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What's your go-to holiday cocktail?

Sweet, or not so much?

“I’m not afraid of death,” my client said, “but I’m terrified of declining.”

For many achievers in the second half of life, that’s the fear that stops us from planning ahead.

Instead, we pretend we can go on just as we are-- forever.

I had been working with this client for nearly a year.

When she started, she felt like a prisoner in her job.

There was constant stress and her boss could be abusive.

A married couple came to me for help planning their next chapter.

One partner is ready to wind down his career. The other, a bit younger, is actively job hunting after being laid off during the pandemic.

When we weren't looking, Clint Eastwood and Jane Fonda blew past age 80.

We didn't notice because both just keep leading their active, productive lives.

Research is showing that many of us will be able to do the same ---as long as we take care of our muscles.

Thanks to the vaccines and (mostly) nicer weather, lots of Baby Boomers are venturing out of our caves like bears after hibernation.

And many of us are not sure we want to go back to the office.

A prospective client recently gave me three reasons why he’s ready to make a career change.

There’s a marvelous interview between Michelle Obama and Amanda Gorman in Time magazine.

Last week I tried something different.

I started making a list of the things I want in 2021.

Not resolutions. Not goals.

Something different is happening.

Last month, more than 120 people tuned into a webinar I co-presented with Jeri Sedlar, co-author of the classic book Don’t Retire REWIRE. I am still fielding requests for the recording.

Last week, my email included:

Think nothing good can happen right now? Look again.

One of my 50-something clients was recently hired for a dream job. Another (70-something) is turning longstanding mentoring relationships into lucrative consulting contracts.

In the past few weeks, two of my clients were on the verge of quitting their jobs.

Both are over 60. Each had dedicated more than a decade to their current workplace: one a professional organization, the other a nonprofit.

August is tomato time.

Crazy shapes, sizes, and colors. Flavor that bursts in your mouth. Yum.

A tiny pleasure to savor amid so much stress and uncertainty.

But did you know the tomato can also make you more productive?

Spring is the time to clean out the old and start fresh. To make plans.
But this year, many of us are missing that spring energy. Instead, we feel powerless and paralyzed.

Are you wondering, “how can I think ahead with so many unknowns?” 
You probably have some mental debris.

Unless you are a health care provider, I hope you are now working remotely. Most of us will be holed up in our homes for the foreseeable future. But just as we protect our physical health, we also need to safeguard our state of mind in order to think clearly and stay productive in this “new normal.”
 
How well are you coping? Take this Corona Crisis Quiz to find out.
 

Are you overwhelmed or just fed up with all the bad news?   

Since our brains are wired for survival, we naturally tend to focus on what scares us. It's the "fight or flight" instinct.

But for most of us, fighting or fleeing is not an option. So we get anxious and stressed.

Do you know about PVD, or retinal detachment?

Do you want to do things differently this year?

Get more out of life, or be a better person?

If you are someone who every January makes a list of resolutions and gets them done without a hitch, stop reading now! This message is not for you.

Which of the following best describes your attitude about getting older?

Hey, 50+ friends!

Fall is here-- time to get back to the normal routine. But is your “normal” a comfortable, rewarding experience? Or is it full of turbulence?

Things change in our 50s and 60s –--in our jobs, our bodies, our relationships.

News flash: the word “retirement” is becoming irrelevant.

Nearly everyone I know plans to keep working years past the traditional retirement age (60-70).

Imagine if you knew that next year at this time, your business or department would have an entirely new identity and new goals, and the metrics you use now would no longer exist.

Would you plan for it?

Or wait until it happened?

I was poking around in a vintage store recently when the unmistakable voice of Joni Mitchell began spinning out the bittersweet poetry of The Circle Game.

I heard cardiologist and journalist Dr. Sandeep Jauhar speak about his new book, Heart: A History…