What do you do when your life and all your plans for the future explode? Any number of things can happen, an accident, a death in the family, job loss or retirement. For Jerry Huffman, it was a stroke. At age 55, Jerry was forced to reinvent who he was and how to make a living. Now six years
Time Well Spent
How do you define time well spent? It is an individual judgement call for each of us. As Mary Helen and Carol discovered, how we define "time well spent" can be a great help in figuring out what we want to do during our bonus years. When we know what activities are satisfying, and feel like
What? Not Again!
Retirees learn early that reinventing yourself is part of this new stage of life, transitioning from what you once were to who you are now, incorporating all the latest changes. But over and over again? Unfortunately, yes. As Carol Larson recently found out much to her disappointment.
Keep Stepping: 5 Steps into Retirement and Your Life – MHC #211
Retirement is really a transition. Mary Helen reviews her five steps that help to create your exit strategy from the workplace and lead to stepping into your life. From planning to reinvention each of the five steps provides you options for reaching the position of CEO of your life.
Adult Children and Parents Talk about Aging — MHC #210
Which side of the picnic table are you sitting on this summer? Are you the parent talking with your adult child(ren)? Or are you an adult child wondering how to help your aging parents? In this podcast, Mary Helen has advice for both sides, helping people get to the important stuff that needs
The Best Time to Retire – MHC #209
The best time to retire is when you're ready. Absolutely! Mary Helen also thinks the best time just might be summer as well. Making friends, getting out and enjoying nature are three keys to a successful retirement. She proposes some great ways to do just that. Wait till you hear her summer
Legacy on the Page: 5 Outrageous Tips for Writing Your Memoir – MHC #208
This Memorial Day week Mary Helen remembers those veterans who have lost their lives in service to our country. It reminds her that many of the nearly and newly retired also want to remember their lives by writing a memoir. She presents 5 outrageous tips for those who wish to begin the process of
Be Seen, Be Heard and Show UP #AgingOutLoud – MHC #207
With nearly 46 million adults over the age of 65, what began in 1963 as a month to celebrate the "Older American", has become a celebration of the Retiree Rebel spirit. Mary Helen chats about three ways seniors can engage in their own plan to celebrate this year's theme, Aging Out Loud. Mary