What We Get Wrong About Retirement and how to make it a happier one (Part 1)
I had a long conversation with a journalist yesterday, she wanted to know what made for a happy retirement. Most people know that it is more than money, but most people focus on having enough savings and pensions. The article will be published in one of the major UK broadsheets, and I’ll share it once […]
Job Search in later life … Addressing stereotypes
We need to stand up against prejudice and ageism but we also need to challenge ourselves to stay current – we must not be complacent. As older workers, we have to deal with stereotypes. Too much is in the press around cognitive decline, but we can also call on our experience and use mental shortcuts […]
The Second Fifty, Navigating the Multi Stage Life
[fusion_builder_container type=”flex” hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” background_position=”center center” background_repeat=”no-repeat” fade=”no” background_parallax=”none” parallax_speed=”0.3″ video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_loop=”yes” video_mute=”yes” border_style=”solid”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” border_style=”solid” border_position=”all” spacing=”yes” background_repeat=”no-repeat” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” center_content=”no” last=”no” hover_type=”none” min_height=”” link=””][fusion_text] In a discussion on BBC Radio Derby’s Sunday Breakfast Show, host Alina and guest Dr. Denise Taylor delved into the topic of […]
Eye Care Tips for Active Seniors
As we get older, we start noticing changes in our physical health. This includes our eye health and vision; eye diseases are a prevalent form of age-related diseases. Vision impairment and blindness affect your physical and cognitive functions, leading to a poorer quality of life. Today, 510 million people have impaired vision, and over 11% are older […]
Should we be a delivery cyclist at 50+?
I was phoned yesterday afternoon (3 August) to be a guest on the Kevin O’Sullivan show on Talk TV. It’s a while since I’ve been on TV and this was to be via Zoom so I was interested in the process. I knew the topic; I’d read the article in The Times that morning: Get […]
Rethinking Retirement – my next book
Life has been so busy, 2 festivals on the run ( Minety and 2000 Trees) with a third this coming weekend (Electric Bay) and with every moment in between spent working on my book – Rethinking Retirement for Positive Ageing. Routledge have a slick process to publishing … last Wednesday I got 17 separate word […]
Changing careers at 50+
In both good times and challenging times, such as the current time of uncertainty, those of us in our prime are looking for new jobs. Sometimes this is foisted upon us due to redundancy, for others we just don’t want to spend another day in a job we can’t stand so we may think about […]
The new retirement
Alongside academic reading I look out for high quality research. I recently read a study by AGE WAVE and EDWARD JONES on Longevity and the New Journey of Retirement. The old retirement was short, and often in ill health. Indeed most people didn’t live long enough to reach retirement age and claim their pension. We […]
Learning from regrets
Throughout life we have regrets. Some of them are for things we did do, and others for things we never did. I recently did an online training session with Dan Pink where he spoke about his research: The World Regret Survey, and book – The Power of Regret. The global research identified the top four […]
Turning points and transitions
Retirement is a major transition, but it is not the first one we have had … through life we have reached turning points and transitions. In this article I want to cover the turning points you will have encountered. I’ll continue next time with more on transitions. Sometimes these transitions are connected to our career, […]
