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What do you want your 80 year old self to be like? Mike Drak shares his reflections on what he hopes for and how he plans to get there.
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Life
A Few Well Tailored Thoughts
What we choose to wear can often be judged - especially as we get older. But are we the ones who are actually judging? And should we care?

Life
One of the Paradoxes of Retirement: Shifting from Time Scarcity to Time Affluence
As we transition into retirement, a striking shift starts to occur; we begin to move from a life of time scarcity to one of time affluence. While this change may seem like a dream come true, our new reality can often be more complicated than that.

Life
Retirement Matters: Why It's Time to Reimagine Life After Full-Time Work
When planning for retirement, financial considerations typically take centre stage. Yet research consistently demonstrates that non-financial factors are often more important in determining whether someone has a good retirement. Now is the time to reimagine what retirement can really be.

Purpose
Ask a Retirement Coach: Why Am I Feeling Unfulfilled in Retirement?
In retirement, we often believe if we're financially stable we should have no reason to feel unfulfilled but retirement is much more than just about money.

Opinions
Dear Financial Planners and Advisors: Retirement Planning Isn’t Just About the Numbers—It’s About the Person
The traditional model of retirement planning is under pressure. Clients are no longer just looking for someone to manage their money—they're looking for guidance on how to live meaningful, financially secure lives in a world that feels increasingly unpredictable.

Life
The Shifting Trends in Later Life Rituals: Retirement Parties and Funerals
Later in life, two of the most significant life experiences is often retirement and death. But given changing social behaviours and attitudes, the traditional rituals we used to have surrounding these milestones are now being transformed.

Technology
AI is Giving Us All More Time - How Will Choose to Use Yours?
With the advent of AI, many of us may become winners of the “time lottery.” AI could give us more free time in our days and more healthy years in our lives. But are we really ready for this?

Purpose
Living Your Best Encore: Judith Nadratowski
Are you living your best encore? We are delighted to introduce you to some people who are. In her own words, writer Judith Nadratwoski shares her experience in transition from a career in law to becoming a writer.

Retirement Rebels
Being Inspired from the Masters
Mike Drak was happy to find a new retirement role model at this years Master tournament. 89 year old Gary Player.

Purpose
Living Your Best Encore: Stella Fosse
Are you living your best encore? We are delighted to introduce you to some people who are. In her own words, author Stella Fosse shares her story of transformation later in life moving from the biotech industry to romance novelist.

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.

Technology
Family Caregivers Assuming Another Burden - Becoming Gerontechnology Mentors
Wanting to age in place, older people often turn to their loved ones. Being a caregiver is challenging enough but many are seeing technology support now added to their responsibilities.

Life
Ask a Retirement Coach: What Did You Learn in Your Own Retirement Transition?
This week in our Ask a Retirement Coach series, Retirement Coach Toni switched seats and shares insights of what she discovered was important in her own first year of retirement.

Opinion
Retirement Meets Maslow
Could Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs be applied to the concept of retirement? Mike Drak thinks it can.

Women and Aging - We've Come a Long Way But Still Have Some Distance to Go
March 8th is International Women's Day. Women have come a long way, but still have some distance to go.

Health
Ask a Retirement Coach: I Know I Should Exercise But Am Finding It Hard to Do
Often one of the first things people plan to do in retirement is exercise. But sometimes it doesn't work out that way. Retirement Coach Toni shares her advice on how to get going.

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.

Career Advice To My Younger Self
To coin a phrase “if I knew then what I know now“, here is some career advice that I would share.

Technology
Can Voice-Activated Personal Assistants Improve Older People's Quality of Life?
"Personal Assistants" can understand people's spoken queries and respond in an easy-to-understand, human-like conversational manner. But can this technology help improve an older person's life?

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
Ask a Retirement Coach: If I Don't Have My Career - Who Am I?
Leaving a successful career and entering retirement can be a difficult transition and potentially challenge your sense of identity. Retirement Coach Toni shares some advice on how to handle this.

Health
Eating for Pleasure or Longevity: What's Most Important to You?
There is a significant disconnect between what millions of older people eat and what experts believe is a healthy diet conducive to increased longevity. Why is this?

Opinion
How Can We Make Sure We Are Aging Authentically?
There is so much pressure on what aging should look like. How can we design our lives to ensure we are aging authentically?

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.
