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Purpose
Ask a Retirement Coach: My Husband Treats Everyday Like the Weekend
Relationships
When Was the Last Time You Made a Friend?
Relationships
Ask a Retirement Coach: My Wife Doesn't Want to Retire
Relationships
Did You Know Talking to Strangers Can Boost Our Happiness?
Finding the Antidote for Loneliness
For years, psychologists, scholars and medical doctors have sounded the alarm bells around loneliness, arguing that it should be recognized as an epidemic and a national health crisis. And indeed it is a crisis.
Inspiration
Moving Forward: Finding Strength in Loss and Rediscovery Through Travel
After suffering immeasurable grief, Danny Slupeiks discovered that travel became his way of reconnecting with the world and with himself.
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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?
Purpose
Ask a Retirement Coach: My Husband Treats Everyday Like the Weekend
After years of working, it not uncommon to want to unwind and relax. But when does too much relaxation become a concern?
Relationships
When Was the Last Time You Made a Friend?
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.
Relationships
Ask a Retirement Coach: My Wife Doesn't Want to Retire
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?
Relationships
Did You Know Talking to Strangers Can Boost Our Happiness?
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.
Finding the Antidote for Loneliness
For years, psychologists, scholars and medical doctors have sounded the alarm bells around loneliness, arguing that it should be recognized as an epidemic and a national health crisis. And indeed it is a crisis.
Inspiration
Moving Forward: Finding Strength in Loss and Rediscovery Through Travel
After suffering immeasurable grief, Danny Slupeiks discovered that travel became his way of reconnecting with the world and with himself.
Life
Analyzing Those Famous Last Words: Let’s Be Sure to Stay in Touch
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?
Relationships
Pregnancy and Infant Loss - And a Grandmother's Grief
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.
Life
Ask A Retirement Coach: How Do I Protect My Own Time?
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?
Technology
Bridging Generations by Crossing the Intergenerational Digital Divide
For older people striving to interact more with younger people, there is reason to feel optimistic. Although those in later life often are apprehensive at how fast things are changing, technological advancements will make it easier for them to pursue their intergenerational social relationships.
Relationships
Bridging the Social Worlds: The Value of Intergenerational Relationships
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.
Finances
Power Of Attorney: Choose Someone Who Loves You More Then Your Money
Sadly, financial elder abuse is a significant issue which is why choosing the right Power of Attorney for you is extremely important.
Life
Retirement Riches: The Power of Staying Connected
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.
Creating a Financial Legacy for Only $100 a Year - 2024 Update
When Richard's granddaughter turned eight, he gave her $100 to invest and has been doing that every year. Elsie is now twelve and here's what she has learned so far.
Relationships
Motherhood: The Road Not Taken
Wendy Reichental has been thinking a lot about regrets and the weight of our choices, specifically those related to having or not having children.
Aging in the Right Place: Do You Want Your Neighbours to Think and Act Like You?
When choosing where to retire, who lives in potential retirement destinations is often on retirees' minds.
Cracks in the Foundation: Exploring the Rise of Grey Divorces
There is a definite increase in the number of older people getting divorced. What is causing this to happen?
Another Day - Another Funeral
Mike Drak has found that he seems to be going to many funerals lately which forced him to consider his own exit plans.
Relationships
Surrounded By People Not A Cure For Loneliness
Loneliness can be a significant challenge for many people when aging however just being with people is not the answer. It's a little more complicated than that.
Finances
Share Your Critical Information Before Your Family Actually Needs It
It's probably not at the top of your to-do list but should be. It's important to share your critical information with your family before they actually need it.
Relationships
Navigating an Out-of-Sync Marriage in Retirement
What happens if partners don't retire at the same time? As Wendy Reichental discovered, it can cause some challenges.
Are We Handing Down Treasured Family Heirlooms Or Guilt?
People are downsizing and in turn looking to hand down their heirlooms to their children who quite frankly don't want them.
Building A Generative Retirement
So often we view our life after work as being an ending stage. But here’s another perspective.
Why We Need to Get Comfortable Talking About Death
Many people will often try and avoid talking about death. But death is inevitable and getting comfortable talking about death can not only help us but also those we love.