Retirement

For many of us, watching this year’s Olympics will be thrilling and perhaps even motivating. Who doesn’t wonder what it feels like to go speeding down a mountain or flying through the air when you watch the Winter Olympics? While your “flying” days may be behind you, you can still…

As more women have entered the workforce, there have been necessary and important changes made to accommodate female employees, including arrangements during pregnancy and nursing once the baby is born. However, let’s be frank: For older women, menopause remains an unaddressed, and usually unaccommodated, situation in the workplace. Now, a…

When grief hits, your world can be turned upside down. One way to respond is to find a cause or purpose to provide meaning for your life and to more basically fill your time. And in fact, there’s plenty of data available to support the notion that having a purpose…

For some people, drawing up a will and dividing up assets is a relatively straight-forward process. But for others, there are distinct and difficult decisions to be made, often because they have the good fortune of having substantial assets to consider. In a newly published article in The Atlantic, philosopher Martha…

By now, you’ve heard it many times: Practicing yoga can produce significant benefit for older minds and bodies. But not all yoga practices, and instructors, are created equally and the data are beginning to show that injury may be just as common to older yoga practitioners as enlightenment. In fact, a…

No matter the cost or concern, some of us have no plans to give up driving- or, therefore, our cars. So, if you see yourself continuing to drive well into your later years, what are the best options for hitting the road? The choice obviously depends on your budget and…