Retirement Planning

If you’re thinking about retiring in the next few months or years, then chances are, there will be a number of different factors affecting your decision. As well as considerations about how retirement will affect health and happiness; it’s also now necessary to take into account the rising State pension age, and the changes in the job market…

You can be financially ready for retirement – and still feel completely unsure about whether it’s time. Anne appeared on my Zoom screen looking tense and tired. Before we even got into the details, she said, “I feel like I’m on a ledge.”

For years, women approaching retirement hear the same advice: “Save enough, invest wisely, and you’ll be fine.” And yet, many women who retire financially prepared find themselves asking a different question altogether: Is this really it? That’s because retirement isn’t just a financial milestone…

One of the topics that endlessly fascinates me is how solo women of “a certain age’” are going to live healthy and happy lives in retirement. Many single women prefer solitude and want to live alone. Others crave living with a crowd of like-minded people of all ages…

“Well, I guess I’ll be working till the day I die.”
I clearly remember the day in 2014 when I dryly and sarcastically spoke those words to my younger sister as the reality of what had just happened hit me across the face like a rock maple two by four. My dad had died a couple…

You may be very near or have entered your retirement years. Is that good or bad? Did you float to this time in your life without acknowledging that it is near? Did you see it coming and embrace it with gusto? How you feel now falls in one of two categories…

Already retired or thinking about retiring? Once we are over 60, most of us likely fall into one of those two categories. No matter which one you are in, I encourage you to ask yourself if there has been a whisper in your mind that you have been ignoring? Dr. Caroline Leaf…

You didn’t raise families, juggle careers, and hold everyone together just to disappear quietly now. We’ve been sold a glossy image of retirement: long walks, warm drinks, and nothing but free time. And sure, some of that is lovely. But what happens after the glow fades?

I’m learning each day to look forward to what is coming as I stand where I am today. Being present in my life right here and now has created an appreciation for all that I have and an eagerness for what is yet to come. Every change I make…

Your husband may be out of the picture, but his Social Security could still be a part of your life. Whether you’re widowed or divorced, U.S. law may allow you to collect benefits based upon your former spouse’s work history. Here’s an overview of who’s eligible and how much money you could get…