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- "When You Lie About Your Age, The Terrorists Win." The Interview with comic Carol Lefier - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2009 from elizabeth cassidyOne of the comics that I admired for her sharp observational humor is Carol Leifer. Well, Carol just published a very funny book called, "When You Lie About Your Age, The Terrorists Win." She writes about embracing her life and her age and her writing is insightful and hilarious. I just had ...
Views: 1896 - Boomer with Children: How does your Garden Grow? - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Kim Kirmmse TothRemember when your kids were little and you thought they would never grow up? You felt like you were going to be tying sneakers forever, going to parent/teacher conferences and endless soccer tournaments till you were old and gray. Well, you are older…maybe gray…maybe not. But, they really ...
Views: 1577(1 vote) - Traveling with Young Adult Children: Is This Insanity? - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Kim Kirmmse TothFamily vacations may have been wonderful when your kiddos were still little and you were in charge. You were definitely the parent, roles were defined and everyone knew their place. Then, lo and behold, those youngsters grew up! This changes many things in your life but it's the natural order ...
Views: 1680(1 vote) - 5 Tips on How to be the Best Grandparent Ever! - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Kim Kirmmse TothIsn’t it grand being a grandparent? You probably don’t want to be called Grandma or Grandpa because that would make you seem older than you believe you are. You’ve probably come up with some clever name for yourself, which is great. But do you want to know how to be the cleverest grandparent of ...
Views: 1601 - Retirement Jobs: How is Your Entrepreneurial Spirit? - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Kim Kirmmse TothAlways the feisty ones, you boomers aren’t going to let the economy slow you down! If you have retired already or have been laid off you may have a desire to get back into the employment seen. Well, hate to tell you this, but that may be easier said than done. So what? You’re resilient and ...
Views: 1505(3 votes) - The True Meaning of Comfort in Daily Living - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Gail McGonigalIf someone were to ask you to create a of picture ‘comfort’ in your mind, what images would you create? It is a question that I have asked people, in order to find out how people interpret comfort. I was surprised at some of the answers, which made me question people’s perception of how they ...
Views: 2668 - THE ART OF LIVING IN COMFORT - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Gail McGonigalWhen we think of art, we think of pictures, or images of life. We can use this as a metaphor for creating a style of how we want to live as we age. For me style is not about a type of furniture, it’s design, or a colour in the material. It is simply a way of life that has practical purpose, ...
Views: 1234 - A new Approach to Health through Active Living - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Gail McGonigal“Active Living” is about how we choose to ‘live’ our lives every day. It includes all the movements that we create to accomplish tasks that we do for ourselves & others in our family, our work, our sports & recreation, plus are all other aspects of our daily lives. It embraces everything that we ...
Views: 1343 - Changing Your Mind About Twitter - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2009 from Lisa CrunickAfter rolling my eyes and playing dead over all of the twitter hoopla, I am now a memorized fan. Yes, I shifted my stubborn stance and changed my mind…….whew Six months ago I said to Sandy Jones-Kaminski, the Miss Manners of networking and early Twitter fan, “I mentioned Twitter to my kids ...
Views: 870 - Stop Aging - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2009 from i-Supplements comAging begins as soon as you are born. Operations of the human body begin to age as an infant and occur throughout your whole entire life. Around middle age of an individual, we become more vulnerable to daily wear and tear. Aging is unfortunately only truly recognized and defined as a condition ...
Views: 1035 - Three Tips for Baby Boomers Staring a New Business - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Kaya SingerWomen and men in their 60s and 70s are now busy re-inventing themselves, sharpening and learning new skills and beginning new enterprises. After quitting a corporate job or retiring from teaching many of you aren’t ready to stay home and watch TV knit all day. You want to "do something!" Maybe ...
Views: 1231 - A New Approach to Active Living - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from Gail McGonigal“Active Living” is about how we choose to ‘live’ our lives every day. It includes all the movements that we create to accomplish tasks that we do for ourselves & others in our family, our work, our sports & recreation, plus are all other aspects of our daily lives. It embraces everything that we ...
