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ReAssessing Your LIfe for Your Second Journey
2009-05-23 22:16:00 In mid-life we can find ourselves prompted to reassess, re-evaluate: who are we? are we living the life we want? are we expressing our true purpose? Perhaps compelled by a crisis -- a layoff, end of relationship or an illness... More About: Life , Journey
Live Mindfully to Be Both Relaxed and Productive
2009-05-23 22:16:00 Are you someone who races through your day, trying to complete everything on your list, only to expand the list in the middle of the might, when you're unable to sleep? Many of us inflict this condition on ourselves -... More About: Live
Is Your Relationship With Your Adult Kids What You Want It To Be?
2009-05-23 22:16:00 Many of us are finding that our adult children are returning home with baggage - children of their own, debt, a layoff, a broken heart - and we want to help out, but also want to have our own lives.... More About: Kids , Relationship , Adult
Neurobics, Anyone?
2009-05-11 10:22:00 I've talked about how to keep the brain fit, a necessary challenge for all of us who want to live a life of vitality and challenge into our old age. Here is another way to exercise our brains in our...
Are You Experiencing Passion, Risk, and Adventure in Your Bonus Years?
2009-05-02 03:37:00 Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Harvard education professor and former chair of the board of the MacArthur Foundation, turned 64 and was struck with the inspirational stories she was hearing from peers she was meeting about their new passion in later life. Fascinated,... More About: Adventure , Passion , Bonus , Risk , Years
New Website Launched for Boomers - Join and Get Active
2009-05-02 03:37:00 Check out a new website called Boomerous that just went live - even before Google spiders pick it up. I'm a contributing writer. You'll find articles about: Getting fit Caring for your elders Creating space for aging parents Parenting adult... More About: Website , Join , Boomers , Launched , Active
Passion, Risk, and Adventure Found in Third Chapter Lives
2009-05-02 03:37:00 The ?Third Chapter ,? a still newly defining phase of life, following the middle years, can be a time of exploration, adventure, risk-taking and new learning. Distinguished Harvard Education School sociologist, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot?s new book, The Third Chapter: Passion , Risk , and... More About: Adventure , Lives
"Alivelihood: New Careers As We Age" Features Passionate New Careerists
2009-05-02 03:37:00 Would you like inspiration to be more "alive," more lively, and just possibly create a new livelihood after you've left or downsized from your mid-years' career? That's what my TV show, "Alivelihood" is about. I interview people who've transitioned into... More About: Features , Careers
The Gift of Curiosity - Can We Recapture our Childhood Passion for Learning
2009-05-02 03:37:00 Have you noticed that curiosity is de rigeur for children, but unusual for adults, especially as they age, get set in their ways, their interests, their friends, their usual patterns of doing things? I have reviewed books by Montagu, by... More About: Childhood , Passion , Gift , Learning , Curiosity
Tips for Transitioning to New Employment for Over-50
2009-05-02 03:37:00 Carleen MacKay and Brad Taft write a newsletter on the maturing workforce from a selling yourself perspective. Here are some tips for accessing new careers. See their new book called Return of the Boomers: Crossing the Bridge to the Future... More About: Tips , Employment
Nourish Your Neotenous Traits for a LifeLong Youthful Spirit
2009-04-05 22:05:00 I never knew the word "neoteny" until last year when I reviewed Ronda Beaman's book, You're Only Young Twice for this blog. Beaman took many of her ideas from the anthropologist Ashley Montagu's work, chronicled in Growing Young published in... More About: Spirit
National Service Program Targets 55+
2009-04-05 22:05:00 The AmeriCorps,the US domestic service program similar to the Peace Corps, just got a boost in the legislature. The House voted 321-105 to expand the program and to target people over age 55 with special fellowships. The stipend proposed after... More About: National , Service , Program
Recording Your Story or That of a Loved One Creates History
2009-04-05 22:05:00 When we get into our 60s and beyond, we think more about leaving a legacy. About generativity and how we can affect generations to come. One way we can do this is by telling our story. Or by interviewing an... More About: History , Story , Recording
Creating Meaningful Opportunities to Contribute for the Burgeoning Over-60
2009-04-05 22:05:00 Perhaps women live longer, suggests Janet Hively, PhD, creator of the Vital Aging Network in Minnesota, because they are better prepared for "positive and productive aging." In an article called "Meaningful Work in Later Life" in this month's Aging Well... More About: Creating , Opportunities , Contribute
The Value of Play in Leading to Resiliency in Adults
2009-04-05 22:05:00 In this time when our perceptions of the stability of our economy have shattered, we would do well to look to a human behavior that many adults find frivolous. Play is something some of us are good at and some... More About: Leading
Alivelihood: New Careers As We Age - New TV Show in Boston
2009-04-05 22:05:00 Here's my new adventure - I'm hosting a TV show called: "Alivelihood: New Careers As We Age." In order to access it online, go to http://www.BATV.org. Click on BATV Access, then on Video-on-Demand, then look under the "A's" for the... More About: Boston , Show
Boomers Flock to Community Housing as Antidote for Downsized Income
2009-04-05 22:05:00 Do you remember living with roommates to save money when you were in your 20s? You likely have less than positive memories of sharing space with people who were messier than you, louder than you, who smoked, drugged, and stayed... More About: Community , Income , Housing , Boomers , Flock
Critical Error for Employers to Dump Seasoned Workforce
2009-04-05 22:05:00 Alaina Love wrote on Business Week online, "in the talent hemorrhage pouring from the arteries of U.S. companies are employees who hold significant institutional wisdom and knowledge -- the kind that cannot be easily replaced." Ms. Love, of Purpose Linked... More About: Error , Employers , Critical
Tips for Staying Sane in a World of Economic Distress
2009-04-05 22:05:00 We cannot escape the doomsday news, the drawn faces of our friends and business contacts, our own family members' anxiety about what's next. But, people all over the world have experienced economic setbacks, wars, and major losses. As Americans born... More About: World , Tips , Economic
Brain Training Fitness Centers -- Has the Time Come?
