In her book, 50 Secrets of the World’s Longest Living People, author Sally Beare studied areas of the world where residents routinely live beyond the century mark. While conducting her research, Beare discovered 50 similarities (the ’secrets’) among the peoples. To purchase Beare’s book, visit the Barnes and Noble website. You can read our entire review of 50 Secrets in our upcoming July/August issue of Fresh magazine!

Here is a quick list of some of the ’secrets’:

1. Eat until you are only eight parts full
2. Consume 5-7 servings of fruits and vegetables a day
8. Choose organic goat’s and sheep’s cheese
12. Have a handful of nuts and seeds daily
30. Chew your food
41. Breathe and Hum
42. Sit still and do nothing
45. Sing in the shower
46. Give help to others
47. Marry - or get a dog
48. Eat with a friend
50. Sleep

In conjunction with the feature on auras spotlighted in the upcoming issue of Fresh, we compiled an Aura Quiz!. Don’t have time to get your aura read?  Check out the quiz below to find out your true aura color!

Discover Your Aura!

Simply answer the following questions and tally up your score to unveil your true colors!

1)  If asked, how would your best friends describe your personality?
a.  Vivacious and dynamic with a passion for the sensual side of life.
b. Sensitive and caring with a deep interest in the well-being of others.
c. Happy-go-lucky optimist who can put a smile on anyone’s face.
d. Analytical and competitive with a talent for giving great advice.
e.  An independent risk-taker who loves to push the envelope.
f. Thoughtful and intuitive dreamer who has a flair for creativity.

2)  Out of these options, which job could you see yourself doing?
a. World Traveler or Chef
b. Nurse or Counselor
c. Yoga Instructor or trainer
d. CEO or Lawyer
e. Undercover agent or Professional snowboarder
f. Politician or Activist

3)  Romantically, you would characterize yourself as which of the following?
a. I like to keep things hot and spicy, especially in the bedroom!
b. I like to pamper my partner to show my affection.
c. I like to go on adventures with my mate, especially abroad!
d. It sometimes takes me a while to open up about my feelings.
e. It takes me a while to build up trust with my partner.
f. I tend to put love on the back burner in order to pursue my own interests.

4)  Which of these statements do you most agree with?
a. I value my independence highly and want to reach a point of power in my life.
b. I am in touch with my spirituality; material possessions are unimportant to me.
c. I am at my best when I am sharing my happiness and cheer with others.
d.  Living a very orderly and balanced life allows me to achieve my goals.
e. I like to live in the moment and very rarely care what others think of me.
f. I have very strong convictions and work hard to promote my cause or message.

5)  When you’re at a work meeting, you’re usually …
a. The person drinking coffee to stay awake!
b. The person who listens carefully to what everyone else has to say.
c. The person who socializes the most.
d. 15 minutes early!
e. 15 minutes late (oops!).
f. The person with the strongest opinions.

Key

If you answered mostly a’s, your aura is red.
If you answered mostly b’s, your aura is blue.
If you answered mostly c’s, your aura is yellow.
If you answered mostly d’s, your aura is green.
If you answered mostly e’s, your aura is orange.
If you answered mostly f’s, your aura is violet.

For those of us that are dating after divorce, getting ‘back in the saddle’ again seems scary at best, and mortifying at most. When slinking home after a disasterous date, it’s difficult to imagine dishing it all to your very closest friend.  So what kind of emotional resolve (or temporary insanity) would it take for a singleton to blog about it on the Internet, for all (and that last date) to read?

Meet Sara Susanna Katz, a midwestern writer and author of “Wife Living Dangerously.” Katz bears it all on the MSN .com section devoted to single life and dating.  In regular blogging posts, she talks about finding both men and frogs online, swooning and being swooned, and living the large life back in the dating world.

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