Ten habits That Will Improve Your Life the Most After 55

In case you haven’t noticed, if you are over 55 today, you are the center of a lot of attention.  As a “boomer”, you’re a hot topic because you are part of the hysteria about the aging of our society. You see, in the eyes of the government, media, academia, most corporations, and many of […]

Are You “Winging It” Into Your Retirement?

“You’d Be Better Off Just Blowing Your Money: Why Retirement Planning Is Doomed.” This intriguing statement headlined an article that came through on my LinkedIn feed this week. I was shocked when I saw the source – Forbes.com! Surely, with that headline, this is coming from some rogue, off-the-edge, iconoclastic, contrarian writer looking to gain […]

Seven Reasons We Should Be Amazed About Getting Older

“Getting old is for the birds!” That’s one of the dozens of ageist statements tossed out casually when a group of seventh-, eighth-, or ninth-decaders assembles.  Each is usually followed by a litany of the issues that can make it seem so. Nary a conversation goes by without multiple mentions of knee/hip/shoulder replacements, this or […]

Consider a “Quest”, Not a “Rest” in Your Retirement

“The good things in life are not things.” So said a bumper-sticker on a Subaru I was behind as I was leaving Home Depot for the umpteenth time this week (it’s springtime spruce-up and planting time as I write). I think the sticker is a mantra that’s resonating for a growing number of us boomers […]

The One Word That Is The Most Dangerous To Our Health

  If you are 55 years old living in California and you just found out that 24-hour home care would cost you $18,000 per month should you need it, would you do something different today to avoid having to go there? That number came from a veteran senior care professional in California I had a […]

Your Dentate Gyrus Needs a Pair of Sneakers!

Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay Did you know you have a dentate gyrus? I just learned I’ve got one. So do you. I didn’t know it. You probably didn’t know it either. When I first saw the term, I thought, yuck, a Greek sandwich made with toothpaste?  But it turns out that it’s a pretty important part […]