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.
How to Care for Your Elderly Parents on a Busy Schedule
Caring for elderly parents is a noble and often...
Adapting Your Home to Meet the Needs of Aging Loved Ones
Adapting your home to meet the needs of aging...
The Importance of Creating Lasting Memories
Creating lasting memories with loved ones is one...
Planning a Memorable Farewell: A Guide to Arranging a Funeral
Arranging a funeral is an emotional and often...
Tick it Off Your Bucket List
As we get older, it's essential to start...
3 Ways To Improve Your Quality of Life After Retirement
Image credit Retirement, a phase of life that...
3 Retirement Tips To Live Your Best Life
Retirement should be something everyone looks...
Don’t Let These 6 Things Stop You Living Your Best Life as You get Older
Aging: it’s not for the faint-hearted, but let’s...
20 benefits to getting older
Reduced fear of failure: With age, we often...
We should act from compassion
There is something about spending time with...
Getting your state pension
Early May, about 4 months before I reach my 66th...
Letting go ….
Do we need all our possessions? When we travel –...
Life at 80 – how AI will change our future
Let's imagine my future. In less than 15 years...
Improving Health Span: The Key to a Long and Healthy Life
As I review the health chapter of my forthcoming...
The Mental Health Benefits of Working Beyond Retirement Age
Retirement is often associated with a...
Positive Ageing
Positive ageing is “the process of maintaining a...
What is a meaningful life?
A meaningful life can be defined as a life that...
On turning 90
My mum has recently turned 90, she is now...
Stay engaged and involved to increase your well-being
Research from the Sloan Centre on Aging &...
Do we need to stay working to maintain strong mental health?
I regularly read academic papers to ensure there...
What makes you feel alive?
I’m just back from a 4 day music festival, the...
Featured in the Daily Mail
There's a section, written by me, in the Daily...
The Deferred life plan
Life is for living; you don’t want to defer it...
When should we retire?
It was so much easier in years gone by. Most...
How to change your mindset to get a job in your 50s or 60s
Writing about retirement, I also need to...
7 great things about getting older
We can’t separate out ageing from retirement, we...
Glass half full – you will probably live longer
As we think about retirement, we also think...
Retirement as a Rite of Passage
There is a need to mark important transitions in...
Make 2022 a more meaningful and positive year
I was on LBC Radio at 2100 last night - 3rd...
Woodland craft – spoon making
Since buying a wood I’ve become more interested...
Short term life planning
There comes a time when we may decide to think...
How retirement can affect self-esteem
How retirement can affect self-esteem This time...
I know my own mind
I know my own mind This stage of life where we...
Why I’m researching how people find meaning in retirement
In this edition I’d like to tell you a bit about...
Where to live in later life?
As I share info on rethinking retirement, it...
Will you have a fulfilled retirement?
I want to take a step away from the positive...
Check your state pension forecast
Much attention on retirement planning concerns...
Retirement is no longer the passage to old age
Retirement is changing, rarely the clean break...
7 great things about getting older
1. I understand myself better – I know the sort...
Who we are isn’t the same thing as what we do?
With my research into meaning after fulltime...
Finding the Unknown After 50
Past 50, and in the third phase of our life, we...
Barely the day started and…
Barely the day started and… it’s already six in...
Ageism in road signs
As we drive around, we see signs to look out....
Elderhood – an introduction
We all get older, but we don’t all get wise. I’m...
Rethink Retirement – Longer Term Plans
Thinking about retirement … some people think...
Developing confidence – 10 every day practical tips to boost your self esteem
Many of my clients tell me they lack confidence,...
Customised CV
You need a customised CV. However good your CV,...
Reflection – Love After Love
"You will love again the stranger who was your...
Online Dating part 3
It's a while since I've written about dating....
You can get a job at 50+
People of all ages can struggle to get another...
How to make the most of your retirement
I regularly get asked to comment in articles...
Let’s start to get to know each other.
Denise Taylor
Chief Inspiration Officer, The 50 Plus Coach.