Views: 1283 - Protect Your Joints - Preserve Your Energy - Promote Your Safety - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2009 from Gail McGonigalWhat do these three words mean for our human body? When we PROTECT our body, it means that we are protecting it against injury; like protecting our head with a helmet when we cycle. We protect our back from injury, by bending our knees instead of our backs when lifting a heavy box. We ...
Views: 1667 - Does Retirement Only Come at 65? - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2009 from Debbie RustonWhy is it people believe they have to work until they are 65 before they can enter retirement? Why is it people have bought into this idea and wait sixty five years before they get out and live and do what they really want to do? Why do people think they can't retire young? Why do people think ...
Views: 1440(1 vote) - The Senior Citizen Embraces the Internet - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2009 from Elle WoodI just heard words I never expected to hear from my mother: “Well, why don’t you just email it to me as an attachment?” This is a woman who owned, and presumably used, her computer for 3 years before she discovered she could minimize a window! Now, lo and behold, she’s almost, dare I say, ...
Views: 1019 - The Baby Boomers Retirement: A New Definition for an Old Word - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2009 from Cathy SeversonWhat are your retirement goals and dreams? The baby boomers retirement will be different from former generations. It still to be determined whether it will better or worse. Do you want to have a happy retirement? Of course, you do. Do you want to have a retirement different from your ...
Views: 1507(1 vote) - Book Review: The Scalpel and the Soul - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2009 from Douglas PakThis book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Baby Boomers. The term “Baby Boomers” is used to describe the generation born in the post-World War II years of roughly 1945-1964, which experienced a demographic “baby boom.” Due to the size of their generation and the cultural ...
Views: 1820(1 vote) - What Causes Memory Loss? - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2009 from Gillian EadieI felt like an idiot sitting in the restaurant on my own. Time ticked by and I tried not to look at my mobile for the zillionth time to see how long I’d already been there, looking like sad, middle-aged woman who’d been stood up. I wanted to stand up and explain to the restaurant that I was ...
Views: 2145(2 votes) - Keep That Boomer Brain Growing - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2009 from Gillian EadieIt seems a long time since I was in grade school but I can remember having a science class where the teacher handed round a model of a human brain. It looked kind of creepy and I wasn’t keen to touch it. But I can still hear him talking about how we, at about eleven, had all the brain cells we’d ...
Views: 1665(2 votes) - Four Seasons of Marriage - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2009 from Mary Jane Hurley BrantLet's talk about the four seasons of marriage: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Usually we think of marriage as a relationship with our partner but it can also be the state of marriage solely within us called "the inner marriage." The inner marriage is an intimate relationship with ourself. ...
Views: 1692(12 votes) - ***Mom - The Fifth Commandment - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2009 from Boomer LivingWritten by Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS Real loss never hits until it gets personal. Till it’s someone you love. Till you feel it. Up until then you’re just talking about it but you’re not living it. Two weeks ago my eighty-three year old mother started complaining of chest pain. We gave ...
Views: 3235(2 votes) - ***Vitamin Overload - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2009 from Boomer LivingWritten by Dr. Michael Kaye One of my patients told me that every morning he takes his multi-vitamin, a B complex, vitamin C, CO Q 10, some enzymes and then washes down fish oil with a hemp shake. Can you guess his primary complaint? He says, “Doc, my stomach hurts every morning.” I reply, ...
Views: 1848(1 vote) - ***Do You Know What You Want to Do? - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2009 from Boomer LivingWritten by Natalie Caine, M.A. Empty Nesters, women and men who have been in a career for decades, stay at home moms, parents retiring, college grads and people returning from service, are all asked, what do you want to do now? Are you asking yourself that question? Have you come up with some ...
Views: 936(1 vote) - ***Feeling Integrative Medicine. - Healing Magic - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2009 from Boomer LivingWritten by Pamela McDonald A question I am asked quite often is - What is Integrative Medicine? It is difficult question to answer quickly – Integrative Medicine is an intelligent combination of conventional and alternative medicine – however I believe it is more than that. To help give ...
Views: 1499(1 vote) - ***Recalling Money Complaints from the "Good Old Days"! - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2009 from Boomer LivingWritten by Alfred Benelli, CFP, FIC, Financial Planning Assoc I recently came across some comments submitted to a man-in-the-street, public opinion survey done way back in the 1950’s. Think things are tough today? Here are some of the actual complaints about our economy that were bugging our ...
