Back in March of this year, I wrote a blog and did a show about Taking a Pause. I was rereading that article and I thought it was pretty good. I also thought that there were parts of it where I wanted to go deeper. Steven Tyler from Aerosmith sings Amazing, which contains the phraseContinue reading “Life is a Journey”
Tag Archives: Aging
Natural Rhythm of Life: Staying Active, Engaged, and Vibrant
There is a natural rhythm of life. That is not a profound statement. We all know the rhythm. We are born, we grow, if we are lucky, we have a long healthy life and eventually it ends. There’s a narrative we’re changing here at Hey Boomer: retirement age should not represent the closing but ratherContinue reading “Natural Rhythm of Life: Staying Active, Engaged, and Vibrant”
Gifts Beyond Physicality: Intellect, Wisdom, Experience, & Love
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, and by that time hadContinue reading “Gifts Beyond Physicality: Intellect, Wisdom, Experience, & Love”
How do you feel about Retirement
Initial Survey Results As you may remember, I sent out a survey last week asking several questions about retirement. What motivated me to send out this survey was the results of some research out of MIT AgeLab and an article written in Forbes magazine by Dr. Joseph Coughlin. They concluded that men see retirement asContinue reading “How do you feel about Retirement”
6 More Tips for Harmony in Your Next Chapter
Last week I shared six tips to help you find harmony and fulfillment in the next chapter of your life. They were: This week I want to share six more strategies to incorporate in your life. Believe it or not, retirement is hard. It is number 10 on the list of top ten life stressors!Continue reading “6 More Tips for Harmony in Your Next Chapter”
Avoiding the Slip: Reduce your risk of falling
I fell the other day! All because I wanted to go outside for a healthy walk on a warm winter day. Well, that is not exactly the reason I fell. I fell because I was trying to be a good person. Wait, that is not exactly right either. Here is what really happened. There isContinue reading “Avoiding the Slip: Reduce your risk of falling”
Fred Rogers and Transitions
There is a fabulous 13-episode podcast called “Finding Fred.” It tells the story behind the story of the beloved Fred Rogers. The sometimes-radical ideas he presented to Congress, the barriers he broke when he shared a towel with Officer Clemmons, a black policeman on his show. He talked to kids about the war, about disabilities,Continue reading “Fred Rogers and Transitions”
You are not dead yet!
I attended a funeral the other day, for the wife of a friend. Her daughter gave the most beautiful eulogy. She shared stories with humor and love. She shared gratitude for what she had learned from her mother and for the time they spent together. There was certainly a sense of loss and a senseContinue reading “You are not dead yet!”
How I Became an Advocate
Advocacy comes out of personal experiences. As the subtitle says, I was first an advocate for my children, then for women’s rights, now for older adults
The Elder in the Room
I was doing some training for a large company this week on time management. The people I was training were in very high stress jobs, and they felt that they had no control over their time because of the demands of the company. I could completely relate to their experience, having been in similar environmentsContinue reading “The Elder in the Room”
The Gift of Difficult Conversations
The Dalai Lama is quoted as saying, “as a Buddhist, I view death as a normal process, a reality that I accept will occur as long as I remain in this earthly existence, knowing that I cannot escape it. I see no point in worrying about it. I tend to think of death as beingContinue reading “The Gift of Difficult Conversations”
Evolving through retirement
I loved Serena Williams explanation of how she sees her next act. Williams indicated her intention to retire in a Vogue article in early August, saying she was “evolving away from tennis.” Retirement coaches and the media have been struggling with what to call the new retirement. Longevity of 20+ years post career has madeContinue reading “Evolving through retirement”
How do you feel about aging?
What do you think about aging? It’s better than the alternative, right? I started listening to Dr. Becca Levy’s new book, “Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Well and How Long You Live.” She is a leading researcher on the psychology of successful aging. Her research shows the connection betweenContinue reading “How do you feel about aging?”
The Tragedy of Life
“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin living it.” W.M. Lewis We go through stages in our life. As young children our job is school and learning. Once we are in college, we are starting our adult lessons as well as preparing forContinue reading “The Tragedy of Life”
Long-Ago Friends – My Walkabout with Susan
I had not seen Susan in person in over 35 years. We had worked together at Digital Equipment Corporation in Alpharetta, GA before it began downsizing and was eventually sold. At the time, we both had two young children, one boy and one girl each. Susan was married, I was in a relationship, so weContinue reading “Long-Ago Friends – My Walkabout with Susan”