How a Getaway with Girlfriends Can Enhance Your Friendships in Retirement
One cold afternoon last January, three friends and I started planning our summer getaway. Living in four different states, we enjoy an annual getaway together. Read More
9 Ways to Reduce Caregiver Resentment and Improve Health
Being a caregiver means putting aside large parts of your life in order to care for someone else. That can cause feelings of frustration and resentment, no matter how willing you are to do it. Read More
6 Key Lifestyle Changes You Can Make Today to Cut the Risk of Dementia
One of the most positive stories to come from recent large population studies is that the risk of developing dementia is decreasing. Dementia will still affect around one third of people aged 85 and older, but up to a third of dementia cases can be prevented with lifestyle changes. Read More
What it’s Like to Work as a Funeral Director
“What’s it like to work as a funeral director?” This is a question I’ve been asked time and again. My response: It’s not easy, given the complex emotions involved. It takes enormous commitment and dedication, along with a compassionate nature and respect for tradition and ceremony. Read More
3 Keys to Help You Enjoy Life in Retirement on Your Own Terms
There are three paths Baby Boomers are increasingly walking so they can live their own dreams before they die. These keys have the potential to completely change your life – if you choose to use them. Read More
Love to Travel? Why Getting Sick Overseas Is Sometimes the Best Adventure
I lay on the comfortable bed in the dark, listening to the birds outside. Most of the time I was sleeping. Read More
Why Living Your Life with Passion and Purpose Is Good for Your Health After 60
Life is a sequence of transitions. We start as children at school, perhaps attend college, start careers, take time out of a career to care for others, perhaps start a new job and eventually transition out of paid work. Read More
A Doctor Explains the Importance of Adding Magnesium to Your Diet After 60
Why should we care whether we take enough magnesium? Read More
5 Ways to Be at Peace After a Cancer Diagnosis… When Healing Is a Full Time Job
Like most of the women reading Sixty and Me, I have always been the matriarch and doer. Looking back at my old journals reminded me I always used to have a million balls in the air, projects with the community and with my family. Read More
4 Ways to Become More Courageous and Resilient in Your 60s
This week I was racing to finish my novel, a thriller that takes place in Cuba, and it struck me that completing this manuscript, which has held my devotion for two years, was an act of courage. Read More