Book of the Week: The Dinner List – A Menu of Life, Love, Loss, Family and Regrets
We’ve all probably been asked, at least once in our lives, to name five people, living or dead, with whom we’d like to have dinner. Read More
Prince Harry’s Regret, Europe’s Security and the Democratic Party’s Choice
Few people have captured the imagination of the world more strongly than Princess Diana. Of course, famous people aren’t just icons. They are also mothers and fathers, sons and daughters. In today’s media-obsessed culture, this is more important to remember than ever. Recently, her son, Prince Harry, spoke about her death and the grieving process in general. His words are important for anyone who has lost someone close to them. Join us as we discuss Hillary Clinton’s official nomination as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, the security situation in Europe and some fun facts about Helen Mirren. I’ll also announce who won the cute little bag from Bali that I showed you yesterday. Come join us for a cup of tea and a chat! Read More
Healing the World and Avoiding Regrets
Good morning! One of the side-effects of all of the tragic news that we have been hearing about lately is that it makes us think more about our own lives. Have we done all of the things that we wanted to do? Have we told the people closest to us how much we care? As the people of France and Turkey begin the difficult process of healing, I want to start a conversation about how to avoid regrets after 60. Join me as we discuss the healing process in Nice and Turkey, Trump’s new VP choice, avoiding regrets, the story of an 86-year-old woman with 86 grandkids and much more! Come join us for a cup of tea and a chat! Read More
What are the Top Regrets of the Dying?
After palliative care nurse Bronnie Ware wrote an online article highlighting the top five regrets of the dying, people all over the internet began cataloguing their own aspirations and wishes. Ware listed the top 5 regrets of her patients as follows: Read More
Moving to Bulgaria: How It All Began
We were both in our late 50s, living in an idyllic village in the south of England when a sequence of unexpected events led us to reassess our lives as a busy professional couple. I was a social worker, and my husband, Jeff, ran his own business in the building industry. What did we really want…
Read MoreThe Strange Grief of Outgrowing Your Own Life
There’s a kind of grief we don’t talk about very much because, frankly, it can sound a little ungrateful. Nothing terrible has happened. No one has died. There’s been no diagnosis, no catastrophe, no dramatic ending. Your life may look perfectly fine from the outside. It may even be a life you worked very hard to create…
Read More10 Lessons that Come from Living Outside of Your Comfort Zone
We all have dreams and bucket lists that we would like to accomplish in our lifetime. Seeing that most of us are past 60, we have likely completed many of them…
Read MoreWhat If You Reach Retirement Without Enough? Starting From Where You Are
A woman once said something to me that I haven’t forgotten: “Every retirement article I read seems to be written for someone who has money.” She had worked most of her adult life. She paid her bills. She supported herself. But there was no large 401(k). No pension. No impressive investment account waiting for her…
Read MoreWas Your Career a Burden or a Privilege?
I just finished the book Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid for my book club. Although it is fiction, I found it insightful in many ways. What struck home for me was the “burden” the women astronauts felt in being the first women in the space program. Not only were they expected to be exceptional in their respective field of expertise…
Read MoreNo Blame, No Shame: Strengthen Your Relationships
There are bound to be differences of opinion between two people. You can love each other and still find yourselves fighting over where to go on vacation. And sometimes we say or do something that hurts the other person’s feelings and requires an apology…
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