The Best Retirement Life Includes Travel for Boomers
Travel remains the number one goal for retirement life. With such a vast world, limited financial resources, we're all trying to maximize our travel dollars. Check out travel expert Donna Hull's blog,...
View ArticleRetirement Health: You ARE What you Eat
A key component of a happy retirement life is being healthy. Obviously, anyone can be hit with an ailment at anytime. With that said, research is more conclusive that we have control over our...
View ArticleDo You Resist Your Retirement Life Dreams?
Retirement life is a time to explore new options, have new experiences, take on challenges and yet so many people get stuck. Why?A client left a message on my phone this week. She had taken my...
View ArticleNew On the Retirement Life Matters Website
Great new articles appear at the Retirment Life Matters website this week. Take a look.Baby boomers want to find balance in retirement. A life out of whack has led them to want to have it all without...
View ArticleHas your life taken a U-Turn?
Every day we hear stories and encounter people whose lives aren’t what they expected. This is especially true with retirement life Recently, I’ve met people who were ‘forced’ to retire two years too...
View ArticleExtend Your Retirement Life
How long would you like to live? You can extend your retirement life in some amazingly simple ways according to research. Did you know that laughing daily can extend your life by 8.8 years. Get out the...
View ArticleNew On the RLM Website
As baby boomers start the transition into retirement life, this diversified group shares one thing-the desire for experience. Contrary to popular opinion, this isn't a homogenous group, but one that is...
View ArticleYour Ideal Day
I was intrigued with the post at The Boomer Chronicles describing our ideal day and how that relates to an ideal retirement life. An ideal day is special that most often involves enjoying food, friends...
View ArticleLife Transitions, Out of Work - Where to Begin
Just want you to know I'm being interviewed by Emily Woodman-Nance on radio on Friday. Millions of people are in transition and not sure what to do next. We're going to discuss the first step to any...
View ArticleRetirement Life Decisions
New retirement life often brings decisions. Where are we going to live? What are we going to do? How are we going to pay for it? How does it integrate into a balanced and complete lifestyle?My husband...
View ArticleWork for Those Over 50 – What’s the True Story?
As the boomer generation creeps into retirement life, an interesting phenomenon is starting to emerge. More workers, by choice and otherwise are going to continue to work. While this may appear...
View ArticleWhat Stands in the Way of Your Retirement Dreams?
When I knew we were going to travel to Arizona recently, I contacted RLM Experts, Billy and Akaisha Kaderli to see if we might meet and have breakfast. One of the highlights of my job is meeting the...
View ArticleFrench Cooking and Retirement Life
So, what do French cooking and retirement life have in common?My husband and I went to see Julie and Julia last Friday night. This is the perfectly poached egg he presented me with on Saturday morning....
View ArticleWould You Have Lunch with a Python?
We have visions about the adventures we’re going to have in our retirement life. There are place to go, people to meet and things to do.When the day actually arises, it’s easy to let fears and phobias...
View ArticleNew on the RLM Website
Check out these new articles on the Retirement Life Matters website.I don’t know anyone over 50 who doesn’t have concerns about memory. LifelongLearning expert Nancy Merz Nordstrom discusses brain...
View ArticleIs there life following being downsized after 50?
Many are facing retirement life after being downsized. Often dreams and expectations are altered from the experience.The first time I encountered a group of the over 50 set following a downsizing was...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Healthcare Crisis
There aren’t too many topics more important to retirement life currently than the healthcare debate. As I was preparing to write about this topic, it occurred to me that much of the volatility we saw...
View ArticleNutrition Tips for Retirement Life
As we get older and enter retirement life, the idea of taking better care of our body takes on a whole new meaning. I finally occurred to me that sticking around in this life form meant keeping the...
View ArticleNew on the RLM Website
There are some wonderful things happening on the Retirement Life Matters website.We recently returned from a Mediterranean Cruise. Without a doubt Mediterranean Cruises was the most help in preparing...
View ArticleWhat Did You Talk About at Thanksgiving?
Recently, I heard a story about a newly retired woman exclaiming to her financial planner that completing a will was not only morbid, but something to do when you were ‘old.” It is an important step in...
View ArticleMoving to Arizona
A quick trip to Prescott, Arizona the second week of December led to a significant life change. After almost thirty years in southern California, we’re moving. A house has been purchased and it’s time...
View ArticleClearing Clutter
It had been my intention to update this blog with daily tips of preparing a home to sell and the process involved in moving as a part of retirement life. Unfortunately, it seemed like I had a choice to...
View ArticleOne Man's Trash is JUST Trash
As I mentioned before, I hate sending stuff to the dump unless I absolutely have to. Case in point. We have an old sofa we'd like to get rid of. There's a guy in our neighborhood that drives by on...
View ArticleCreate A Great Retirement Teleseries Begins
The Internet is an amazing place, especially in retirement life. There is a wealth of information to access. Sometimes we need more.You Are Invited to the..."The Myths and Realities of Retirement"with...
View ArticleNew On the Retirement Life Matters Website
New On the Retirement Life Matters WebsiteAs someone who is moving, as well as has an aging parent surrounded with too much, Vickie Dellaquillas’ book Don’t Toss My Memories in the Trash is a treasure...
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