I read a story in the NY Times how one family is cutting expenses to adjust to a cut in salaries. It’s a young family; they stopped dance lessons, do their hair trimming at home, no yearly vaccines for pets, and shop at discount grocery stores. Many, especially among the 50 and older crowd, [...]
Stress is the Yellow Alert in Your Retirement
We’re usually surprised to find out that most of us are notified in advanced about the negative events that take place in our lives. Remember the yellow alerts in the old Star Trek television series? We may not pay attention but we usually get signs that something is going to happen. It could be our [...]
Stress and Health in Retirement
Managing your stress is important at any age but it’s particularly important through middle age and as you get older. The reason why makes a great deal of common sense. As you age your organs and your body parts also age. Your immune system isn’t quite as good as it was when you were 25. [...]
Responding to Stress In Your Retirement
Many readers have told me that they were very surprised to find periods of time in their retirement when it was very stressful. They expected to live a life of satisfaction, exploring new challenges and watching the leaves change color. They found retirement wasn’t like the promises and, as a result, encountered much stress and some depression. I think one of the biggest myths in life is that when we retire we’re entitled to live the rest of our lives in sunshine. For sure there will be some responsibilities, especially regarding health and financial issues. But the promise of the…
Retirement Delayed Because of the Recession
This past summer I was asked to write a story for a business magazine about what hospitals were doing to face the nursing shortage. I called the editor after spending a few days researching the topic and talking to sources. There is NO nursing shortage. No one is retiring. The nurses are staying on their jobs longer because they can’t afford to retire since they lost value in their retirement plans and savings when the stock market took its nose dive. Besides, many of them also have husbands or other family members who recently lost jobs. The editor was as…
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