Category Archives: Baby Boomer

Changing Holiday Traditions as we Age

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Ready or not, the holidays are here! You may be excited about celebrating the family traditions, or you may feel stressed and guilty about all the expectations that come with these traditions. As you get older, your level of energy and family situations may change, creating a need to adapt or let go of some traditions, like shopping for every family member, decorating every inch of the house, or preparing a huge feast. Here are some ideas about how you might do that. First, it might be helpful to reflect on the following […]

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Five Work Benefits that Become Retirement Needs

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Retirement has been morphing for the past fifteen to twenty years from a short period of leisure and rest to a much longer period of healthy, active and often meaningful pursuits. One effect of this change is the great need for pre-retirement planning. A helpful place to begin is by considering how to replace the five benefits of work that have become integral parts of our lives: financial compensation, a purpose, a social network, time management, and status. Financial compensation is the work benefit that people know they need to replace in […]

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The Positivity Effect on Relationships as We Age

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Researchers have confirmed that close relationships and social integration – “how much you interact with people as you move through your day”- are the best predictors of longevity and also lead to greater health and happiness. These relationships help us get through the challenges aging can bring with more ease and success. This information, plus my own experiences navigating the complexities of relating to our adult sons, teen and toddler grandsons, and my spouse of almost 50-years, have inspired me to research the changes in relationships as we get older. There are […]

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Why legacy letters?

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Through my study of conscious aging, I have learned about the legacy we might leave behind, whether financial assets, core beliefs , experiences, or lessons learned. It wasn’t until I heard Rachael Freed at the Sage-ing International Conference, however, that this idea came alive for me in the form of legacy letters. These take our stories, or snippets of them, and extricate the lessons to pass on to others as a blessing. Hoping to inspire you as well , I share a little more about what legacy letters are and the needs […]

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How Can I Retire without my Work Support Team?

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According to the “experts”, five main benefits of work have become needs- income, purpose, time management, status, and a social network. When people plan for retirement, they should consider ways to replace these. As a retiree and a retirement coach, I have discovered a sixth work benefit that, though not as significant as the five above, should also be built into a successful retirement plan – office support services. Depending on the job, office support services might include an administrative assistant, a student assistant, a paraprofessional, a tech support person or team, […]

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Celebrating Effective Coaches!

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You may not have noticed before, but this is International Coaching Week! So maybe you aren’t excited about this, but it has motivated me to share some thoughts about a few qualities that make coaches effective. You may recognize these as the same qualities you have expressed as you “coached” family, friends, children, spouses, partners, or colleagues. Yes, you are all coaches from time to time and have no doubt received the benefits from being coached yourself. As you become more aware of qualities that coaches have learned to practice consistently, you […]

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Leaving or Repurposing your Home

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  In the past 24 hours I have listened to an interview of Dr. Bill Thomas, “The Magic of Minka”, and attended a class at SDSU’s Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), “Rethink Home: Benefits to ‘Rightsizing’ Your Home and Lifestyle.” Both turned out to be related to housing as we age, so, going with the synchronicity of the moment, I share some of the highlights. How many of you are willing to let go of the house where you raised your children? Now that my husband and I have converted our sons’ bedrooms […]

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