Waiting Until Retirement to Find Your First Consulting Gig is a HUGE Mistake! 4 Ways to Start Early
In a previous article, I argued that announcing your retirement at work is one of the biggest financial mistakes that you can make. Not only can talking about your retirement result in lower compensation towards the end of your career, but, it can also limit your ability to work as a consultant, either for your ex-employer or one of the companies that you worked with in the past. Read More
The Many Ways Coaching Gives Joy and Empowerment as We Age
Just before lockdown, I ran into a student whom I’d worked with a year ago. She was in the office of a local university where I coach PhD students on how to write their dissertations. She was there to pick up her diploma…
Read MoreHoney, I Shrunk the World!
The master plan called for selling the family home once the last kid was out of high school and off to college. We’d both be over 60 and ready for the next chapter…
Read MoreLearn a New Skill During Lockdown! 5 Skills You Can Learn from Home
Although government guidelines are starting to ease, social distancing is still very much in place and many of us are still spending much more time at home than we usually would. Most of us have dreamt about one day having…
Read MoreFinding New Words and Expressions at Any Stage of Life
We all use words every day. Whether to express an ordinary sentiment, a technical problem, or something much deeper and reflective, we do our best to get the words right…
Read More5 Reasons I Am Becoming a Grumpy Old Woman in My 60s
I would guess that most people who know me see me as a cheerful older woman, with a good life and little to complain about. All this is true. Yet, at the same time, I can feel myself turning into a Grumpy Old Woman. Read More
How to Keep Your Passion For Life After 60
I’ve always been a passionate person. Passion has filled my life. When I’m interested in something, I go for it, and I’ve been blessed with abundant energy. My 64-year-old partner has a hard time keeping up with me! Read More
Need a Job During the Lockdown? Why Not Consider Farm Work?
If you were looking for work when the lockdown began or have since lost your job, then you may be concerned about navigating the job market during these unprecedented times…
Read MoreAre You Fulfilled and on Purpose? 5 Ways to Get There After 60
What I am most interested in is getting women to think about, plan, and design their life so that their ThirdThird (ages 60-90) is the BEST Third of their lives. Read More
My Corona Chronicles: Surviving Through 3 Weeks of Calamity to Find My Inner Strength and Resilience
I was going to write about my delayed midlife crisis. Delayed because unless I live to be over 120 years, it was not really ‘midlife’. Now, it seems silly to write about something…
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