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If you’re over 40 and you’re feeling sluggish because you’ve been sitting at home in front of a computer this past year, here’s the motivation to get you back in shape. Working out as we get older is even more important than working out when we were younger. Did you know that increasing physical activity later in life reduces health problems such as hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis and obesity? The problem is that many adults don’t know how to get started safely. First o...f all, you don’t need to spend hours working out. Just 30 minutes of physical activity everyday will do a body good. If you’re finding it hard to drive to the gym you can work out from home. The internet has a bunch of different fitness websites that display workout videos for almost anything. The problem is finding what works best for your fitness level and body type. You need personalized workouts that are customized for you. You don’t want to be following a workout routine that’s meant for a 25 year old who works out twice a day, when you’re a 40 year old just starting to work out again. Check out out @fitforeverprogram. They have personalized workouts that are designed for you. I’ve been using their program I have seen results without doing more than what my body can take. Their workouts are designed and led by the country’s leading back pain specialists, olympic trainers, strength and conditioning coaches and backed by leading surgeons, MD’s, and aging experts - this is truly the safest program on the market! Most people feel results in just 7 days! I wasn’t born athletic, I’m just a regular girl from Chicago, but healthier and more fit than when I was in my 20’s and 30’s. A lot of it is thanks to @fitforeverprogram. Go to their page and check them out. If you like what you see and decide to join @fitforeverprogram you can use my code HOLLYWOODEYES (all caps) to get $20 off the annual fee which brings the price down to only $79. It’s time for you to take control of your health. Are you ready to get moving again to get more energy and bikini ready?!? Please share this with someone who could use @fitforeverprogram #sponsoredad #fitforever #workout #workoutmotivation #aginggracefully #ageless #betterafter40 #betterafter50 #fitforlife #fitandfab #40andfit #healthiswealth #healthylifestyle #healthyliving #healthandwellness #healthtips #50andfit #50andfabulous #losangelesoptometrist #healthiswealth #40andfabulous #collaboration #collaborations #collaborate #wellnessblogger #collabswanted #feelgreatfitness #holisticdoctor #healthcontentcreator

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What is a woman to you? To me a woman is the intersection of strength and kindness. Being tough yet gentle, being beautiful inside and out. As a middle aged woman I am wise yet humble because despite all the wisdom I have amassed through decades of experience, I am smart enough to know that there are many who are far wiser than I am in many ways. I believe that wisdom is a continuum to be received and then shared with others. Never hoard or keep wisdom to yourself. I am secu...re and proud of my successes, yet I am still hungry for more personal growth. Taking risks and embarking on new adventures is part of my MO. I will never rest on my laurels. Thinking outside the box, and embarking on my next chapter before I am completely ready is what has contributed to me pivoting and reinventing myself over and over. By not setting limits for yourself you will continue to peak over and over. Above all, I am grateful for all the wonderful things that come with being a woman. Being a single mom I sometimes feel l that I need to provide both what a mother and father give their children. But the same way that a father cannot truly be a mother, a mother cannot truly be a father. So I strive to be the best parent that I can be. I have often been the only woman in the dugout, coaching on the field, or in the locker room of an NHL team, but I have never considered myself to be a feminist or a woman’s libber. I am just trying to be a good human being to provide as rich a childhood for my son as possible while being a strong role model. This also goes for being woman. I will never try nor want to be like a man. Being a woman fulfills me. Every day I simply try to be the best person that I can be whether it is male or female, young or old. I am woman that is for sure. But instead of roaring, I speak softly and carry a big stick ... and of course a pair of boxing gloves ! Happy Women’s Day to all of my friends. Give gratitude for all the amazing things that women bring to your life.

