Taylor Marks

Sometimes I wonder if I am completely delusional about what can happen in a week. How much life can I pack in? The expression ‘go big or go home’ seems relevant, until one gives it more thought than the hormonally-amped teenagers who like to shout it. Going big also...

Color me surprised. Having previously lived in Manhattan for some 25-odd years, the last five on mega-intense Canal Street, this is not a place I have ever considered in any way restful. When I mentioned to some of my ski friends I was considering renting a place in the...

Bring the person you are and be the best version of that person you can be. It’s hard to compete with your former self, and not fair to either the person you were or the person you are today. We change with time; all living things change with time....

There is nothing better than a warming drink at the end of a long, winter day and we have perfected our cozy longevity peppermint hot cocoa. Not only does this beverage taste delicious, but it also has ingredients that will keep you hydrated and healthy during the cold winter...

Last week, I read a piece in the WSJ about “How to Avoid Being Boring at 60.” The surefire way to be boring is to stop having new experiences and keep banging on about stuff from decades ago, otherwise known as self-fossilization. We can get caught in essentially being bullied by...

Nothing gets us in the holiday spirit quite like the warming combination of pumpkin, cinnamon, and nutmeg. This holiday, we have been swapping out our normal breakfast with this pumpkin pie-inspired smoothie that is not only delicious but healthy and energizing. The star of this smoothie is pumpkin, which is...

We just launched our 2023 AGEIST Holiday Gift Guide, see above. The gifts range from free to spendy, from the useful to the fashionable. Is that the same thing? Hmmm. These are all things that we here at AGEIST own and use on a regular basis, so you know they...

This week, I am still fighting off the mucus stubbornly lingering in my lungs. I am not sure which is worse: coughing as if I have some frighteningly contagious disease, or owning up to the very off-brand reality that I have a secondary bacterial infection in my lungs —...

It’s easy to forget how much effort and action it takes to remain connected and close to our romantic partners. So often we can go through life with our person and forget to take the time to build deeper connections. In the pursuit of fostering stronger bonds in our...

It has been a medically intensive week here. Monday was the neurologist. I have a small tremor in my hands and, just to make sure I don’t have something unpleasant growing in my head or some nasty brain-wasting disease, I went in to have it checked. Having had some...