French Novelist & Author
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...
This is a brief note to thank you for your readership and support throughout 2016. In my last piece for this year these are my reflections and highlights of the year that’s been … It’s been a busy year of reading, writing, and discovery. A personal journey that has...
I'm enjoying becoming older. Not only am I enjoying my life today I'm looking forward to the years ahead as I become even older. I'm curious about what is yet to unfold, yet content to be living in this moment. I meet many others who feel the same way and numerous...
I've recently finished Ashton Applewhite's book: 'This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism'. Applewhite is a skilled writer, thorough researcher, and great commentator on becoming older. One of my favourite takeaways was the idea that we are ALL old people in...
I'm getting older. I know that. I've said for a long time that I plan to see 100 and beyond. And, I'm determined to age well. Age healthily. Age happily. Age productively. In community with like-minded people. I eschew the idea of a retirement village or nursing home....
that according to the Oxford English dictionary, retirement means: 'The action or fact of leaving one's job and ceasing to work', or 'the period of one's life after retiring from work'. Why is this a problem? Most of us look forward to when we can stop working. No...