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How important is your vision? If you work on a computer screen, if you need to see clearly to drive, if you want to be good at sports, and if you want to see all the beauty that life has to offer, for God’s sake, get your eyes examined regularly. When was the last time that you went in for an eye exam? If your eyes are important to you, get them checked at least once a year, it’s that simple. Eye exams are a very important part of our overall health. Both adults and children ...need to get their eyes examined regularly to make sure your eyes are healthy, and that your vision is supporting your lifestyle. Vision plays a critical role in the learning and development for both our educational and professional careers. Through eye exams we can detect many vision threatening diseases such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, cataracts, or diabetic retinopathy. These diseases can affect our everyday performance both in school and at work, so the sooner we catch them, the better the treatment options to protect your previous vision and eyes. I didn’t know that I had glaucoma until I started to lose some peripheral vision. Glaucoma usually doesn’t hurt or cause pain which is why it’s almost impossible for us to know that we have glaucoma until it progresses enough to affect our vision. Thankfully my case was detected before losing all my vision. This is why I always encourage my patients to come see me at least once a year. You might have been ok last year, but that doesn’t mean that you’re ok this year. I’m not trying to scare you, but that’s just how eye diseases can happen. Even if you think that you have perfect vision, an annual eye exam can be one of the best things you can do to protect the overall health and wellness of you and your loved ones. When was the last time that you went in for an eye exam? Call our office for an eye exam today to help you see and look your best! #eyeexam #eyeexamination #eyeexamforkids #visionexam #checkyearlyseeclearly #glaucoma #eyeproblems #optometrista #integrativeoptometrist #eyehealth #eyehealthtips #optometrist #optometry #healthyeyes #eyedoctor #homeopathicdoctor #holisticlifestyle #losangelesoptometrist #middleageisthebestage #holisticwellness #losangeleseyedoctor #collaboration #collaborations #collaborate #healthcontentcreator #collabswanted #digitalcontentcreator #seeclearly #wellnessblogger #healthiswealth

https://youtu.be/EOxMuuqT7Ls Are you looking for a way to treat your dry eyes, but you can't seem to find the time to lie down with your eyes closed for half an hour every day? I've got a FANTASTIC new solution for you developed by my buddies at @tearrestore. Traditional eye masks cover your eyes so you are out of commission while you treat your eyes. TearRestore has an opening for your eyes to see so you can keep on doing what you're doing while you heat up your eye lids t...o open up clogged tear glands. Dry eyes is a growing problem. The more you are on your computer, the less you blink, and the more the glands that make the lubricating tears get clogged up along with bacteria and other gunk. Eventually the moisturizing tears cannot come out and BANG ... you have dry, tired and red eyes. It gets worse the longer you go without treatment. Eventually the clogged glands become inflamed and damaged and you will actually LOSE the ability to make oily tears. Ironically dry eye patients get watery eyes when it's windy or they are tired so they don't know they have dry eyes, but watery eyes actually means you're not releasing the oily layer of tears which moisturizes your eyes. When your brain sends a message to your eyes to release tears, only the aqueous or crying tears can come out. These don't get clogged because they are salty which melts rather than clogs like the lubricating and fatty oily tears. @tearrestore not only lets you keep on trucking while you heat up your lids to unclog oily tear glands, it helps the "gunk" that's stuck in your lids to come out since you are still blinking while your lids are heating up. You can get yours at: https://www.tearrestore.com/?ref=elisebrisco Use my code hollywoodeyes for a discount even for my fellow optometrists who are buying for their patients or office. Try it, you'll love it Follow me on Instagram for daily holistic wellness tips on how to live your best life and age gracefully @HollywoodEyes https://www.Instagram.com/Hollywoodeyes #ambassador #dryeyes #dryeyetreatment

One of the most common questions that I get from my patients is How can I keep my eyes from aging? My answer is, You can slow down the aging of your eyes the same ways that you can slow down the aging process for your whole body. Much of your health is affected by living a healthy lifestyle. Eating clean, staying physically active, and stress management all benefit your mind, body and eyes! Age really is just a number. For example, you can be 40 years old and have the ...body of a 20 year old. But you can also be 20 years old with the body of a 40 year old! As an integrative and holistic optometrist I have seen how the quality of my patients’ vision really comes down to how well they take care of themselves. The quality of your vision is strongly dependent on how well you eat, exercise, manage stress, and how well you take care of your eyes especially if you’re on a computer or mobile phone screen more than two hours a day. Ask yourself, Am I eating enough fruits and vegetables?, Am I exercising enough?, Am I protecting my eyes from blue light? If you said no to any of these questions then it's time for you to make some changes. Moving forward include a few veggies with every meal, and substitute any artificially sweetened desserts with naturally sweetened fruits. After you eat, don't go straight to the couch. Instead, go out for a walk and enjoy the natural sunlight for a few minutes. There’s a solution to everything. Age doesn’t have to define how you and your eyes feel. At the end of the day you’re the one in control of your life.

