NEWS & INSIGHTS

News, insights, tips and resources for seniors to grow older with joy, worry less, and retire well.

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🤩 The Joy of Cooking: 12 Senior-Friendly Cooking Tips.

Discover the joy of cooking with these 12 senior-friendly cooking tips to make mealtime a delightful and healthful experience. Cooking and preparing meals can be a source of joy and creativity, especially for seniors. Embracing a healthy aging lifestyle involves nourishing the body with nutritious and delicious meals that promote overall well-being.

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4 Stories of Service in Honor of Veterans Day

Each year, on November 11, we as a nation take a moment to honor the millions of service members who have served in our Armed Forces.
Too often, the stories of our veterans and the lengths to which they went to defend our country are forgotten. In honor of this Veterans Day, here are four stories of veterans’ experiences of their time in the military.

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Building Relationships With Your Grandchildren

It’s easy to have strong relationships with grandchildren when they are small. Little ones are happy to receive all the love offered, and tired parents are often pleased to let grandparents take the kids in exchange for some precious time off. But as children grow and their schedules fill with sports, school, and other pursuits, it’s easy for grandparents to feel pushed aside. But that doesn’t have to be the end of the story.

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💌 Tell Us Your Love Story

I'm looking for any type of LOVE story that has touched your heart, it might be your own or that of another. Love comes in all sizes and colors and can exist between humans and even our sweet loving pets. Any LOVING story that inspires you!!!

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A Short Story About Gratitude

Today I wanted to share a short story with you about gratitude!

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which read, “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat – spare change from folks as they hurried past.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. Then he put the sign back in the boy’s hand so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

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Sassy Senior Sends Glowing Letter to Bank After Check Returned

Seniors may seem frail, but messing with them is never a good idea. Though their bodies have aged, their minds are still sharp as a whip, and their lengthy life experience gives them an upper hand in many situations.

The following letter was sent to a bank manager by an 86 year-old woman after her check bounced, and he thought it was so funny that he sent it to the New York Times to publish. The letter is sure to bring a smile to your face and serve as a reminder that messing with older people is a very bad move indeed!

Here’s the full letter:

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6 Science-Backed Ways to Boost Your Memory

It’s perfectly normal to experience brief memory loss now and then. We’ve all forgotten where we’ve put something or not immediately remembered somebody’s name, right? But, with age and certain medical conditions, memory loss might become more of an issue. Here are 6 science-backed ways to boost your memory.

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19 Truths My Grandmother Told Me About Life and Happiness

The opening lines of the final entry in Zelda’s journal—a 270-page leather-bound journal she wrote small entries in almost every morning during the final decade of her life. In it, she reflected on lessons she had learned, lessons she was still learning, and the experiences that made these understandings possible. I'm honored to share them with you.

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The Science of Gratitude

Gratitude is the expression of appreciation for what one has. It is a recognition of value independent of monetary worth. Spontaneously generated from within, it is an affirmation of goodness and warmth. This social emotion strengthens relationships. Gratitude is like a miracle pill that gives us these 14 incredible benefits: 

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Human + Kind = Let's Be Both

Millennials are often disregarded by older generations as selfish, but studies show that over half of millennials have given to charity. Three college students in Germany showed the world just how selfless their generation can be through a beautiful video that went viral and has touched the hearts of millions since.

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