I just celebrated a major milestone birthday…70! Since my birthday comes at the end of the year, I have the added impetus to reflect on the past and prepare for…
We welcome our guest blogger , Sara Zeff Geber, Ph.D.: Did you know that almost ONE out of FIVE baby boomers have no children? I don’t mean no children living…
We took our grandsons to a Memorial Day Service to honor those who have fought to defend freedom and democracy for this country where a Navy man who entered the…
I was in conversation last weekend with an acquaintance we will call Sally in her late 50’s or early 60’s. As I described The 3rd Act, she was very interested…
The apple is nature’s perfect design. It is pleasing to the eye. Whether green, red or yellow, you can count on the round delicious taste. It is nutritious and beautiful. …
I loved my job as Program Manager of the James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center at the San Francisco Public Library and had no intention of leaving. I met…
I have been wrestling with that identity question again. I began what I call my “3rd Act” when I took early “retirement” from my corporate job as an internal organization…
The markers of success seemed quite clear when we were younger; a job with positive social status in business, recognition in the professional world, a good home with a happy…
Returnment – n. 1) The act of giving back or returning in some small way what the world has given you. 2) Especially as an alternative to retirement. Carl Van…
“Positive aging is a social movement.” I was speaking with a fellow participant at the 4th Annual Positive Aging Conference in Los Angeles in early December. I resonated with the…