Life is what you make it! What you get out of life is what you put into it, and that applies to your mindset and how you take care of yourself. It’s never too late to develop good habits for a healthy lifestyle. Living your best life includes physical fitness and healthy eating, but above all is you need a strong mindset. Here’s what works for me to feel better in mid-life than I did when I was in my 20’s and 30’s.... Set goals: You’re never too young or old to start something new! If you are one of those people that think that age matters, just look at our last two presidents. They are both over the age of 70 and still going strong! Another example isTom Brady who started with a new football team (that had a 7 and 9 record last year, and 5 and 11 records the two previous years ) but still won the Super Bowl at the ripe old age of 43! Brady made it work because of his experience, health discipline and most importantly his mentality. I don’t let age limit me. I’m always looking to do more. When I founded NearSight I was looking for a way to make reading easier for people who need reading glasses. Fast forward to now and we are close to launching! Try psychology-backed exercises that will make you feel more confident. Body language matters! That means your body language can literally hack your brain and improve your mentality. Simple exercises such as leaning back on your chair, putting your hands on your hip, or leaning to the side against the counter or wall can have a big impact on how you feel. Stay flexible and fit. Go on a walk or jog around your local neighborhood on a daily basis or at least every other day. Try intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting has been shown to have major benefits for aging. It promotes autophagy which is the body's way of cleaning out damaged cells, in order to regenerate newer, healthier cells. It also decreases insulin resistance and by reducing blood sugar levels. Staying healthy at every point in our life is made possible with the right mentality healthy lifestyle. Every new decade of our lives is a new challenge that we need to learn and adapt to. As long as we have the will to live, we will thrive!

Vitamin C is one of the most known vitamins out there, and rightly so. Vitamin C brings many benefits to our daily life. It protects and keeps your cells healthy, it maintains your skin looking youthful (for all my Gen X folks), it improves blood flow, and it's also great for eye health. I recommended that those over the age of 40 take at least 40mg of vitamin C a day. The reason why I recommend taking it everyday is because vitamin c cannot be stored in the body, so you need... to consume it everyday. The more you consume the better you will feel, but just keep in mind that taking too much vitamin C (up to 1000mg) can also cause you to feel stomach pain, flatulence, and even diarrhea. When it comes to consuming vitamin C you have options.There are a bunch of fruit and vegetables that you can consume. Some good sources of vitamin C include: Citrus fruits, such as oranges Peppers Strawberries Blackcurrants Broccoli Brussel Sprouts Potatoes If you want an extra boost of vitamin C you can also take supplements. Supplements typically come with more mg per pill than any fruit or vegetable out there. In the comment section down below please leave a comment explaining what source of vitamin C you consume the most! As a fitness and health enthuthiast i’m always looking to provide helpful and insightful information that will help you in your everyday life. If you’d like me to cover a specific topic on eye health or fitness and health please leave it in the comment section, or message me privately with your request!

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Most people have made major changes in their lives this past year. Children and students are spending almost the whole day in front of the screen due to online or virtual learning activities. Adults are working from home since offices are closed, and are doing televideo meetings, such as Zoom, instead of meeting in person. Many of our patients are reporting visual discomfort, difficulty sleeping and feeling tired overall during the pandemic partially from sitting in front of ...the computer with a blue screen for so many hours instead of moving around. With more people working online, and available via text and email 24/7, is anyone really giving their eyes a break any more during the weekend? Is there such a thing as not working on the weekends? All of a sudden, working from home has become mandatory, especially if you’re running a business such as I am. We all need to find a way to balance both our personal and professional life, as well as exercise our eyes to avoid those tedious dry eyes! Learn how to manage working from home by reading my entire blog at hollywoodvision.com/blog Do you find yourself stuck working from home everyday? What steps are you taking in order to keep yourself sane?

