A problem adequately stated is a problem well on its way to being solved. R. Buckminster Fuller Last weekend, I sat in the lazy Spring evening with a dear friend to say goodbye. We all gathered outside on the genteel front porch, surrounded by splashes of outrageous colors in wafting fragrance from their lovely- tended perennial […]
3 Ways Technology Will Help You THRIVE
3 Ways Technology Will Help You THRIVE by Downing Van Buren, Learn How With technology advancing at such a breakneck pace it’s easy to feel outdated, out of the loop, or left behind. It seems every day phones and computers get faster and more complicated. Maybe you’ve felt it’s just not worth trying to learn […]
To Hire or Not to Hire: Family Caregiving and When It’s Time for a Helping Hand
To Hire or Not to Hire: Family Caregiving and When It’s Time for a Helping Hand By: Samantha Stein A secure long term care coverage is difficult to find, especially when it concerns your parents. Who do you trust with their care? Would an insurance policy be enough? And which long term care insurance companies […]
How May I Connect You? #TBT
Guest post by Anne Garland, managing director of eWomenNetwork (Greater Hartford and Shoreline chapter) and founder and creative director of Anne Garland Enterprises. Here’s one secret which I have learned over decades of exploring and adventuring toward success and fulfillment: “Having it all” (whatever “it” means to you, individually) can ONLY happen when you build […]
Guest Post: How to Know if a Parent Needs Assisted Care
No one wants to move to a nursing home or put an aging parent in one. Yet, families may not have a choice when Dad loses a lot of weight because he lives alone and doesn’t eat well, or when he becomes depressed and forgetful. The nursing home may be the only place to care […]
Guest Post: Taking Ownership of Your Future–The Power of Encore Entrepreneurship
Karen Sands and I have a lot in common; in fact, as I’ve gotten to know her and her work over the past months, I’ve had the sense of encountering a kindred spirit. We both share the conviction that we are living at an important moment in history. We have both experienced the ways in […]
Working With an Ageing Organization as a Student: Why it Matters
Guest Post by Juliette Davodeau, International Federation of Ageing Before starting my internship with the IFA, I was asked a few times “are older people really the most at need?” This question is one of the reasons that really motivated me to join the IFA. Indeed, in France anyways, the living conditions of older people are too […]
Lessons from Hunza, by Cecelia Hurwich
This post is a much abridged version of a remarkable journey described by Ageless Expert Cecelia Hurwich in “The Road to Hunza Valley.” Read every last transformative, vivid, ageless detail in the full article here. I had been fascinated by the health and longevity of the Hunzakuts—the people of the Hunza Valley in Pakistan— ever since […]
A Small Encounter
Cross-posted on The Everyday Futurist Blog. In response to my December Future Works Gazette, on the theme Your Story Matters, I received the following wonderful story from Dorothy Meyers about an eye-opening encounter at the grocery store. She has graciously given me permission to share her story with you all. I hope you will find it […]
Are Small Businesses Losing Effective Board Leadership Because of Ageism?
Guest post by Clarence E. Pearson, International Federation of Ageing The small business community is losing an important resource: As greater longevity increases the population of those aged 65 and over, increasing numbers of skilled and seasoned senior executives leave the business world and join the pool of retirees. But the business sector is not making […]
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