French Novelist & Author
“It’s time to look at where we want to go. To create a new future. A different future. A future that utilises and maximises this gift of longer lives.” ~Catherine Rickwood, TEDx Canberra 2018~ September was an exciting month for Dr Catherine Rickwood, stepping onto...
Yes! In fact at the recent Professional Planners Post Retirement Conference I suggested that financial planners (FP’s) had both an opportunity and responsibility to dig deeper with their clients on understanding ‘retirement’. Typically, clients are seeking clarity...
If you've heard the term "relevance deprivation" you may be older and possibly retired. Alternatively, you may be between jobs or a parent who has become an "empty nester". Regardless of your situation, remaining relevant is an individual responsibility. And it can...
Goals have a significant impact on what we do each day, how we live, and how we feel about ourselves. They can be both motivating and disheartening. Motivating when we achieve the goal we set. Disheartening when we under-achieve or miss the goal altogether. Without...
It's well known that baby boomers often feel invisible. Often ignored by marketers, Baby Boomers can also struggle to get jobs as employers consider them "too old". The perception tends to be that turning 50 is the start of a slippery slide downhill towards physical...
I admit it. I'm a Judy Dench fan - particularly in her recent movies of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, the sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and Victoria & Abdul. My appreciation for Dench extends beyond her skill as an actor. In this interview she...
It’s reasonably well-known that many people fear public speaking more than they fear dying. However, as we age, a number of other fears enter our consciousness beyond the sense of foreboding, dread, or denial that can occur as we age. A bonus of ageing is that we...
Ageing is the opposite of the term WYSIWYG: ‘what you see is what you get’. What you see is not what you get. Often there's a chasm between outdated stereotypes of the over 50's and their actual lived reality. Invariably, when we think of an older person we see grey...
Right now approximately 15% of Australia's population is over 65. By 2050, the number of people over 65 is forecast to increase to over 20% of the total population. Furthermore, Baby Boomers will be the single largest consumer of products and services in the future...
