Health & Wellbeing
Let’s consider how to maintain and improve our health. But let’s also focus on wider wellbeing – the state of being comfortable, healthy, and happy.
Inspiration
Do you love to learn new things? Now it can be a good time to try something new. I’m going to share ideas and get you thinking, let’s see what works for you.
Self-Understanding
You want to learn more about the person you are, how to best make an impact, and live a life in line with your values.
Retirement
You want to retire on your terms, let me share relevant articles to help with your personal planning,
Blog Articles
Articles relevant to people of 50+ will be found here. 6 key areas are: career, health & well-being, inspiration, self-understanding, retirement and elderhood.
Turning 60: older, wiser and finding myself part 3
28th May 2017 I’m feeling my age - I’m at a...
Review: Staying young
If you are like me you want to look after your...
How to dress at 50+ – some inspiration
How to dress at 50+ It was easy for our parents...
Turning 60: older, wiser and finding myself – part 2
As I age 25th January Holidays are important to...
Practical Job Search Tips for the over 50s
In this blog post we will cover Practical Job...
Being Productive – A Kitchen Conversation
In this video, I talk about how easy it is to...
Turning 60: older, wiser and finding myself – part 1
As I age –Turning 60 older, wiser and finding...
Mid Week Update- 5 July
Hi It’s mid-week, time for my regular...
Over 60 – don’t want to retire what can I do?
Over 60 – don’t want to retire what can I do?...
Job search at 50 Plus: Finding a job when you should be retiring
Job Search at 50 Plus I need a job said Valerie,...
Career Reinvention – fire up don’t retire
Many of the people I work with are unhappy in...
Best Summer Ever – a kitchen conversation
We are now in June and I want you to have the...
Does it spark joy, part 1 – clearing clutter – shoes
This is the first of a series of articles where...
Kitchen Conversation – Being Not Doing – can you do this?
Being Not Doing: In this video on Being not...
Why I had a professional photo shoot
We look at celebrities in the media and in...
Mid Week Update 8 June 2017
Would you like this newsletter sent to your...
Lump Sum – save or spend, which is right for you?
At retirement you probably get the biggest lump...
TENA Lady – Phenomenal Fifty
We’d like to invite you to a day in London as...
Criticism – it can be hard to accept, especially if unfair
We all say we don’t mind constructive criticism;...
Mid Week Update – 25 May
Hello Welcome to my new subscribers. I write...
Kitchen Conversations – Health and Fitness at 50Plus
Health and Fitness at 50Plus – The first of my...
Making Long Term Plans
In this video I talk about long term planning,...
Psychology of Weight Loss – what we say to ourselves is as important as what we eat
PSYCHOLOGY OF WEIGHT LOSS. Losing weight is...
Kitchen Conversation – Make a Difference
Here is my latest kitchen conversation.This time...
Kitchen Conversation – Traditional Retirement
Here is my latest kitchen conversation.This time...
Imagine the Future – Kitchen Conversation 3
Imagine the future. In this week’s Kitchen...
Mid Week Update – 10 May
Dear It’s time for my midweek message, sent to...
Hula hooping at 64 – a great way to keep fit and have fun
I caught Britain’s Got Talent over the weekend....
Mid Week Update – 3rd May
Hi It's time for my midweek message, sent to...
Kitchen Conversations Mindful Eating
Mindful Eating The second of my Kitchen...
The Forgotten fifties – low waged and living alone they are not the happy baby boomers we read of
Today (3 May 2017) saw the publication of A...
Retired and need a job – this article will give you some sound advice
“I’m retired and need a job said Valerie. My...
Appreciate Differences – stop making judgements and look for what we can learn from others
We need to appreciate differences – Viva La...
Mid Week Update – 26 April
Hi I’ve decided to start regular video messages...
The 50Plus Coach on LinkedIn
The 50Plus Coach now has a company page on...
Follow Your Dream – is it ever too late?
Is it ever too late to follow your dream? I was...
How we change
Oh, how we change … I’ve been tidying up and...
DJ Sumirock
… the 82-year-old Japanese woman who cooks by...
Newsletter 13 April 2017
Hi Its time for my midweek message, sent to...
Pretirement is the new retirement
Pretirement – the new life phase. Before...
Inspirational Quotes to give you something to think about, focused on relevance to those of 50+
Inspirational Quotes And you will find more...
Inspirational Quotes And you will find more inspirational quotes in the post. This is an ongoing project to add inspirational quotes. Feel free to share, or post to social media. Inspirational Quote 2 Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears, Inspirational Quote 3 Don’t count the days. Make the days count. Inspirational Quote 4 Someone became a CEO at 25, and died at 50, while another became a CEO at 50 and lived to 90 years. Obama retires at 55, while Trump starts at 70. Everyone in this world works based on their “time zone”. Everyone is running in their own time. Life is about waiting for the right moment to act. So, RELAX. We are not late we are not early. We are very much ON TIME in our TIME ZONE.
I want you to create a mini bucket list. You...
Newsletter 5 April
Hi Its time for my midweek message, sent to...
Not losing weight
When I posted my first article on health and...
Carry on Working – SAGA Magazine
I’ve contributed to an article published in Saga...
Remarkable Lives: Untold Stories & Voices of Later Life
I've just come across this project - Remarkable...
I love quality TV
I love quality TV nothing beats some of the...
What does retirement mean to you?
Some people still take a traditional...
Newsletter – Wednesday 29 March 2017
Hello, Thanks so much for being one of my early...
Ageism is all around us
It's not just in the developed world that people...
Accepting a Challenge – Learning to brew beer
Wednesday 8th March was International Women’s...
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Denise Taylor
Chief Inspiration Officer, The 50 Plus Coach.