The second half of life – it starts with a transition

The second half of life – it starts with a transition

Sep 7, 2021 | Articles

Any of these life events happen to you yet? – end of a marriage, loss of a job or business, death of a partner, an illness, or retirement? Some element of your identity is gone – you are not a husband or wife, a job title, or the vibrant active person you were...
When interests don’t align – yours and your partner’s

When interests don’t align – yours and your partner’s

May 18, 2021 | Articles

What are couples most worried about on the relationship front looking ahead to retirement? Getting enough alone time. Concern about different interests and priorities from their partner’s was a scant second. Not quite the rose-coloured image of happy couples walking...

Save Your Brain — Use Your Hands!

Mar 12, 2021 | Articles

Use your hands much? One of the most protective things you can do against aging is to learn a manual skill when you’re young … and keep it up. Strumming a guitar, knitting, tying a lure — all those things that a younger you rolled their eyes at — valuable lubrication...

Rediscovering Yourself in Retirement: Tom’s Story

Nov 30, 2020 | Articles

Tom is not someone who expected to struggle with the free time of retirement. He had never been into his work. Whereas it provided a steady income and valuable medical benefits it did not give him those “yes!” moments described by Lisbie Rae in her reflections on...

Cobbling Together a Life With Purpose

Sep 6, 2020 | Articles

Lisbie Rae responded to the call for Next in Life reader submissions. Her reflections speak to how it feels to live with purpose, a subject previously covered here. Lisbie nails it when she sees her activities went beyond “I like doing this,” to “This is what I’m...