by Dr Denise Taylor | Nov 7, 2021 | Inspiration, Turning 60
1. I understand myself better – I know the sort of work that plays to my strengths. I also know more about me as a person, and I’m truer to who I am. I can be more assertive over what I want and more forgiving, I understand we are all human and make mistakes and say...
by Dr Denise Taylor | May 1, 2021 | Inspiration, Self-Understanding
With my research into meaning after fulltime work, one of the areas is around identity. So much of the conversations we have when we meet someone is around our work. The first question many people will ask is ‘so what do you do?’ And we tell them about our work, or...
by Dr Denise Taylor | Mar 12, 2021 | Health & Wellbeing, Inspiration
Past 50, and in the third phase of our life, we have a tendency to seek the familiar, to seek comfort, and live out our days with measured excitement. Organized travel tours, cruise ships to explore unknown places, temperature-controlled homes to keep our bodies...
by Dr Denise Taylor | Mar 9, 2021 | Inspiration
Barely the day started and… it’s already six in the evening. Barely arrived on Monday and it’s already Friday. … and the month is already over. … and the year is almost over. … and already 40, 50 or 60 years of our lives have passed. … and we realize that we lost our...
by Dr Denise Taylor | Feb 7, 2021 | Ageism
As we drive around, we see signs to look out. One of them is a triangle with 2 elderly people with sticks, hunched over. It is to signify: Frail or disabled pedestrians likely to crossroad ahead. But really, is this what older age is like. I sometimes think it would...