Baby boomer healthy aging: B(u)y the book
Martha Stewart has something new: another book. I’ll read it because it may help me ease down my path to healthy aging. And I’m trying to walk it. A new book in itself isn’t unusual for her—she never rests—and neither should we. Stewart, at 71, has just published “Living the Good, Long Life: A Practical [...]
Baby boomer retirement: She works hard, and long, for the money
When friends ask me how long I intend to work, my answer comes rapid-fire: “Until I don’t want to, which at this point, is never.” Really. I can’t imagine not working: What would I do? (And don’t say “volunteer.” I already do that—when I’m not working. I write as a volunteer for humane causes, with [...]
Baby boomer life lessons: If “I nearly died.” Now what?
This uplifting HuffPost story prompted me to stop and ask myself: “If I had a near-death experience, what would I be doing?” That’s exactly what 56-year-old boomer and now contemporary jazz artist Serenity Stewart wondered after she survived a brain aneurysm. She’s just released her first album, proof that fulfilling a dream can happen to [...]
“Everybody get together” in age-friendly communities
Mind Your Body TV Episode 31 with Barbara Meltzer. In 2007, Los Angeles public relations professional and aging advocate Barbara Meltzer told NBC’s chief medical editor, Nancy Snyderman, about a fear millions of baby boomers share with her. My guest for today’s video, Meltzer said she’s worried because she isn’t married and doesn’t have children. Like [...]
Give the gift of you
Volunteering “completes” my life. I work (a lot), I play, and I donate my writing skills to an organization that does the work that I alone can’t do, but wish I could for Stray Cat Alliance (SCA). This Los Angeles-area humane nonprofit helps these kinds of cats: homeless, stray, feral and “community.” My pro bono [...]
16 fabulous money-saving ideas!
Mind Your Body Episode TV 26 with Denise Winston. A banker for 25 years, now Denise Winston of www.MoneyStartHere.com takes her expertise all the way to our banks. If we haven’t done so already, Winston wants us baby boomers to (finally) master the basics of financial survival—I’d like us to master financial “thrival” in these areas [...]
“Money for Nothing”: Boomers’ retirement plans in dire straits
“This job is going to kill me.” If you’ve ever uttered those words, then you won’t be thrilled with the results of a recent poll from the Associated Press and LifeGoesStrong. com. It appears that 73 percent of us boomers are preparing to work past age 65, an increase from 67 percent this spring. I [...]