2009-04-05 22:05:00 We now know from research on the adult human brain that it is plastic, flexible, compensates for natural losses and is capable of developing enhanced activity in some regions. Brain training refers to targeted games, the goal of which is... More About: Fitness , Time , Training , The Time
What's Your Social Security IQ?
2008-06-05 00:00:00 Are you confused about how and when to apply for social security? Or about what Medicare really provides and what it costs? You have good reason to be confused. There's lots of detail and opportunity for misperception. If you're at... More About: Security , Social , Social Security
Take Health Care Information Access Out of the Dark Age and Into the Web Ag
2008-05-30 00:00:00 Do you make travel plans online? How about shifting money from 1 fund to another? Or, booking tickets for Bonnie Raitt? But, if you want to find out the results of your last lab test, you often have to hang... More About: Health , Information , Health Care , Care , Dark
Become a More Effective Caregiver
2008-05-24 00:00:00 Are you a caregiver to an elderly or disabled relative or friend? Might that occur down the road for you or your partner? I interviewed Pamela Pope of the Pope Institute to learn more about what services are availble to... More About: Effective , Caregiver
(Probably Not) George Carlin Rants About Aging
2008-05-17 00:00:00 This comes to us via Joanne Hadlock to the Life Planning Network, a dedicated group of people who provides a range of life planning services for people entering their "bonus years." Enjoy and share with your aging loved ones. This... More About: Rants , George , George Carlin , Aging
Is Writing a Book Your 2nd Act..or 3rd or 4th?
2008-04-22 00:00:00 What are you going to do when you grow up? You have your mid-years life all figured out...You're feeling competent about what you do in the world, know that you've affected a lot of people in positive ways. Now you're... More About: Writing , Book
THe Longevity Revolution: Work More or Play More?
2008-04-19 00:00:00 You've heard of "the longevity revolution?" Does it give you hope and excitement to think of living a long, healthy, productive life...or does it make you cringe, imagining all these old, infirm people living off the fruits of your labor?... More About: Play , Work , Longevity , Revolution
How's Your Retirement Hogwash Detector?
2008-04-17 00:00:00 Are you apt to buy into the lifestyle vision that marketers so keenly advertise...despite the fact that it doesn't correspond to your values? What's your ideal retirement? Do you picture yourself in a community of other retireds where your neighbors... More About: Retirement
Re-Purposing Your Skills and Passions When You Retire
2008-04-11 00:00:00 The Wall Street Journal's monthly Encore section features profiles of people who've found challenging pursuits after they've left their mid-life employment. Some of the stories will give you a taste of what might be a good match for your skills... More About: Skills , Retire
For Women Only: Who Wants Commitment?
2008-03-27 00:00:00 The Wall Street Journal's special section: a Guide to Retirement Planning & Living, includes a humorous essay for women who'd like to date men, but don't necessarily want to share their lives 100% with yet another husband. Andree Aelion Brooks... More About: Women , For Women , Commitment
Getting Out of Your Retirement Rut With Coaching
More articles from this author:2008-03-24 00:00:00 Have you recently retired and find yourself at loose ends or too tightly scheduled but not doing things that you find meaningful? Or, perhaps you've encountered a setback you didn't anticipate...You moved to a new area, hoping to enjoy the... More About: Retirement , Coaching 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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