Who are the long-term unemployed? 26 Aug 2013 | 11:58 pm

The long-term unemployed tend to be past age 50, and laid off from their last job…. “It seems the stigma of getting laid off puts people near the back of the jobs line.  And then, once they’ve been s...

Personal Liberation 22 Aug 2013 | 08:18 pm

“It matters not what price you pay, you can’t get gladness ready-made.  To get the real and lasting kind, you have to grow it in your mind.” I’ve been thinking a lot about freedom lately, especially ...

How to Create Your Own Magic in Midlife 20 Aug 2013 | 09:07 pm

The BEST e-mails I ever receive are when my readers share their own experiences from reading my blogs and books! Just received this lovely letter from a new friend who got a lot out of reading my fir...

Facing forward in midlife 19 Aug 2013 | 07:29 pm

There is more wisdom than you know in those New Yorker cartoons.  In a recent one a guy is talking on the phone, and when asked what he’s doing, he says, “Not much.  Just sitting here sifting through...

Wake up call! 15 Aug 2013 | 12:59 am

Boomers haven’t a clue about future health care costs 14 Aug 2013 | 06:50 pm

It seems most boomers have a completely unrealistic view of health care costs in retirement, and most believe Medicare will foot the entire bill.   WRONG!!! For example, thirty-six percent of boomers...

Why I do what I do… 13 Aug 2013 | 07:29 pm

I have been asked for interviews three times in the past week by  those who wish to know more of what I know about being a writer in today’s topsy-turvy world of blogging, self- publishing and making ...

What does this mean? 10 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am

Since viewing this short piece on the ABC News in mid-May about the thousands of Americans who have chosen to move to Cuenca Ecuador for retirement, Mike and I have been discussing and researching thi...

Surprise Yourself 7 Aug 2013 | 09:10 pm

I received a number of insights from this CBS Sunday Morning feature on the science of pleasure. Besides those mentioned in this recent post about setting personal priorities, and various ideas about...

Go visit the latest Best of Boomer Blogs… 4 Aug 2013 | 07:19 pm

over at John’s So Baby Boomer site or go read about getting your priorities straight in midlife.