What does it take to live a long, happy, and resilient life in retirement? The answer was revealed at UC Berkeley’s Living Well in Retirement Conference, held May 22, 2018. The good news is that we’re living longer, much longer, than any previous generation in human history, as I reported last week in Part One […]
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What does the latest research tell us about living a long, healthy life? First, if you are reading this, the chances are good that you will! Second, there are simple actions you can take right now to make your life a happy one. I learned this hopeful news at UC Berkeley’s Living Well in Retirement Conference, […]
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Have you ever been stuck between your intentions to make a change and actually taking action? Me too! So I decided to take action by committing to one intention for a week. This is what I learned. Listen to this post above, or read an edited transcript below.Hello, this is Janet Kodish, life design coach […]
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Lorraine was out of sorts. She had been happily retired and travelling for a few years. But now something was missing that she couldn’t put her finger on. Travelling was starting to feel . . . boring. Does the thought of retirement scare you? Are you worried that you’ll lose that spark that keeps you at […]
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What lies in the unknown beyond your full-time career? How will you get there? Do these questions keep you up at night? When we retire, we close the door on our old life and head towards the new. But we haven’t arrived there yet. This gap between the life we know and the one we […]
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What do you do when an elderly parent refuses to listen to reason? On the one hand, we feel blessed to have parents who are with us to a ripe old age. On the other, the struggle for control can bring out our worst tendencies. Last month I found myself going head-to-head with my elderly father. […]
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