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Attaining Happiness Without a Winning Lottery Ticket
Is happiness really as simple as a warm puppy? Stopping to smell the flowers? Or as materialistic as a winning lottery ticket? There have been scores of philosophers and theologians over the years attempting to define happiness and to identify its components. But recently Michael J. Fox, living with Parkinson’s for over 20 years put it more plainly: I really love being alive. I really love my family and my work. I love the opportunity I have to do things. That’s what happiness is. If you’re working to increase your … Continue reading
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Tagged achievement, engage, goal, gratitude, happiness, lottery, meaning, mindfulness, purpose, relationship, savor, strength, winner
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So You Didn’t Win the Lottery…Now What?
If you’re reading this blog post today, the overwhelming odds are that you didn’t win the record-breaking lottery over the weekend. Americans spent $1.5 billion in their magical thinking quest to win the jackpot, fantasizing about how they would happily spend the $640 million that was to be paid out to the winner. As it happened, there were three winners so the final after-tax take home this year for each will be about $100 million. Still, nothing to sneeze at. Are you wondering how others have fared after winning the … Continue reading
Posted in adult children, your self
Tagged addiction, boomer, financial trouble, flow, gratitude, happiness, jackpot, lottery, million dollars, odds, relationship, repopulated empty nests, strength, wealth, winner
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Virtual Book Tour: Getting Old is a Full Time Job
We are so pleased to be hosting Dr. Susan Lieberman today to talk about her new book, Getting Old is a Full Time Job: Moving on From a Life of Working Hard. Susan writes about her insight into the 12 “jobs” of retirement – ranging from Strategist to Script Writer to Soul Catcher. Susan has a gift for using the challenging issues in her own life as a starting point for her highly accessible books. We enjoyed visiting with her here several years ago as she talked about The Mother-in-Law’s … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, fun, Getting Old is a Full Time Job, pleasure, retirement, Susan Lieberman, The Transition Network, work
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Gray Divorce
Are you and your spouse still happy, sharing activities like exercising together? If so, you may not know about a new trend hitting baby boomers – Gray Divorce. In the past 20 years, the divorce rate for boomers has doubled even as the total divorce rate has been going down. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2009 more than 25% of all divorces were among couples over 50. AARP has identified that in 2/3 of these divorces, it is women who seek the split. Often their motivation is to … Continue reading
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Tagged census, couple, empty nest, Getting Old, gray divorce, husband, John Gottman, marital therapy, marriage, spouse, Susan Lieberman, wife
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