Retirement Rebels
RETIREMENT REBELS : EVERY DAY MATTERS
Life
6 Top Tips to Successfully (Un)Retire
Inspiration
Living Your Best Encore: Melissa Davey
Inspiration
My 2025 Wish List
Inspiration
The Secret to Longevity?: Go Slow

Retirement Rebels
A Retirement Rebel’s Guide to Living Life and Redefining Retirement
At age 70, Mike Drak believes he still has plenty of gas left in the tank, and plans to push himself outside of his comfort zone for as long as he can.

Retirement Rebels
Setting Goals for Happiness in Retirement
At age 70, Mike Drak has decided to set a new BHAG (big hairy audacious goal) to be as happy as Scrooge on Christmas day and live the best life possible with the time he has left.
Dealing with the Punches - My IRONMAN Race Report
The day for the IRONMAN race finally arrived for Mike Drak and he was so looking forward to the event. He felt prepared and ready to go. As luck would have it, it didn’t go at all as expected and turned out to be a day that he will never forget.

The Road to IRONMAN: Unfinished Business
Mike Drak didn't have the photo finish he was hoping for at his Ironman race in Cozumel. Looking for something special to celebrate his 70th birthday, he has decided to give Ironman another shot.
Opinion
Retirement Meets Maslow
Could Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs be applied to the concept of retirement? Mike Drak thinks it can.

Retirement Rebels
Setting Goals for Happiness in Retirement
At age 70, Mike Drak has decided to set a new BHAG (big hairy audacious goal) to be as happy as Scrooge on Christmas day and live the best life possible with the time he has left.
The Road to IRONMAN: Unfinished Business
Mike Drak didn't have the photo finish he was hoping for at his Ironman race in Cozumel. Looking for something special to celebrate his 70th birthday, he has decided to give Ironman another shot.

Dealing with the Punches - My IRONMAN Race Report
The day for the IRONMAN race finally arrived for Mike Drak and he was so looking forward to the event. He felt prepared and ready to go. As luck would have it, it didn’t go at all as expected and turned out to be a day that he will never forget.
Opinion
Retirement Meets Maslow
Could Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs be applied to the concept of retirement? Mike Drak thinks it can.

Purpose
Living Your Best Encore: Brian Prousky
Are you living your best encore? We are delighted to introduce you to some people who are. In his own words, author and poet, Brian Prousky shares his journey to becoming a writer and the life lessons he gathered along the way.

Retirement Rebels
Reasons to Become A Retirement Rebel
Retirement Rebels refuse to follow the old fashion beliefs about “old-people,” and being retired. In fact they are anything but retired.
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Retirement Rebels
Meet the World's Strongest Grandma - Cecilia Brown
At age 95, Cecilia Brown is a world record deadlifter. What is even more amazing, is that she only starting lifting weights in her 80's.

Life
6 Top Tips to Successfully (Un)Retire
Carl Landau has successfully (un)retired and shares his top 6 tips to help others do the same.

Inspiration
Living Your Best Encore: Melissa Davey
Are you living your best encore? We are delighted to introduce you to some people who are. In her own words, documentary film maker Melissa Davey shares her fascinating story of how she embraced a totally different career and hasn't looked back since.

Inspiration
My 2025 Wish List
Last year, Mike Drak experienced what he called his "Annus Horribilis". He's planning on changing that this year.

Inspiration
The Secret to Longevity?: Go Slow
So what is the secret to longevity? 96 year old Dot Fisher-Smith believes it's to go slow - to savour life and enjoy the now.

Purpose
Living Your Best Encore: Brian Prousky
Are you living your best encore? We are delighted to introduce you to some people who are. In his own words, author and poet, Brian Prousky shares his journey to becoming a writer and the life lessons he gathered along the way.

Retirement Rebels
Reasons to Become A Retirement Rebel
Retirement Rebels refuse to follow the old fashion beliefs about “old-people,” and being retired. In fact they are anything but retired.

Navigating the Transition: From Finance Executive to Retiree
Toni believed that the transition to retirement was going to be easy. But as she embarked on this new chapter she soon realized that building a happy and thriving retirement goes beyond financial planning.

Tatsuo Horiuchi – An Innovator in Retirement

Embracing the Renaissance of Retirement
What if we treated retirement as an opportunity for a renaissance? A time to discover new things, new people and new ways to give back to the world we all share.

If You Can't Find It - Then Create It
Does the idea of coding frighten you? Well here is an amazing story of how one retirement rebel faced and conquered this challenge head on.

Pushing Your Limits As You Age
When was the last time you pushed yourself? Here's a wonderful story of how some women are doing this and building friendships in the process.

"The Spanish King" - It's Never Too Late To Try Something New
Andrés García-Carro lived a quiet life in Spain. Fast forward to today, and this 90 year old is now a fashion model and instagram sensation.

Lessons From A 60 Year Overnight Success
So often we hear about people who become an overnight success. But in reality, these overnight sensations were actually a very long time in the making.

Don't Act Your Age: Sister Madonna Buder - The "Iron Nun"
Meet Sister Madonna Buder. A retirement rebel extraordinaire.

Do What You Love At Any Age
Is there something that you want to do but believe that your age is holding you back?

The Desire to Serve Doesn't Stop in Retirement - It Just Might Be Packaged Differently
Once Mike Mason retired, he discovered the desire to serve again emerged but manifested in a different way.

Discovering and Nurturing Your Passion
What is it that you love to do? Artist Paul Dixon shows us that when you're doing something you love it isn't work at all.

Preserving Family Traditions at 86 Years Old
Family traditions are things that connect the past to the present and no one knows this better than 86 year old Giorgos Hatziparaskos.

Becoming A Grandmother Retirement Rebel
After witnessing the birth of her granddaughter, everything changed for Donne Davis and she launched The GaGa Sisterhood. This is her story.

Chuck Yeager - A True Retirement Rebel
If there ever was an example of a retirement rebel - Chuck Yeager was it.

What’s Your Retirement Vision?

Living The Anti Aging Pill Called Exercise
Meet Ernestine Shepherd. At the age of 74 she was named the oldest female competitive body builder in Guinness World Records.

It’s Never Too Late To Get Healthy
Would you like to be healthier but think it’s too late? Here’s an inspirational story that shows this is not at all the case.

Fighting Back Against Cancer
During the 75+ interviews for my book, Ag’s story showed a remarkable combination of resilience and a sense of purpose.
