Over the years you may have built up resentments and hostility towards others and the pain, anger and even hatred has festered, causing physical and emotional distress. Perhaps you were hurt so badly that the memories are too difficult to review or the situation is beyond anything you could repair. Is it possible to gather up the courage and commitment to give yourself a special gift and that is to begin the process of forgiveness?
The so-called civilized world we live in makes it difficult to maintain youthful attributes and stay healthy. Fast food, pollution, low and non-nutrition processed edibles eaten as food, stress, medications, lack of adequate information and our own negligence contribute to health problems and signs of premature aging.
To get around it, you can do one of two things: just let it happen or be on the offensive with compensating measures.
On a talk show recently, the host and I were discussing retirement. He related the story of a friend, a CEO who couldn’t wait to retire at 65. The pressure and stress of running a company had become so burdensome he was counting the days until it was all over.
The time finally came and he spent two years playing golf, fishing and taking his wife on cruises. One day he realized he was bored with the “good life” and wanted to work again, at least part time.
Many Boomers plan to work in some capacity in retirement. When they reach the big six-o, they won't automatically switch into the role of typical traditional retiree.
They will not fade into the sunset to play bingo, shuffleboard, golf every day. While they will enjoy winding down they will not live life as a pastime. They value their education, wisdom, and experience and will use it to help others while they help themselves stay vital and productive. They exercise, are in fabulous good health, and will work to stay that way.
The mental and physical decline that accompanies the aging process – is it inevitable? Or is it a result of cultural influences and how we live?
Gerontologist John W. Rowe, MD, believes, as do many other experts, that 70 percent of the aging process is controllable with wise lifestyle choices. The remaining 30 percent is the result of heredity.
mentoring to recognize generational differences. Lockheed Martin Corp. noticed differences in learning styles when it asked soon-to-retire baby boomers to pass on expertise to younger workers. The boomers preferred Power Point presentations, while
WASHINGTON -- Everyone knows the GI generation of World War II and the baby boomers who followed. And everyone knows the late-20th-century demographic labeled with the nonlabel generation X. But the next generation -- a burgeoning force in presidential
on soliciting private developers to look at building senior housing in town. 'We all know that the baby boomers are coming for the next 20 years, and more and more people of that age bracket want to get rid of that full-size house,' Fyke said. 'They
building new centers and retirement communities in Tennessee with an eye toward the coming wave of aging baby boomers, about 72 million of whom will be retiring during the next two decades. Tennessee's population will significantly age during the next 22
building new centers and retirement communities in Tennessee with an eye toward the coming wave of aging baby boomers, about 72 million of whom will be retiring during the next two decades. Tennessee's population will significantly age during the next 22
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