Views: 957(1 vote) - Build Health with Virtue Energy - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Linda BerryTired of spending your hard earned cash on things that aren’t making you feel any better? Wish there was an easy way to renew your health and vitality without taking extra time out of your already jam packed schedule? Would you like to have more energy to enjoy your life better? Living life ...
Views: 1097(1 vote) - Book Review: Testosterone for Life - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2009 from Douglas PakThis book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Baby Boomers. The term “Baby Boomers” is used to describe the generation born in the post-World War II years of roughly 1945-1964, which experienced a demographic “baby boom.” Due to the size of their generation and the cultural ...
Views: 2399(1 vote) - Definition: Baby Boomers - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2009 from Douglas PakBaby Boom Generation is a term which portrays a generation born during the middle part of the 20th Century. The birth years of the Baby Boom Generation are the subject of controversy. Historically, everyone born during the post-World War II demographic boom in births was called part of the Baby ...
Views: 2429(1 vote) - New Radicals are People Whose Work is How They Give Back - by Submitted on May 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI was at a dinner party in a lovely home in an upscale Toronto neighborhood. Around the table, twelve successful professionals were gathered, including two university professors, a psychiatrist, doctor, management consultant, publisher, concert pianist, and several business executives. Over a ...
Views: 714(1 vote) - 8 Critical Skills for the 2nd Half of Life - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from Dorothy Tannahill-MoranToo many people are simply bored with their life. The boredom can create a downward spiral. The spiral can include depression, listlessness, hopelessness and many other negative feelings. Perhaps the biggest issue for a person in this situation is a sense that they don’t know what to do and ...
Views: 3450(2 votes) - Retirement Planning - Your Attitudes Must Change - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from Glenn Ferguson"And it is that that we must commit ourselves to change!"- Rt. Hon Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham It is not often that I am moved by what is said in parliament but this past week provided me with one of those rear moments. A moment so profound that I had to share it with you - And it may ...
Views: 1212(1 vote) - Beautifully Broken Mothers - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from Regina MurphyAs “Mothers Day” approaches, we become more aware of the relationship we have with our mothers and children. It is set aside to celebrate one of the most important days in the year; the one who gave us life. There are more bouquets of flowers sent on the special day than any other day in the ...
Views: 1333(1 vote) - 10 Tips for People Who Seek to Work in Their Maturity - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from Brad Taft“Tips have the effect of tickling the mind but, before reading my tips, remember that it is most important to have the courage to stay the course of change as you peer into the mists of the future. Listen carefully when I tell you that the most human of expectations is that tips will offer an ...
Views: 996(1 vote) - Retiring Baby Boomers Need to Learn How to Play Again - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2009 from Cathy SeversonAs baby boomers approach retirement, there is the realization they have forgotten how to play. Not to be confused with self-indulgence, play is an activity that needs to be cultivated in a whole new way. What is play? Believe it or not, baby boomers have forgotten how to play. Learning how ...
Views: 1211(1 vote) - Retirement Life: Discover a New Sense of Purpose - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2009 from Cathy SeversonBoomers want in retirement what they wanted from their work. To have fun, great experiences, and make a difference. Retire and discover a new sense of purpose. In today’s complicated world, earning a living is the primary purpose of most working adults. It’s an important role, but can also ...
Views: 1629(1 vote) - Retirement Life: Myth vs. Reality - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2009 from Cathy SeversonAs boomers become retirees, they face a new retirement life. What is happiness based on? As you understand what makes you happy, you can create a more rewarding new senior life. Every year, thousands of people retire, leaving the workforce, looking forward to a well-deserved life of leisure ...
Views: 1349(1 vote) - The New Retirement: Happy Days or Twilight Zone? - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2009 from Cathy SeversonAs the boomers retire, they have the opportunity to enter an exciting new adventure. Without planning, this new retirement could turn into dreary nightmare. Experts have identified six key issues that are important when facing retirement. They are: wealth, health, relationships, ...
Views: 1156(1 vote) - The Secret to Your Grandchild's Success! - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2009 from Bob HaSecret to your Grandchild’s Success! I was a young child of the early 70’s. Reflecting on my own grandparents and the use of technology, the first thought that comes to mind is pop-pop shaking “magic” powder into the fireplace to create colored sparks. Pretty cool. Back then, connecting with ...
