by Wendy - Hey, Boomer | Jul 6, 2023 | Reflections, Transition
by Jon R. Wiener, Published in the 2022 Rhapsodist, A-B Tech’s primary venue for literature and fine art In 1977, my father Lou was 70 years old. I was 24. Most of my life I remembered him having to be on crutches to walk anywhere. He had bilateral hip osteoarthritis,...
by Wendy - Hey, Boomer | Mar 29, 2023 | Blog, Reflections, Transition
5 Steps for being in the Neutral Zone One door closes and another door opens. Are you really ready to walk right into that door? In my experience as a Transition Coach, I would say NO. When one door closes, it is the perfect time to take a pause. The inclination of...
by Wendy - Hey, Boomer | Mar 16, 2023 | Blog, Possibilities, Reflections
Life changes. That is one thing we can count on. Leaving full-time employment is a major life change. In fact, on the scale of top stressors, retirement is rated as number 10. How you experience those changes is directly affected by your thinking,...
by Wendy - Hey, Boomer | Mar 3, 2023 | Blog, Possibilities, Reflections
I have been thinking a lot about connections between generations. In the past 6 weeks, I have spoken with Elly Katz from Sages and Seekers, Avery and Eleanor, two high school students who founded The Young Women’s Forum at their school, and Sky Bergman, documentary...
by Wendy - Hey, Boomer | Feb 9, 2023 | Reflections
Are you a good friend? In the hierarchy of relationships, friendships are at the bottom, at least once we are adults. Romantic partners, parents, children—all these come first. As children, our friends are classmates, neighbors, kids in scouts or on our sport teams....
by Wendy - Hey, Boomer | Jan 20, 2023 | Banter, Blog, Reflections
“Tell us your name, where you are living and a movie that scared you when you were young.” That is the icebreaker we used for the first Hey, Boomer Banter. We had people joining us from New Hampshire, Connecticut, Georgia, South Carolina, California, Maryland,...
