As an author, blog­ger, and speak­er, Iris Ruth Pastor’s cor­ner­stones are being real, rel­e­vant, and relat­able. A baby boomer, wife, moth­er of five grown sons and grand­moth­er to five (with one on the way any day), Iris has writ­ten a slice-of-life col­umn enti­tled ​“Inci­den­tal­ly, Iris,” for over thir­ty years. She’s a ​“must read” blog­ger for Huff­in­g­ton Post, and her mus­ings appears in numer­ous oth­er web­sites, news­pa­pers and peri­od­i­cals. She pens a week­ly Fri­day newslet­ter pro­mot­ing self-care and con­trol­ling your own remote. A for­mer radio talk show host and for­mer man­ag­ing edi­tor of The Amer­i­can Israelite, Iris cov­ers all top­ics relat­ed to mid-lif­ers and baby boomers — includ­ing tat­toos — though she gra­cious­ly declines the oppor­tu­ni­ty to get one. Iris’s mantra is ​“Pre­serv­ing Your Bloom” – using your tal­ents and resources to be the best you can be. After beat­ing an eat­ing dis­or­der that ruled her life for forty-six years, through her writ­ing and speak­ing, Iris is doing just that.