Living Our Best Lives – Part 6One of my dear friends has been very busy running a business and teaching part-time at a college. At seventy, she’s hoping to sell…
I’ve read a few articles recently about how optimism is generally associated with longer life. One of the articles explained that optimists tend to have lower stress levels and feel…
Part 5 – Social Connections MatterWhen we are still employed, it is often our co-workers who are our go-to lunch companions or after-work ‘wine and whine’ friends. We may feel…
Yesterday I got some good news when I visited my doctor; she told me that she couldn’t detect any sign of a heart arrhythmia I had developed three months prior…
This summer, my husband and I had the opportunity to spend individual time with three of our grandsons. Each boy stayed with us for a couple of activity-filled days. Our…
Part 4 – Freedom to Choose: Last week we focused on identifying what was most important to each of us (Part 3). We discussed core values, individual beliefs, and the behaviors…
Does your sex or gender make a difference when planning for the end of your career and beyond? I’ve spent more than three years reviewing the literature on retirement and…
Ashton Applewhite, author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism, argues that our cultural myth of rugged individualism serves us poorly as we age. I am learning first-hand how…
Part 3 - Planning for the Gift of Time: Discovering What Really MattersIn Part 2, we focused on the concerns we might have about retirement. This week we’re going to…
Part 2: How Will You Use the Gift of Time? Last week (Part 1), we talked about the fact that people 50+ could have literally decades of living yet to…