Embrace Your Aging

When you reach the age of 62, the current earliest eligibility age for receiving Social Security retirement benefits, your life expectancy, as the average man or woman, is approximately 21.4 years and 23.8 years, respectively. That is a lot of years! Even if you postpone your retirement a few years, even if you are financially able to not worry about money for those years… there is a lot to think about! Twenty plus years is more than the time most of you spent in school. Twen

It may seem like over night, but your mom has been changing slowly—ever since you left home, for college, to get married or to head out for your life’s adventure. Each incremental change hardly made a difference—a few wrinkles, a few more grey hairs, a little slower walking, a bit more distracted. One day, though, you suddenly realize that she has changed- and that feels like a shocker. You may notice this change after a hospital stay, or after a fairly long hiatus of seeing

Today we will focus one of the first skills required for coping with changes as we age: changing our belief system about ourselves. Beguiling Beliefs Our beliefs set the foundation for how we see the world. In general, they create the path that directs how we relate to others, shape our goals, and manage our failures; most importantly, they help us develop a framework for how we feel about ourselves and those around us. These beliefs might be: I am smart and can solve any pr

As we age, change is inevitable. Some changes are positive: becoming a grandparent, retiring from a stressful job, finding time to pursue favorite pastimes. But even these positive changes can be stressful in that they are CHANGES, and they can bring disruption, stress and uncertainty with them. Unfortunately, many changes that are hoisted upon us as we age are not so positive. We may be faced with some limits to mobility, restrictions to driving, or loss of loved ones. These