How We Survive When the Sky Falls Depends on Our Character
Those of us 60 years and older live with the sobering knowledge that sometimes the sky really does fall. There are plenty of Chicken Littles running around, frantic about a crisis at work or a broken automobile, but let’s be clear…
Read MoreCould You Do a Dry December?
The holiday season has well and truly started and the pressure to drink too much is all around us. The temptation is just to go with the flow and then reset with a Dry January, but let’s think out of the box for a moment. How about we play it a bit differently…
Read MoreDeveloping Mindfulness Through Painting May Lead to a Better Retirement
It was George Bernard Shaw who said “Youth is wasted on the young.” I sometimes remind my young adult sons about this when they are getting uppity. This amusing quote, like all good quotes, has more than a grain of truth to it…
Read MoreMemoir Made Easy: Everyone Has a Story
As Flannery O’Connor famously quipped, anyone who has survived childhood has enough material to write for the rest of her life. That’s good for us because memoir writing is one of the most popular pursuits in retirement, but also daunting for many people…
Read MoreWhat Happens to Cremated Remains Thereafter?
Families often view cremation as a final disposition, like burial or entombment. It is not, and that means some important decisions must be made. Unfortunately, families often put off deciding what to do with the cremated remains…
Read MoreDon’t Deny Your Age, Defy It!
There’s something powerful about embracing who you are, exactly as you are, in this very moment. Yet, for women of a “certain age,” society often whispers the opposite. It tells us to hide, to shrink, to fade quietly into the background. But here’s the truth: this is the…
Read MoreBanish Those November Blues with a Holistic Plan That Works Wonders for Women Over 60
As you move into your 60s and beyond, what images come to your mind when you hear the word ‘November’? Depending on where you live, you may have only positive connotations associated with this month…
Read MoreThe ‘Have Your Cookie and Eat It Too’ Holiday Guide
You’re at a holiday party, surrounded by twinkling lights, laughter, and a spread of tempting treats. Your friend hands you a glass of bubbly, insisting, “It’s the holidays! Live a little!” But in the back of your mind, you’re conflicted because you’d promised…
Read MoreHow to Use Change for Positive Growth in Your Art and Life After 60
They say that there are three chronic types of fear: the fear of failure, fear of success and fear of change. Which one do you relate to? Studies suggest that the greatest fear out of these three is the fear of change. I have to agree based on…
Read MoreWhy Life After 60 is the Perfect Time to Start Painting
A few years ago I was looking after a gallery exhibition. Sometimes artists have to share this duty for joint exhibitions and this was my turn. During a quiet moment on a Saturday morning I noticed a man stop outside the open gallery doors and look in. He then declared in a loud and smug voice, “You guys must really be suffering these days!” He then turned around and walked off…
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