Views: 1157(1 vote) - Retirement Investment: Investing in Energy and Creativity - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2009 from Hyacinth Gooden-BaileyInvesting in your retirement we usually talk about money, but well in advance and more importantly we need to invest some time to plan ahead, to give yourself a second chance to figure out what you should really be doing with your life. Pre-retirement is a good time to invest in useful guidance, ...
Views: 1471(2 votes) - Save for Retirement or College? - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2009 from Cindy MorusThis is part of our Financial Literacy Month Question and Answer series Question: Our children are starting high school and we want to be able to help with their college expenses. We also need to save more for our retirement. With time passing so quickly what should we do? Answer: You are in a ...
Views: 1185(1 vote) - Are You Estranged from Someone You Love? - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Carolyn BatesOne of life’s most difficult situations is when someone you love is no longer present in your life. It’s a given thing that sometime as a family member, a good friend or a parent, you are going to have a major disagreement. This so frequently happens with life transitions and as we approach ...
Views: 1234(1 vote) - Natural Organic Antiaging Skincare Foods - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2009 from George PrugarAntiaging! What if there were certain foods you could eat that would prevent aging. Would you do your best to consume these foods? What about foods that make you age faster? Would you avoid these foods? Taking care of your skin starts with decent skincare products; a great skincare routine; and ...
Views: 1693(1 vote) - Midlife Transition - Avoid a Midlife Crisis by Making a Bucket List - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2009 from Toni LaMottaThere are a lot of people today who are talking about the end of the Mayan calendar which takes place in the year 2012. Some are confusing it with the end of the world. Others are saying, it is the end of the world as we know it. What world are we going to create for ourselves? Our Personal ...
Views: 2175(1 vote) - Midlife Transition - A Radical Approach to Any Midlife Crisis - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2009 from Toni LaMottaMany years ago I read a book that was one of the most eye-opening and personally impact-full books I've ever read - and I read all the time. It's by a man named Wally Minto and it's called The Results Book. I'd like to introduce you to some of his ideas. Understanding the power of Your brain ...
Views: 1711(1 vote) - Midlife Transition - 5 Ways to Avoid a Crisis - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2009 from Toni LaMottaIf you are in midlife and are afraid of having a crisis -- or are beginning to be afraid that you might -- what can you do? There are many potential solutions. Seek professional coaching or counseling Sometimes all we need to get through what looks like a 'crisis' in our lives, is have ...
Views: 1646(1 vote) - Midlife Transition - Lessons from Trees and Nature - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2009 from Toni LaMottaOne of the most profound spiritual teachers in life is Nature itself. Being in nature can bring calmness and centeredness and a relaxation found no where else. But nature can be an amazing mirror, inspiring and teaching us. When you learn to look closely, you'll recognize that the patterns in ...
Views: 1824(1 vote) - Count Your Blessings: We Get What We Think About - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from Janie BehrIf you want more money, give up your old beliefs and adopt new ones: "I'm a money magnet!" Count your blessings, Count your blessings, and Count your blessings! If you've had trouble with finances in the past, know it can be different. Expect it, and allow for a new experience. The Stories We ...
Views: 1083(1 vote) - What Will Your Legacy Be? - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2009 from Mary RaduPresident Obama's Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, was recently quoted as saying "never waste the opportunity that a crisis brings to the table." Leaders during earlier world crises challenged us to come together with strength and conviction to lift ourselves up along with helping our fellow world ...
Views: 897 - ***Dealing with Dust - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2009 from Boomer LivingWritten by Mark Sneller, PhD, House dust: Just what is this stuff that causes perennial allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma and respiratory allergy? House dust is a complex mixture composed of pollens and spores; plant hairs and flower parts that are tracked indoors; fragments and feces from ...
Views: 1255(1 vote) - ***Olive Oil as Healer - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2009 from Boomer LivingWritten by David Russell, Ph.D., D.Sc Olive oil is one of the great healers of the plant kingdom. Its healing effects have been recorded in all classical medical traditions around the world for the last 3,000 years. Whether used in cooking or massaged into the skin, it helps the body build ...
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