Sleeping late is a risk factor that can eventually lead your children to become more nearsighted. Sleep plays a big role in both mental and physical health, so it’s important that we all get a full night's sleep, especially kids. As our children grow up, they tend to develop habits that are similar to ours. This is why it’s important to set healthy habits, such as going to bed early. According to new research, myopia, or nearsightedness, is an eye problem that is more likely ...to show up in children who are late sleepers. Myopia is one of the most common vision problems in childhood. About 9% of children and teens between the ages of 5-17 suffer from myopia. With so many distractions out there, it's no wonder that our kids can’t fall asleep early. I recommend reading books instead of computers before bedtime. Reading allows your muscles to relax and slows down your breathing, leaving you feeling calmer and ready to sleep. It’s been said that 39% of people that read right before bedtime sleep better than those who don’t. Now imagine pairing a good read with a comfy mattress. I recommend @sitnesleepmattress. We used their BedMatch system that scientifically helped us choose the right mattress. Our new mattress adjusts to the temperature of your body to keep you cool all throughout the night. My son literally cannot wait to get to bed now because he loves his new mattress so much! Keeping your children’s eyes safe is a full time job. That's why you should also look into @officialglambaby. They offer adorable glasses for kids with bona fide blue light protection. Blue light messes with your body’s sleep cycle. When you are in front of a digital screen for so many hours, especially at night, your brain doesn’t shift into nighttime mode to start producing melatonin. This is why so many kids are restless and light sleepers. Blue light glasses helps your children sleep better, and protects their eyes from potential blue light damage. If your child has already been diagnosed with myopia, Ortho K lenses are a great way to keep their eyes from getting worse. Ortho K can also decrease their current prescription! Does your child struggle with going to sleep on time? Don’t let them run the risk of getting myopia. Give me a call at (323) 521-4770 to make an appointment today.

Growing old while being healthy is like having your cake and eating it too! There are so many benefits of growing up such as financial freedom and peace of mind. I have benefited greatly from years of experience, both wins and losses that that have taught me so much. I am more creative, a better decision maker, and I can solve problems much better than I could when I was younger. I am much more relaxed, and even though I am still an overachiever with a Type A personality, I a...m much more at peace with myself and the things in the world that I cannot change (see the Serenity prayer below). What’s my secret? Maintaining a healthy lifestyle that slows down aging both inside and outside my mind and body. The other big factor is having discipline, and the desire to achieve. In my previous post I discussed the importance of maintaining a healthy diet for the sake of your eyes and your overall health, but there are other things that you can do to live a healthier and more gratifying life: Find a balance between work and your personal life Be at peace with yourself and the world Accept what you can vs. what you cannot change Make work your play: why separate the two? Meditate: give your mind the rest it needs Surround yourself with good people with good energy Eat healthy and delicious foods Use movement as your medicine Sleep! Sleep is the best way to heal your body after a long day Even if you’re a night owl, get your sleep when it’s best for your body clock Please share how you stay forever young, and what you like about growing up! Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; And wisdom to know the difference. As a fitness enthusiast, Integrative Optometrist and Clinical Homeopath, Dr. Brisco has improved the lives of her patients for 30 years. Call (323) 521-4770 or www.HollywoodVision.com

Your eyes don’t lie about your age! Tips to slow down aging of your eyes ...

Your eyes don’t lie about your age. 50 is the new 30 because you don’t look your age, but it’s almost impossible to avoid not seeing your age. When you reach your mid-40’s most of us start straining to see close up. This is called PRESBYOPIA which is due to a natural maturation of your eyes. The lens stiffens, gets cloudy over time, and the focusing muscles get weaker which affects your ability to zoom in and out to change focus especially to see things at near. Presbyopia pr...ogresses until you literally cannot see what is right in front of you unless you wear reading or multi-focal glasses, or you take off your glasses for distance. This is why I invented a phone case with a reading lens called NearSight to make it easier for you to see on and off your phone while you are on the go. Get on our mailing list to be one of the first to know when we launch in 2021 www.NearSight.com Did you know that you can slow down aging of not only how you look, but how you see? The same things that are good for your overall health are good for your eyes. Eating healthy, an active lifestyle, yearly preventive eye exams, and using natural medicine such as homeopathy can keep your eyes healthier and stronger longer. In fact, I have developed lifestyle recommendations, natural treatments and eye exercises for my patients to slow down, and even reverse aging of their eyes. I am happy to do telemedicine consultations for patients about this who do not live in Southern California. You can request an appointment on my website www.HollywoodVision.com or send an email to [email protected] The foods that you eat affect your body AND your eyes. Did you know that fat-filled snack foods may heighten the risk of developing advanced age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness and vision impairment? Think twice next time you reach for processed snack foods, Is this worth being unhealthy? Strive to eat foods that will enhance your vision, and help you age gracefully. Here are some foods that naturally enhance your vision: Raw red pepper Sunflower seeds Leafy greens Fish (Salmon) Lean meat Pair a healthy diet with regular exercise and natural treatments such as homeopathic medicine that is based on triggering the body’s self-healing abilities to protect your vision. On top of this, make sure to exercise your eyes regularly. You can do this by challenging your eyes to focus on different objects in a variety of ways. For example, you can do some of the following activities: Focus on your finger a few inches away from your eye Slowly move your finger away from your face, holding your focus Look away and focus on something in the distance at least 10 feet away Refocus on your finger close up Repeatedly change focus from far to near for 5 minutes Take home tip: a healthy diet paired with an active lifestyle = great long term vision! Have your eyes examined annually to keep your eyes aging gracefully. I am living proof of this!

