Life

Plans can be made and plans can change and it's no different when it comes to retirement. So what do you do if one partner decides they want to make a different choice as to when they plan to retire?

The term "highly sensitive person" is used to describe individuals who deeply absorb and process their surroundings, often leading to heightened emotional responses and an acute sensitivity. This is often perceived as being a bad thing, is it actually a strength?

Often, when we think of what is needed to age in place successfully, we focus on making the interiors of our homes safer and more comfortable. But what is outside our windows is also important.

Retirement can be a wonderful time of life. But sometimes people find themselves wanting to return to work.

When was the last time you spoke to a stranger? You may want to give this a try as research suggests it might actually help boost our happiness.

Often people have spent a great deal of time preparing for the financial aspects of retirement and have a pretty good idea of when they are financially able to retire. But what about the emotional aspects of retirement?

Having friends and the support they offer is vital to our overall health and wellbeing. But making friends later in life may take some extra effort.

The loss of a pregnancy or infant is an extremely painful life experience and we don't often recognize the long term grief it can cause.

When you retire, there's often a perception from others that you have lots of available time. How can you protect your time without offending them?

After suffering immeasurable grief, Danny Slupeiks discovered that travel became his way of reconnecting with the world and with himself.

All too often when we leave someplace we say to the people around us, "Let's be sure to stay in touch". But do we really mean it? Or is this just something that we say to make us all just feel better?

The transition to retirement is a significant life change. But knowing how to stay engaged and connected can make this truly an amazing time of life.

Intergenerational relationships are most often promoted as making both older and younger generations happier, valued, and self-fulfilled—all good things. However, as Dr. Stephen Golant shares, we must avoid putting all older—and younger—people in the same social box.

Older people are not interested in moving from their current homes. In fact, they change their addresses less frequently than at any other time in their lives and the reasons they stay put is because there is so much at stake.

There's a saying that you can never go home again. But is this true? Wendy Reichental recently revisited her childhood home and shares her experience.

You've got questions. We've got answers. Retirement is a major life transition that can be filled with lots of ups and downs. That’s where Retirement Coach Antoinette Petrillo can help.

Are you ready to transform your brain health and embrace the potential for a vibrant, thriving mind? If yes, join us on an 8-week journey into the world of brain science and successful aging!

Unsurprisingly, older people often disagree about what makes an ideal neighborhood when deciding where to live. Here are things that many consider when making their decision.

There was one item that was on my 60 Before 60 Project that I didn't do. So when the chance presented itself, I decided to give it a go.

When choosing where to retire, who lives in potential retirement destinations is often on retirees' minds.

Wendy Reichental has been thinking a lot about regrets and the weight of our choices, specifically those related to having or not having children.

Carl Landau has now been retired for four years and has learned a few things in the process.

Wendy Reichental is a retired introvert who surprisingly finds she is missing a few specific unexpected perks that emerged in the wake of the pandemic.

There is a definite increase in the number of older people getting divorced. What is causing this to happen?