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In that same week, in other news around the world, Former Miss Teen Universe Lotte Van der Zee died after suffering a fatal heart attack the day before her 20th birthday. The top seven controllable risk factors are: smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, diet and exercise. Having a healthy diet and exercising reduces your risk for many illnesses, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and obesity. Other worthy examples are: start taking a 10 minute walk after lunch every day, spend a little more time at the gym every week, or have some walking meetings instead of sitting all the time.

It’s been well researched that social relationships are necessary for human health and even our survival. I created several Meetup groups for this reason—to support people in leadership and career health, as well as in mental and physical health. It’s not only important for networking, it’s also important in order to be a good interviewer or interviewee. It’s even more important if you want to be a good leader; being relatable is an incredibly important skill for leaders.

In my last post I shared how we left our Bay Area Home of seven years and drove through central California to our new home in the south. Dreams do come true, and this was one of mine

The opportunity arose for us to have a life that we’ve been dreaming of, and we received it with open arms. Even though I’ve left my most recent home, I’ll continue to have relationships with people I treasure. And yet, when we’re open to our dreams coming true, we’re ready to see the opportunity when it comes our way. So, we left the bay area last Friday and drove down, across the middle of the great state of California, to our new home in the south.