Topic: Well-Being

Books for Embracing the Encore Years

Topics: Encore Years, Retirement, Well-being

As you enter your "encore" years, you might be considering a career change -- maybe leaving your present job and doing something completely different, even starting a business. You feel ready for change, but are unsure of what to do. Here are some helpful books to guide you. Some are practical, offering step-by-step basics, while others serve as motivation to just get out there and do it. Click here to see what interests you. And, speaking of next steps, check out this book review by Carolyn Walter, Professor Emeritus, Widener Univ.ersity, of Susan Abel Lieberman's "Getting Old is A Full Time Job: Moving on From a Life of Working Hard." There is a unique 12-task approach for dealing with "what's next."

Posted on May 10, 2012

Why Can't I Remember Names?

Topics: Aging, Well-being

All of us have dealt with the embarrassment of not remembering a person's name and fumbling through a conversation. Are you losing your memory? No. It has to do with names themselves and not impending senility. This article suggests that names are really "arbitary and meaningless" and need to be linked with something else to keep them in mind. Try joining a person's name with their occupation or thinking of something humorous or vivid when you meet. Repetition also works: if you repeat someone’s name back after introductions and use it at least once in conversation, it can can help fix it in your mind.

Posted on Jan 18, 2012

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