According to Beethoven: “Music can change the world.” If you’re a fan of Bob Marley, his thoughts are: “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” Whether you believe music can heal the world or wipe out your aches, there’s […]
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4 Powerful Ways to Stop Procrastinating
You’re sitting there dreaming of all the wonderful things you want to accomplish during your retirement… You visualize your exciting plans and then start to think about what you need to do to make it happen. You start grand and then go narrow, processing not only what you need to do this year, […]
How to Protect Against Cognitive Decline
If you’re worried about losing your cognition as you age, there’s a sound reason for it. It runs rampant… According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in the US alone, the number of people who suffer from Alzheimer’s and related dementias is expected to double to an unsettling 417 million […]
Why Are Older People Considered Boring – Is It the Culture or Is It the Truth?
Old people are boring – truth or myth? While you can split hairs and say “it depends on the individual,” it’s certainly a broadly accepted stereotype that old people lead boring lives. Here’s why: Humans fall into a serious habit of doing the same thing repeatedly. You could even say a part […]
5 Ways to Be Fulfilled in a 55+ Community
Contrary to what you might imagine, life in a 55+ community can be robust and exciting. In fact, a Holleran Consulting survey of 57,900 respondents revealed that nearly 90% of senior living residents rated their overall satisfaction as good or excellent and 84.5% would recommend their senior living community to other people. If […]
How Adventurous Can You Be After 60?
You’re sitting there, staring blankly ahead and thinking to yourself… Where do I go from here? Your so-called retirement years can either be a true sense of the phrase “golden years” or, sadly, the stereotypical boring bust. To steer you toward the more exciting (and healthy) path, I’ve laid out four simple […]
Why You Need to Start Micro-Stepping Today
You’re sitting there feeling a bit unmotivated by the sheer amount of nothing that’s getting done. And sure, there are a million things that you could do right now to work through your to-do list… But you’re just not feeling it right now. Why? It’s not that you don’t have dreams, wishes or goals. It’s […]
5 Lifelong Learning Benefits That Could Change Your Future
Mahatma Gandhi said, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Henry Ford said, “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” And then there’s Albert Einstein, who said, “Once you stop learning, you start […]
4 Hidden Truths About Aging That Could Be Holding You Back
Dreading the aging process? Aging is certainly not glamorized in the media and there’s even some ageism ingrained in our pop culture, so don’t fret if you are indeed afraid… you’re not alone. But some of the fear can stem from myths and misbeliefs that could be holding you back from living […]
6 Steps to Finding Your Sense of Adventure and Creativity
There are a few myths about aging circulating out there, and here’s one of them: aging makes you less adventurous and less creative. This is so not true. Let’s quickly debunk with these impressive seniors who hit their adventurous and creative strides well past their 6th decade: Mountain climber, leadership guru […]