin their child’s future development out of over love and care. We see that many psychologically healthy parents spend their lives taking care of their children and wish to retire when the children have grown up. However, co-dependent parents don’t do this. They do not accept the fact that their child has grown up and still treat him/her as a little kid. They don’t let up: not relaxing the authority and responsibility they showed when their child was still young, they continue to hover or “helicopter “around their adult offspring.

Most of the times, the kids feel insecure and uncomfortable with the extreme love and care given by co-dependent parents. Such elderly problems are harmful for both the child and the parent. While the co-dependent parents might want to be helpful and look after the needs of the child, however, when co-dependent affection is shown, the child might feel insecure, nervous, and self-doubting. Hence it discourages the child’s independent thought and activities. In extreme scenarios due to the co-dependent caretaking, the adult child becomes completely dependent on the parents and loses his or her feelings of independence, resulting in the child’s feeling deep resentment.

Many psychologists suggest that these kinds of changes in the adult child due to elderly problems of co-dependent parents are extremely dangerous for their personality. If the child is unable to develop as an independent capable thinking individual, it might affect the parents as well. Such unnatural care and affection might make the child an emotional cripple who will not be able to make any independent decisions or involve in any independent activities. The elderly problem of co-dependent parents usually robs the independence of the adult child making him incapable of clearly looking at the relationships or recognizing his adult role and responsibility.

Psychological articles tell us that the co-dependent parents often lie and make excuses for their child, which will result in a non-conducive environment for adaption. The parents believe that they know what is best for their kid but do not understand what their kid needs. Hence, they rob the interests of the child, and this makes them a robot; simply obeying orders and not following their own paths. This will make the child agree to the decisions of their parents even though they do not like them. In these cases, the child will feel incapable of challenging their parents who are exhibiting codependency elderly problems. Hence, gradually and unknowingly the child loses self esteem and the ability to make his own decisions.

There are many psychological facts that state the co-dependent single mothers face a tougher job in understanding their adult children and catering to what they need. A lonely mother might often not feel comfortable when the child leaves the home and hence blocks the way the child must grow. One should definitely seek professional help to tackle these elderly problems for the betterment of their child’s future.

The Psychological Article on Elderly Problems for the Co-dependent Parents is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

Co-Dependency is a Psychological Disorder

German Roig — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:34:30 +0000

Co-Dependency is a Psychological Disorder
by BoomerYearbook.com

Sometimes, we feel that something is wrong in our lives but are unable to identify its cause; and one psychological cause can be what is referred to as co-dependency. Co-dependency is a psychological disorder found in people of any age but can be specially categorized as an elderly problem. It is a behavior pattern wherein the person gives more importance to the needs of others than his own. People suffering from codependent behaviors often have relationship problems.

Many people know that co-dependency is a psychological disorder but not many of them realize that it can happen to them. It is a surprising fact that many people in the world are affected with co-dependency but they are not aware of it. It is easy to identify co-dependency, an increasing elderly problem, once you are aware of its symptoms and characteristics.

Psychological articles suggest that co-dependency results from childhood problems; often handed down from one generation to the next. It also appears to be a frequently documented psychological fact that co-dependent people come from dysfunctional families. This could be the reason why people would not be able to notice the disorder in themselves and loved ones, ad often fail to realize they are suffering. In dysfunctional families there are often problems such as conflicts, disagreements about actions, not openly discussing feelings and similar unhappy and disagreeable family situations. Even though the people in these families may try to pretend that everything is all right, there are usually many dysfunctional symptoms such as addictions to alcohol, drugs, smoking, sex, gambling, or any other behavior that makes them forgot the family and try to feel better.

These are a few symptoms of co-dependency that is increasingly becoming a common elderly problems:

· The person might face difficulty in making decisions.

· You might get hurt when your efforts are not recognized.

· You always feel that you are responsible for anything that happened.

· You always fear abandonment and hence try to make extreme efforts to secure a relationship.

· You do not create boundaries between yourself and will allow access to everyone without complaining.

· You feel guilty when you try to defend yourself.

· You show an exaggerated need for approval from others.

· You would not like lying and dishonesty and feel constant anger.

· You are always drawn towards the people who needs help and attention.

· You will not trust anyone and do not like people to get close to you.

