Social Media – A Boon or Bane for the 60-Plus Community?
Facebook accounts have been hacked. Facebook has been used to target elections. Facebook advertisers have your data. According to Omnicore stats, 62% of online seniors aged 65+ are on Facebook…
Read MoreHow to Update a Wardrobe After 70
For most of us, what we wore in our 60s was not all that different from what we wore in our 50s, at least not through much of our 50s. Maybe that’s because, as a savvy friend of mine suggests, the demarcation lines of how we see ourselves…
Read More5 Limiting Beliefs That Steal Your Joy After 60
If you had a choice between taking an easy path or a hard, difficult road to manifest your desires after 60, which would you choose? At first, you may say the easy path. But how true has that been up to this point in your life? Most of our generation…
Read MoreAre You Adventurous?
I’m certain the desire for adventure has been rooted deeply within me since childhood. This, coming from a person who equally craves a sense of safety and security! While the two may seem incompatible, in my experience they are not…
Read MoreMedicare – What’s It All About?
In the U.S., reaching 65 is synonymous with becoming Medicare-eligible. Medicare is a national health insurance program started in 1965. It was created and administered by the U.S. government and is funded mainly by payroll taxes…
Read MoreFinding Happiness at Any Age Depends on These 6 Things
As Dalai Lama once said, “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” Throughout life, we experience ups and downs with happiness. According to a recent study, happiness often declines from young adulthood through middle age…
Read MoreWhy Do Long-Term Couples Seem to Die Close Together?
Some people avoid any discussion of death and dying, but I have always found the subject fascinating.
You are here one minute and gone the next. Very strange. And much harder for all those around you than it is for you, yourself…
The Unexpected Benefits of Downsizing: Clear Your Clutter and Your Outlook on Life
Maybe you’re still living in the house where you raised the children: Bedrooms remain unused. Closets are full of things accumulated over decades. Memories are in every corner. The garage is stuffed with who knows what…
Read MoreWhat Is Speranza-Certezza and How to Live with It?
Italians use the term speranza-certezza, offering an expansion to how we might use only the word hope, or perhaps intention or faith. It means to hold hope and certainty at the same time. Think about it… this is a powerful pairing of ideas that transforms…
Read MoreThe Benefits of Raw Honey: Good for Your Gut and So Much More!
I believe that it’s always better to get nutrients from the food that we eat rather than from supplements. Naturally, when I recently heard that honey, specifically raw (or natural) honey, offered health benefits ranging from boosting…
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