What Are the Best Places to Retire for Single Women Over 60?
If, like me, you are a single woman in 60s and beyond, you may be thinking about the best places to retire. Perhaps you are looking for a country with a lower cost of living so that you can make your retirement income stretch farther…
Read MoreHow to Locate the Best and Healthiest Places for Aging Alone
Globally, there are 604 million (plus) people in the 65 and older category. This has created a demand for research on how to live better as people move beyond the working years. Studies suggest drilling down on individual behaviors that affect the health…
Read More5 Tips for Lasting Relationships
I woke up this morning thinking about relationships – the ebb and flow, but also, how much I appreciate the changes from dating in our 20s to the realities of dating in our 60s. As a dating coach, I am grateful we are in the 2020s vs. the 1990s…
Read MoreThe Dreaded High School Reunion and the 5 Things I Discovered Preparing for Mine
I graduated in 1973 from a small Catholic high school. I was young for my age, ill prepared to be rubbing elbows with girls who drove Jaguars and brand new Camaros to school, had streets named after their fathers and felt little to no use for me…
Read More9 Ways Solo Agers Can Create a Care Plan that Really Works
In a previous article, Building an Aging Alone Plan, I pointed out that living alone as we get older doesn’t support optimal health. And, if we’re smart, we’re building a strategy to create support and close ties. Another common theme…
Read MoreWhat to Do in Retirement: 20 Serious (and Fun!) Things to Keep You Busy!
My best friend was forced into an early retirement. While she was within a year of wanting to retire anyway, it came as a bit of a shock when her job position was eliminated, and she was faced with trying to occupy the hours in the day…
Read MoreFrom Crisis to Comfort: 4 Ways to Become a Better Care Partner
Most care partners are thrust into their duties through a crisis situation: a sudden diagnosis; a slip or fall. I was one of those, thrust into a situation after my sister passed…
Read MoreDon’t Let Inflation Keep You from Eating Healthily
Many of us are feeling the squeeze rampant inflation puts on food budgets. Those of us on fixed incomes may feel it more acutely than others. To give you an idea of the pressures we are facing, food prices have spiked more than 13 percent over the past year…
Read MoreWhy Am I still Single? Is a Very Common Question
As a dating coach, I frequently hear this question: “Andrea, why am I still single? I’m successful, have plenty of friends, a solid social life and interests, and when I put my mind to something, I generally accomplish it…
Read More4 Simple Exercises to Help You Find Clarity During Your Retirement Years
As a senior woman, chances are you have lived a life of duty. You have spent most of your decades dedicating time, focus, and energy to your family and career – which is a completely noble and necessary role…
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