Co-dependency is one of the elderly problems that can be effectively treated. There are many types of treatments that can be chosen based on the complexity of the person. Therefore, it is always highly recommended to seek professional help in resolving co-dependency issues. If you are suffering from co-dependency, then it is typically indicative that over the years you have had many failed and unhappy relationships, which can cause additional elderly problems or make other problems worse. However, the good news is that professional help might enable you to completely overcome codependency . There is a lot of guilt and shame in the disease of co-dependency. However, there is nothing to be worried about as professional help can lead you out of the situation and help you in live a better life.

The Psychological Article on Co-Dependency is a Psychological Disorder is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

Santa Baby: The Five Sexiest Christmas Gifts for Women

Administrator — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:53:35 +0000

Santa Baby: The Five Sexiest Christmas Gifts for Women: BoomerYearbook.com

This series of articles from Boomer Yearbook explores the fascinating and varied sexual behavioral patterns that occur as a result of the impact of the modern World; the challenges faced by men and women of the new age and the hurdles that must be addressed: Boomer Yearbook’s Guide and Coaching Strategy for the baby boomer generation.

Dr. Karen for BoomerYearbook.com

Let’s begin with the UNsexiest Christmas gifts, and pay attention boys! Psychological articles recommend that buying your lady an inappropriate Christmas gift could seriously damage your health…

• Kitchenalia: This includes toasters; blenders; food processors and especially new saucepans. Lady baby boomers do not wish to see anything that grates, cuts, chops or juices under the Christmas tree.
• Handkerchieves: Who uses handkerchieves nowadays apart from elderly people who should be persuaded that tissues are more hygienic?
• Practical pyjamas: PYGAMAS?! What were you thinking?! Ditto slippers.
• Socks: Socks are everyday wear and should not be given as gifts, especially at Christmas and never to ladies.
• Cookbooks: (See Kitchenalia). Groan… We are not interested in what you want to eat! Well, perhaps we are but not at Christmas and not as part of a thoughtful Christmas gift. Save the cookbooks for Valentine’s Day (uh – no that was a joke…)

The sexy stuff is what makes the World go round for lady baby boomers with a taste for romance. However, it is important when buying sexy presents for ladies to bear in mind that not every push up balcony black lace bra and matching thong will be to your lady’s taste. If you are in the least unsure about what your lady likes to wear in the undergarment section, do yourself a favor and stay well clear of the lingerie department.

If you insist that sexy undies are the way forward, remember that ladies lingerie stores are patronized mostly by ladies shopping for themselves – don’t handle the merchandise; don’t loiter near the changing cubicles and don’t ogle other shoppers to try to guess their size – it’s rude and might land you in trouble, so ask the sales assistant for help. Psychological articles show us that a great number of obsessive personalities start their careers in lingerie departments!

Safe bets

• Many lady baby boomers like soft white cotton nightwear and expensive, high thread cotton or embroidered bed linen. Yummy.
• Perfume, French and plenty of it. Do not under any circumstances buy the smallest size available unless you want to join the turkey in the oven.
• Theatre tickets. Okay these are borderline sexy but many lady baby boomers like to get them
• Jewelry. Same rules as perfume but not necessarily French.
• Chocolates; sexy pillows; music CDs; books and leather goods are all welcome but only in quantity.

Gift wrap absolutely everything. If you cannot gift wrap, ask a friend to help you.

Merry Christmas Santa Baby!

The Psychological Article on Santa Baby: The Five Sexiest Christmas Gifts for Women is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

Boomer Yearbook is a Social Network and Psychological Articles for Baby Boomers. Connect with old and new friends, or expand your mind and ward off senior moments and elderly problems with dream analysis and online optical illusions and brain games provided by clinical psychologist Dr. Karen Turner. Join other Baby Boomers to stay informed, receive weekly Newsfeeds, and let your opinions be heard. Baby boomers changed the world. We’re not done yet!

The Eternal Sugar Daddy: Giving Gifts in Exchange for Sex

Administrator — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:40:49 +0000

The Eternal Sugar Daddy: Giving Gifts in Exchange for Sex: BoomerYearbook.com

There are always younger women who will sleep with older men for money and there are always men happy to pay for the privilege of escorting eye candy around town to the envy of his friends. Baby boomers who fall into the category of ‘sugar daddy’ are surprisingly proud of being just that – someone who supplies all kind of goodies to younger women who sleep with them for expensive gifts; living allowances; cars; rent; clothes; whatever.

