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    I Hate It, I Love It By Alice Herb   Now that I am most obviously a very senior, senior person, I am constantly being asked by other people if I need help. They just grasp my elbow or otherwise give me admonitions on what I should and shouldn’t do….

    — Been There, Done That: Eight Decades And Counting By Alice Herb: I Hate It, I Love It

    By Renee Langmuir (Originally published on the website The Rookie Retiree: Website For New Retirees)   One night – that is the amount of time which you will have to transition to your new, retirement life. How is that possible? One day, you will leave your job. You will come home,…

    — The Rookie Retiree By Renee Langmuir: Making the Transition: Stranger in a Strange Land

    By Louise Applebome   I knew that as 2022 neared its end and a new year arrived, it was time to spend extra time in yoga backends.   Lest you get distracted by thinking backbends mean huge wheels and arcs, please be aware that there are many other gentler, beneficial…

    — Bending Backward To Go Forward By Louise Applebome

    By Alice Herb   In November I wrote that I had grown so old that I was losing my network of friends, professionals, etc. who gave me my quality of life. It was light-hearted but real. This time I will share with you a very big loss – my therapist,…

    — Been There, Done That: Eight Decades And Counting By Alice Herb: Requiem For My Therapist

    By Kathleen M. Rehl, Ph.D., CFP®, CeFT® Emeritus   Welcome to 2023! Are you thinking about making a New Year’s resolution? Have you done this before? Possibly you focused on a self-improvement goal, like losing the 5 pounds you gained between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.   Maybe you resolved…

    — Better Than a New Year’s Resolution Set Your Big Grin Goal for 2023 By Kathleen Rehl

    By agebuzz Contributing Editor Julie Buyon   Not for training, but for quality purposes, consider recording your conversations with your doctor.  Healthcare quality, that is.   It can be really difficult to remember, much less understand and process, all the information that is conveyed in a visit with your doctor….

    — For Quality And Training Purposes, This Conversation May Be Recorded By Julie Buyon