10 Surprising Facts Nobody Tells You About Aging

4 Easy Ways to Make New Friends in Retirement

5 Things TV Doctors Always Get Wrong

Downsizing Seasonally – As the Seasons Change So Should Your Closet (and Your Garage/Shed)

What’s for Dinner?

Is There Plastic In Your Belly?

Work out. Play. Take it with you and throw it out. What would you do without plastic water bottles? You better really love them. The one you’re drinking from today will still be around in 3019. Plastics are forever. Almost every piece of plastic that’s been manufactured is still with…

7 Tips for Keeping Your Mind Sharp After 50

You can eat well to help prevent diabetes, and you can protect your skin from the sun to help reduce your risk of skin cancer, but did you know you can do things to help prevent your mind from going dull? Dementia is a scary prospect, but it doesn’t have…

Meet the New Kid on the (DIET) Block

Remember the bad old (fun) diets? There was the delicious Twinkies diet and the not-so-delicious diet where you slurped watery cabbage soup for a week. How about Apple Cider Vinegar, Ice Cream, and Cookie (monster) diets? Choose from low-carb, low-calorie to high fiber, high protein. Don’t forget South Beach, Mediterranean,…

6 Scientific Secrets to Healthy Aging

Is there a formula for successful healthy aging? Sure, your hair sprouts more grays and your face sports more lines. But you can grow older with your body and mind as healthy as they can possibly be.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Supermarket

It’s getting crowded on the third rock from the sun. By mid-century there will be ten billion hungry humans. To feed these billions, crops need to increase by 60-100%. That would require clearing land – mostly rainforests and savannahs, using huge amounts of fertilizer, driving many animal species into extinction,…

How Moving To A Retirement Community Can Benefit Your Marriage

If you and your spouse are retired or about to retire, perhaps you’re wondering what this next stage of your lives together will be like. It’s not uncommon for couples in their 60s to start considering moving to a retirement community. What’s that going to be like? And more specifically, how will such…

Downsize Your Closet to Stay Fashionable: What’s Hip, What’s Vintage, and What Needs to Go

It’s time to upgrade your wardrobe. There’s just one problem: no room in your closet! In the name of fashion, it’s time to take a good, honest look at what’s in there. Downsizing is an important step in your pre- or post-retirement journey. In your quest to downsize, it’s helpful to know how…

Great slimming & affordable styling tips for mature women over 50!

Styling tip every woman needs to know that’s slimming & affordable for mature women over 50! Plus, learn how to make a garment at home that you can wear in loads of different ways for summer or winter.

10 Surprising Facts Nobody Tells You About Aging

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Creating Our Own Pensions – Lets Do It!

I know many of our readers are not “average.” However, if average Joe can support his retirement on as little as $200,000 savings, imagine what you can do with the amount you have! By reading the chart below, you can see that the average spending for retirement households age 65…

Five Great Habits Of Memorable People

Being a memorable person in any social setting isn’t always what you say about yourself, but how you talk about those around you. So how do you stand out from this crowd without being creepy or gimmicky? Here’s what memorable people do to stay top of mind.

3 “Musts” When Downsizing for Retirement

Downsizing means to make something smaller. No matter if that ‘something’ is an old CD collection or the big pile of junk in your garage. But when you’re facing reducing everything you own so you can retire to a neat little cottage for a well-earned life of leisure, it’s another…