The drawbacks for both people involved in this sad type of relationship are obvious. For baby boomers who happily part with their pension for the joy of sex and a young sexual partner, there are a number of risks. For those who are already married to someone else there is the risk of discovery and causing terrible pain; there is the real risk that the man will develop genuine feelings for the younger woman that are not reciprocated and vice versa; also, when such associations come to an end there is rarely an amicable separation.

Baby boomers who become sugar daddies often begin their relationship with the younger woman with a genuine and affectionate aim to make them look prettier – buying new outfits simply to gratify their own desire to deck their dream girl in the best of everything – it becomes a problem when Dream Girl gets used to the idea of being pampered and spoiled. Psychological articles describe such relationships as one sided; shallow and often emotionally damaging as both participants end up with emotional baggage.

A girl who has been materially spoiled by the attentions of an older man might have a great deal of difficulty adjusting to a ‘normal’ relationship later on. She becomes accustomed to having the best of everything at an extraordinarily early stage in life. Adjustments are necessary when a more grounded relationship dictates that she limit her spending and her acquisitiveness to the limits of a shared budget that does not stretch to designer clothes and jewelry.

Psychological articles tend to advise that the effect of such a relationship breaking up is even more severe for the older man than the younger woman; probably because age often gets in the way of swift recovery from any break up. Baby boomers getting into a one sided sugar daddy role should consider the possible fallout before entering into any sticky commitments!

The Psychological Article on The Eternal Sugar Daddy: Giving Gifts in Exchange for Sex is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

Baby Boomer Mistresses and How They Keep Their Men

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:14:20 +0000

: How Mistresses Keep Their Man: BoomerYearbook.com

Dr. Karen for BoomerYearbook.com

The word ‘mistress’ conjures images of half naked women permanently dressed in see through underwear and sporting expensive jewelry, a cosmetically enhanced cleavage and a wicked smile. In fact, excluding the odd exception to the rule, baby boomers who are mistresses are invariably ordinary women who fell in love with a man they could not have.

Despite baby boomers’ reputation for sexual liberty, many of them find monogamy very comforting and spend their lives with one person or perhaps two at a stretch. There are a few, however, that become drawn to the dreaded love triangle like a moth to a flame and these sexual intrigues can cause considerable heartbreak and emotional turmoil for everyone involved. Psychological articles tell us that heartbreak can be more difficult to cope with in later life and in serious cases can lead to depression.

Baby boomer mistresses who have been attached to one man for a very long time experience all kinds of emotional insecurity as they get older, for obvious reasons. As they age and lose their looks they believe – in some instances with good reason – that their man will feel less affection for them, no longer find them sexually alluring and eventually seek someone younger.

The reality of affairs is that they are often conducted in an atmosphere of home comfort rather than sleazy bars and private clubs. Baby boomers in the same affair for a long time have much the same home routine as conventionally married partners but without any legal obligation to carry on their association once attraction wears off. This leaves the mistress who is dependent on her man for support in the unenviable position of having no financial security and no emotional security either. This could be the reason for the relationship enjoying its longevity in the first place.

Men have had a generic love of being made comfortable by women since the beginning of time. When things go wrong at home and their relationships with their wives become strained through the daily pressure of family life, they sometimes seek the ingredients missing from their marriage elsewhere. If they are lucky enough to find it, a love affair can continue for many years as the man enjoys all the attention he does not get at home.

Psychological articles do not see extra marital affairs as particularly beneficial in terms of emotional health, for either party. A happier solution all round is to try to repair the cracks in one’s marriage rather than raid the emotions of a part time lover.

The Psychological Article on Baby Boomer Mistresses and How They Keep Their Men is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

The Makeover and its Results: Overhauling Your Appearance for Sexual Attraction

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:57:32 +0000

Boomers Overhauling Appearance for Sexual Attraction: BoomerYearbook.com

Dr. Karen for BoomerYearbook.com

Sexual attraction is an elusive and fickle thing – some of the ugliest people on the planet enjoy the admiration of the opposite sex for no apparent reason and some of them even exhibit unfortunate table manners or poor hygiene! There is no explaining the foibles of the human mind when it comes to physical attraction and fancying someone; chemistry takes over and we simply cave in to our emotions.

