My Golden Bachelor

 Hope... That seems to be the theme of the new television series, The Golden Bachelor. Can finding a burning love be found in your 70’s? Yes, it can! That’s when I found MY Golden Bachelor and the love of my life. And why not? I still have a lot of living to do. I’m not dead yet! So, I decided to live, not exist. I love being in love, and I’m so grateful to feel cherished in return.

A friend of mine told me to try the dating site, eHarmony. As part of their process, they asked me to fill out a psychological questionnaire so that I could find my perfect match. It worked! My Golden Bachelor and I were over a 100% match, he is now my golden husband and soul mate!
Maria Lauren and her Golden Bachelor get married in Hawaii.
After six years of being on my own, I decided to lift hope and watch it rise. 
During the peak of the Covid epidemic, the quiet hours made loneliness an unwelcome companion. I was feeling isolated. Even though I was making a difference by doing good work during the epidemic at Kaiser Permanente, I needed to make a difference in my personal life.

I prepared myself. I prayed. I read Psalms for spiritual nourishment, dating books, and listened to dating podcasts to broaden my vision. My approach to dating was to get to know someone as a friend. I enjoyed the development of discovery that happened when peeling a lifetime of layers. 

Through this discovery I found the depth of character that I desired. 
This was golden!

At this age, I knew what I DIDN’T want. I knew I wanted a spiritual connection, a kind and caring person that would help me feel safe. I felt a spiritual bond, and this led me to open my heart, and that’s when Cupid’s arrow gently struck! 

My Golden Bachelor was very thoughtful in preparing our dates and wrote me very romantic letters about his feelings. With caution, I embraced my vulnerability at an emotional level, and that started an intense physical chemistry. We were engaged and married on the beach in Hawaii in less than a year. After all, we weren’t getting any younger! LOL!
This year, we shared our second Honeymoon visiting the Greek islands.
Maria Lauren and her Golden Bachelor enjoy their second Honeymoon touring the Greek Islands.
Peaceful gratitude warms my heart full of love as I look forward to many more Honeymoons!

A note from my Love…

MY SWEETHEART FOREVER… YOUR SMILE CAPTURED MY HEART… YOUR HEART CAPTURED MY SOUL… WE ARE ONE FOR LIFE… ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU… YOUR SWEETHEART FOREVER!

“Never give up. Eagerly follow the Holy Spirit and serve the Lord. Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying.”

– Romans 12: 11-12
 It’s been a while since I posted on my blog, but you see, I’ve been busy being in love!

Wishing you the gift of love,

Maria Lauren

Aka: MariaElena Alberici-Blake

My website: www.MariaLauren.com

Corporate wellness: www.RenewYourPower.com

New Study: Exercise and Covid-19

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De-stress with Tai Chi and Yoga, but don’t forget Dance and Pilates too!

Now, more than ever, I feel the need to campaign for the value of exercise, as there is a new study that suggests that exercise protects against severe COVID-19 infection.

A new study involving over 50,000 participants was published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, found that those who had exercised the most leading up to contracting SARS-CoV-2 were least likely to be hospitalized or die from the infection. 

The study looked at records from patients in the Kaiser healthcare system in California, in part because Kaiser doctor’s protocol is to ask patients questions about how much they have exercised recently during each visit. 

The researchers then stratified the subjects into groups based on the amount of time they had exercised in the past week (defined as equivalent to or greater in intensity than a “brisk walk”):

  • Least active: 10 minutes or less
  • Most active: 150 minutes or more
  • Moderately active: in between least and most

The findings were striking. Those in the least active group were 250% more likely to die than those in the most active group and 30 percent more likely to die than those in the moderately active group. 

In conclusion, exercise about 30 minutes a day for your better immune system in combatting COVID-19.

Being in healthcare at this time requires lots of energy adapting to a constant changing atmosphere.

I am proud to be on-staff at Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Healthy Living, where we give our patients health education and the tools to have better well-being.

At this time, I am leading their safe and therapeutic virtual fitness classes, teaching Dance, Tai Chi, Yoga, and Pilates, in designated areas in Southern California.

We are committed to engage our members at Kaiser Permanente to be healthy, and fit.

Patients are also encouraged to take other steps to improve their overall health and immune function—along with interventions like taking Vitamin D, social distancing, and vaccines.

I am also grateful that my company, Renew Your Power, continues to bring wellness, through specialized exercises, to corporations so that their lunch break can be a stress break.

At this time, we continue to wear masks and keep safety measures in-tact.

There have been so many changes in the past year. Personally, I continue trying to keep hope alive moving forward in this ever wavering reality.

“Hope has the power to inspire, to give you the strength to hang-on and to believe in the possibilities that exist in a better future.” – Pastor Brad Scot Johnson

Yours in hope,

Maria Lauren, (MariaElena Alberici)

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