We all know that too much blue light is bad for your eyes and your overall vision, but can it really affect your overall health? The short answer is yes! Why? Simply because many of our modern jobs require us to work from a desktop from Monday to Sunday. Let’s be honest, most of us are now working every day even if it’s from home.This isn’t because we want to, but because we have to, especially now during these tough times that we are experiencing. When we are stuck in fron...t of a screen all day, our body slowly begins to shut down, causing us to become lazy and miss many important activities that our body needs in order to stay in good shape. Being stuck on a screen all day also causes us to be constantly snacking, and can lead us to create bad eating habits. As we all know, if we can’t regularly exercise and eat well, our health will begin to take a turn for the worse. Recent studies have shown us that light at night can help fuel weight gain and metabolic diseases, so people exposed to more bright light at night are hungrier and produce less insulin (the main anabolic hormone of the body), making it harder for them to turn those late-night snacks into fuel. So how can we attack this problem? No, not by quitting your job! We attack the problem by protecting our eyes with the right equipment. @launchprotect offers an amazing catalog of products that block harmful blue light from reaching your eyes. They also offe screen protectors for phones and tablets. @officialglambaby has super cute glasses for kids with blue light protection. Follow both us @hollywoodeyes and @launchprotect to get a complimentary blue light screen for your Nintendo Switch screen. Please send us a DM letting us know you did this. The screens are only available for pick up at our office. We will announce the week that we have the screen protectors for pick up in our Los Angeles office. Have you noticed any changes in your body from working long hours infront of a screen? Please comment down below!

Dodger Stadium vs. our couch during COVID hasn’t dampened our enthusiasm for this World Series! But I do long for the day that we can cheer on our beloved Dodgers in person with 56,000 of our closest friends! How about those Dodgers?!

Vice President Pence had a pink eye during the debate two weeks ago. This caught the attention of many people because it was around the time that President Trump had COVID-19, and pink eye is known to be one of the symptoms of COVID-19. Pink Eye, also known as conjunctivitis, is an infection that affects the mucous membrane of your eye including the exposed white tissue. When the small blood vessels in the eye become inflamed, they're more visible, which then causes your ey...es to appear pink. Since Pink Eye is a symptom of COVID-19, people were concerned that Pence had pink eye since the coronavirus has already reached the White House. Typically, pink eye is caused by a bacterial infection, allergies, or virus such as the coronavirus. Thankfully, what seemed to be a pink eye was just a false alarm given that Pence tested multiple times for COVID-19, and came out negative every single time. Tips to avoid getting an eye infection especially while COVID-19 is still out there include: Washing/sanitizing your hands after being out in public. I carry @fivestarhandsanitizer with me everywhere I go. Don’t touch your eyes! When in a crowded place, wear glasses or a visor I’d like to give a shout out for my friend @fivestar_mikeroach. We have been giving out little bottles of hand sanitizers to our patients, and they love this thoughtful gift. DM Mike or I if you are interested in having personalized hand sanitizers for your customers. They will think of you every time they use your gift! I’d also like to recommend the clear and sun visors from @solvisors to prevent infected moisture droplets from going into your eyes. Use code hollywoodeyes for your discount Let me hear your thoughts on this. Are you concerned about getting an eye infection, or if you see someone with a pink eye? As a fitness enthusiast, Integrative Optometrist and Clinical Homeopath, Dr. Brisco has improved the lives of her patients for 30 years. Call (323) 521-4770 or www.HollywoodVision.com

Who agrees? This really hit me like a ton of bricks when I read it. I pray that we love each other and ourselves more than we hate each other. This may be idealistic, but it’s how we we thrive and survive as a nation. For more daily doses of positive psychology, check out my friend, Maral Azimi @dailydoseoftherapy... P.S. I you