There are times when we are attracted not just to the person but to the way they present themselves. Loving the way someone wears their hair or their clothes can be a potent ingredient for sexual attraction, psychological articles assure us. Baby boomers with plenty of cash to splash have the advantage of being able to stay in fashion, fund cosmetic enhancements and undergo quite serious makeovers from time to time. Don’t like your nose? Change it! Don’t like your hair? Dye it! Probably the only thing we cannot change is our height, although 5 inch heels can make a difference for those with a concern.

Makeover can travel a number of different paths: baby boomers who simply want a change of scenery might get a new hairdo or have their eyelashes dyed or be brave enough to have a tattoo (each to his own…) Others feel they can only be regenerated by having a breast lift or reduction; liposuction; botox; tummy tuck or hair transplant. People who opt for a radical makeover usually accomplish the transformation in stages to avoid scaring the neighbors.

Start with the mirror. Be critical and decide which of your features are quite attractive and which are definitely due for a change. Consider whether they can be changed by cosmetic therapies and treatments rather than by drastic surgery. Consult your dentist and see if he (of she) thinks that some dental work is possible to improve your smile and then use it. Psychological articles recommend that smiling can extend our life expectancy as well as enhance our appearance!

Should you decide that surgery is the only solution, be sure to consult a surgeon with faultless credentials and testimonials.

When it comes to clothes, baby boomers know their own minds about what suits them and don’t mind spending cash to keep up with the latest fashions. There are one or two basic guidelines which some people miss such as always matching nail polish to lipstick; always matching shoes to purses and other accessories; never wearing blue and green together; never wearing white stilettos with anything but a white dress and never with jeans. For us baby boomers dressing for sexual attraction, there are no hard and fast rules – only sensible guidelines that will hopefully prevent you from blundering into the realms of “pig wearing lipstick”!

The Psychological Article on The Makeover and its Results: Overhauling Your Appearance for Sexual Attraction is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

Cosmetic Enhancement for Baby Boomers Seeking Sex

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:31:42 +0000

Cosmetic Enhancement for Baby Boomers Seeking Sex: BoomerYearbook.com

By Dr. Karen for BoomerYearbook.com

As we enter the tail end of life we begin to feel a little piqued at the injustice of having more money than we had when we were young but not much of looks to accompany the lifestyle we can finally afford! There is something tragic about baby boomers wearing gorgeous Armani designs with a face like a ploughed field! Wrinkles and crow’s feet are seen by many as the medals of older age but some of us prefer a smoother appearance.

Cosmetic enhancement is no longer the huge leap it once was and it is no longer considered to be the exclusive facility of the rich and famous. Baby boomers from every walk of life now seek surgical solutions to big noses; droopy eyelids; pinched lips; saggy hips; dropped bottoms and slack breasts. It can all be pinched; tucked; sucked and straightened – stitched; stretched and etched into physical perfection.

Traditionally, people who resorted to cosmetic surgery have been criticized, almost as if they have somehow cheated time (usually by people who desperately needed cosmetic enhancement but could not afford it). Baby boomers represent one of the largest groups of clients who opt for the surgeon’s scalpel over aging none too gracefullyPsychological articles observe that the motive for seeking surgical cosmetic enhancement might be self improvement; wanting to feel ‘better turned out’; wanting to feel more confident. The truth is, though, that many baby boomers seeking surgical help for the bits that have dropped; popped; flopped or sagged simply want to be able to feel sexy again. That’s it really – wanting to feel like a hot number again despite having a face and body that has seen a great deal of traffic; wanting to be desirable to Mr Right or Mrs Right. Right?

The first step toward achieving treatment is to find a reputable doctor, even before a budget has been set for the procedure. Compromises should not be made when finding a reputable surgeon. Make absolutely sure your surgeon carries perfect credentials and if possible try to go by personal recommendation. Be realistic when making adjustments to your face and body – it’s the only one you have and mistakes can be tragic – don’t part with your personality by making your nose too snub or your eyes too wide – certain surgical enhancements can have the effect of making you look younger but at the same time a little silly if your default expression is too taut and stiff. Research and find the best surgeon and then take your surgeon’s advice!

The Psychological Article on Cosmetic Enhancement for Baby Boomers Seeking Sexual Interest is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.