Wellness Spotlight: Do You Find Ways to Grow Your Emotional and Spiritual Well-Being?
This blog is part two of a three-part series describing the six dimensions of wellness: physical, social, emotional, spiritual, intellectual and vocational and how they work together to form whole-person wellness. Read More
5 Ways to Avoid Loneliness in Retirement (#4 is Free and Could Change Your Life)
Most boomer women have a strong work ethic and derive a great sense of identity from their work. After all, many of us started working when we were 15 and have worked for 45 years, so when work ends, there is often a huge void in our lives. This leaves many of us looking for ways to avoid loneliness in retirement. Read More
When Fear Strikes After a Natural Disaster – My Personal Story
Fear is something we all face at one point in life or another. Fear of death, fear of loneliness or fear of an illness. I faced fear two winters ago and, since then, am trying to put my feelings into words that will help me, and anyone else who reads them, find strength to turn fear into grace. Read More
Wellness Spotlight: Are You Happy with Your Physical and Social Well-being?
My first article for Sixty and Me described the Vitality Portfolio® approach that helps build health/well-being in the same way you might use a financial portfolio to build financial well-being. Namely, it helps you make a (vitality) plan, balance (vitality) assets and make regular deposits. Read More
Happy 69th Birthday Lesley Hornby – As Twiggy, You Inspired the Swinging Sixties!
We all know Twiggy, the English model, actress and singer, who became a symbol of the “swinging sixties.” She was only 16 when she became widely popular and her thin frame, short hair and big eyes look took the world by storm. She was named “The Face of 1966” by the Daily Express and voted British Woman of the Year. 50 years later, she is celebrating her 69th birthday! Let’s wish her all the best. Read More
How the Arts Can Reduce Anxiety and Be of Emotional Benefit to Older People
Createquity is an online think tank that helps make sense of the news and research in the arts world. Their review of the evidence that connects the arts with our emotions reveals four things:
Read MoreThe Crazy Truth About Retiring Abroad and Making Friends
Retiring abroad is usually portrayed as a glamorous endevour. But, today, I’d like to offer an alternative perspective on one aspect of moving to another country in retirement… how to make friends.
I’m not embarrassed by the fact that I crave human contact. Unlike my kids, who seem like they could be perfectly happy floating through space in a lonely little metal capsule, I need people around me to thrive. Read More
Happy 69th Birthday Richard Gere – You’re One of Our Faves
Richard Gere somehow manages to combine the innocence of a little boy with the charm and charisma of a man who knows how to get what he wants from life. He is also a favorite of the Sixty and Me community. Now, as he turns 69 on August 31st, let’s wish him a happy birthday and take a look at some of the highlights from his career. Read More
9 Ways to Live Longer by Reaching Out to Make Women Friends
“I get by with a little help from my friends.”
Yup. They’re beyond precious, my women friends. They’ve reveled in my joys, shared my adventures and pulled me through my crises. I treasure every single one of them. Read More
3 Ways to Cultivate a Flourishing Life Garden After 60
Are you tending to your garden of life? Each day we have the opportunity to care for our well-being by discovering more about what makes us happy, content, joyful and engaged. Are you taking advantage of your time and cultivating your life garden? Read More