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Creating a Financial Legacy for Only $100 a Year - 2025 Update
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Ask a Retirement Coach: How Do I Stop My Constant Need to be Productive?
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The Value of Friendships by the Numbers
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Is Social Rewilding in Your Future?
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LIFE

Today's Booming Bites: July 18, 2025
Today's topics; Benefits of different walking routines, dealing with time affluence, best snacks for cognitive health and the importance of sleep for our brain health.
Relationships
Ask a Retirement Coach: How do I Learn How to Receive?
Opinion
Can We Predict Our "Sliding Door" Moments?
Purpose
Ask a Retirement Coach: How Do I Get Unstuck?
Life
Defining Your Retirement Lifestyle: Things to Consider When Retiring in Another Country
Relationships
Ask a Retirement Coach: How do I Learn How to Receive?
After spending a lifetime giving, it's hard to shift gears and learn how to receive. How can we do this? This was the question posed to Retirement Lifestyle Coach Toni.
Opinion
Can We Predict Our "Sliding Door" Moments?
A "sliding door moment" refers to a pivotal moment in your life when a small decision or action may lead to a significant, often unpredictable result. Are these sliding door situations strictly random or are there ways to know?
Purpose
Ask a Retirement Coach: How Do I Get Unstuck?
Many people imagine that retirement would bring a new sense of freedom and energy—but instead, can feel stuck. Find out what advice Retirement Coach Toni shares to deal with this.
Life
Defining Your Retirement Lifestyle: Things to Consider When Retiring in Another Country
Many people dream of retiring in another country they have visited on vacation. But just because you loved it while on vacation, may not mean you will love it in retirement.
HEALTH

Health and Technology
My AI Wellness Experiment: Day 11: The Willpower Dip and Understanding My Body Changes
There's something about day 11 that feels different from the first week. The early days were carried by excitement and the novelty of the new routine. Now it's about discipline and creating lasting habits, which honestly requires a different kind of mental energy.

Health and Technology
My AI Wellness Experiment: Day 10 - Fighting Food Fatigue
Things are still going well but I'm finding myself now facing another challenge. I'm starting to get a little tired of what I've been eating. It's not that the plan isn't working, because it clearly is, but the monotony is beginning to wear on me.

Health and Technology
My AI Wellness Experiment: Day 9 - Understanding How Gut Health Plays a Role
Nine days into my AI supported wellness journey and everything is going well. But I wanted to better understand the science behind this and specifically the impact our gut health has on our health.
FINANCES
Finances
7 Key Steps Older Business Owners Should Do Before Selling Their Business
If you're an older business owner, retirement may be on your mind and you're thinking about selling your business. But here’s a reality check—80% of businesses that are listed for sale never sell! Here are 7 steps to take to increase your odds.
Life
Clearing Your Life's Clutter
Does your life feel cluttered? Not just with stuff, but also with your personal affairs? Then this should interest you. Retirement and Clutter Clearing Coach Lori Becker joins us to discuss her new book - Get a Grip - and how it can help you organize and declutter your life.
Relationships
Ask a Retirement Coach: Our Adult Child Living With Us is Impacting My Retirement Plans
Wanting to help your children is a natural thing. But how do you manage a situation when your adult child asks for support that impacts your life plans?
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Empowering Yourself Financially: Importance of Financial Literacy for Women
In the wake of her father’s sudden passing, Susan Williams, quickly realized the importance of financial literacy, especially for women who may one day be widowed. Susan recounts her experience and reflects on how financial literacy can empower us to navigate unexpected challenges and ensure our continued independence.
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Finances
Looking to Make Some Extra Income in Retirement? Dropshipping May Be For You
Are you looking for a way to make some extra income in retirement? Dropshipping may be an opportunity for you.
Finances
7 Key Steps Older Business Owners Should Do Before Selling Their Business
Life
Clearing Your Life's Clutter
Relationships
Ask a Retirement Coach: Our Adult Child Living With Us is Impacting My Retirement Plans
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Empowering Yourself Financially: Importance of Financial Literacy for Women
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OPINIONS
Technology
A Wake Up Call: Digital Literacy is Now Essential for Older People's Health, Independence and Happiness
Technology
When Everything Old Can Be New Again
Opinion
Retirement Meets Maslow
Opinions
How Gene Hackman's Death Sheds a Light on the Caregiving Toils, Triumphs and Tragedies of a Younger Wife
Technology
AI: Robot - Friend or Foe
Opinion
Now Is the Time To Be the Change You Want in the World
Health
The Results of Not Drinking for (Close) to a Month
Technology
The Immortality Of Artificial Intelligence
Health
Eating for Pleasure or Longevity: What's Most Important to You?
Opinion
A Man on the Inside - Well Worth the Watch
Technology
A Wake Up Call: Digital Literacy is Now Essential for Older People's Health, Independence and Happiness
Technology
When Everything Old Can Be New Again
Opinion
Retirement Meets Maslow
Opinions
How Gene Hackman's Death Sheds a Light on the Caregiving Toils, Triumphs and Tragedies of a Younger Wife
Technology
AI: Robot - Friend or Foe
Opinion
Now Is the Time To Be the Change You Want in the World
Health
The Results of Not Drinking for (Close) to a Month
Technology
The Immortality Of Artificial Intelligence
Health
Eating for Pleasure or Longevity: What's Most Important to You?
Opinion
A Man on the Inside - Well Worth the Watch
Technology
A Wake Up Call: Digital Literacy is Now Essential for Older People's Health, Independence and Happiness
Technology
When Everything Old Can Be New Again
Opinion
Retirement Meets Maslow
Opinions
How Gene Hackman's Death Sheds a Light on the Caregiving Toils, Triumphs and Tragedies of a Younger Wife
Technology
AI: Robot - Friend or Foe
Opinion
Now Is the Time To Be the Change You Want in the World
Health
The Results of Not Drinking for (Close) to a Month
Technology
The Immortality Of Artificial Intelligence
Health
Eating for Pleasure or Longevity: What's Most Important to You?
Opinion
A Man on the Inside - Well Worth the Watch
Technology
A Wake Up Call: Digital Literacy is Now Essential for Older People's Health, Independence and Happiness
Technology
When Everything Old Can Be New Again
Opinion
Retirement Meets Maslow
Opinions