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Cooking Organic
Finding wholesome foods produced without chemicals is a challenge we all face today. In this topic we explore how to navigate the complex world of healthy food exploring the hidden world of genetic food modification, organic gardening and of course creating healthy meals to share with family and friends.
Empty Nest
For parents or guardians alike, when their children leave home, it's not uncommon for a variety of feelings to surface. Many people have a feeling of loneliness, loss of identity,and excess time to dwell on these feelings. Although this is a time of transition and grieving, it can also be a time renewal and self exploration. Grab a coffee or tea, and relax as you browse fresh ideas on self-discovery and personal re-invention.
Exercise
We all have different exercise goals and different ways of staying physically fit as we age. Keeping fit doesn't always mean long hours in the gym with a monotonous routine. See how staying fit can not only be fun but add to the quality of your daily life!
Altermative Remedies
Traditional medicine more often seems to treat the symptoms leaving many of us to seek the potential claimed to be found in alternative medicine. In this section, alternative medicine explores a wide range of ideas and concepts that are offered in today's modern world. The information presented here is for informational purposes only and does not represent an endorsement of use and is not medical advice.
Re-Invention
Traveling through life, our journey can seem well directed and the outcome quite certain. But sometimes, and all of a sudden, something happens and life as we know has changed. Whether the passing of a loved one, an abrupt loss of career, we sometimes find ourselves needing to re-invent who we are. Difficult to do in the best of times, the re-invention of self as we mature takes on added significance and certainly much more thought. Read the stories of others as they re-invent themselves and discover ways to re-invent yourself!
Spotlight
Take a close up look at some unique and interesting boomers as they pursue their dreams. How did they get where they are and what price did they pay? Have you figured out what you want to be yet? Or, are you still looking. Explore this section for inspiration and human interest - it's your turn.
Health Concerns
Sometimes it's fast and sometimes it slow, but as we move through life our body tells us it's aging. Our vision changes, we don't hear as well, our toes become numb to name but just a few. Visit this section for information about health concerns and that we face us as we age and some ideas to manage the process.
Career
Every generation faces unique challenges throughout their working years. Today, our careers face competition from a global workforce, a youth culture and rapidly changing skill requirements. Many of us have experienced the unexpected layoff, difficulty finding a new career opportunity or having to re-invent ourselves completely. Find out what others are doing to keep their careers on track or how others have found a new niche and unexpected success.
Estate Planning
You have invested your lifetime creating everything around you: your home, your investments, your family, your legacy. Without the proper planning, you risk loosing it all to pay for long-term medical needs or other unforeseen events. Learn how to protect your estate, your money, your legacy and stay in control of what you have created.
Real Estate
Whether you are looking to move into a over 55 community, cash out of our investment property or make a major life move you are in the market for lots of information before making your move. Your real estate needs have changed since your bought your first home and you have too much to lose to leave the details to chance. This topic explores our specific needs as mature property owners. Learn what questions to ask, how to keep more cash in your pocket and learn from the mistakes of others.
Personal Finance
You work hard for your money while others work hard to take it from you. In this section we explore stories, headlines and current affairs for ways to get a pulse on our personal finance and to find ways to keep more of what we earn.
Family Dynamics
Family roles change over time and very often without one set of clear rules or guidance. As we enter part 2 of our life, our roles are changing as we our children are graduating college and our parents' health is on the decline. Our children need us less and our parents seem to need us more. We find ourselves assisting our parents with simple task or chore they now find difficult. We many even find ourselves assisting our parents with significant aspects of their health care. Here, we explore our family dynamics and the changing nature of our roles.
Meeting New People
Life has many twists and turns and we take move along quite happily and then, we lift our head from our routine and discover something is missing — the energy and presence of other people. It's easy to meet new people when we are young and involved in many activities. But as we get older, we seem to create our own world and our own gated community. Here we explore how to meet new people, make new friends to share and enrich each of our lives.
Romance & Dating
All of sudden you find yourself single again and not sure how the dating game works any more, and what's more, you're not even sure you're interested in dating not to mention romance. Explore the emotional roller coaster and the new rules for dating & romance as we continue our journey and memories of the promise of free love.
Life Style Choices
The white house and the picket fence may work for some of us, but the promise of the 60's gave us the power to explore life as we saw fit. Whether it's living on the road in your trailer, a multi-generational household or same sex partners — we explore the variety of journeys that we all have taken.
Recreation
We're living longer, we're healthier and we have the time and means to enjoy all varieties of recreation or RE-Creation. RE-Creation is an opportunity to explore ourselves and interests that we might not have a chance to do on a regular basis. From sky diving, to dancing to gardening, explore how boomers are spending their ample free time and the means to spend it as they see fit!
Retirement Communities
Our children have their own lives and now we find our family home is more than we can handle as we spend more time and money maintaining a way of life that has since past. Some of us think of simplifying our home life and retirement communities are an option. In this section as explore the pros and cons of this retirement option. Are retirement communities right for you?
Travel
Whether you travel for fun or pleasure, by air, land or sea, we have the world at our fingertips and more choices and reasons for traveling than we can imagine. Make the right choices and your travel experience will be something you'll talk about for ever. Make the wrong choices and you could end up wishing you had never left home and wasting thousands of dollars in the process. See the opportunities awaiting you and the tips for doing it right the first time.
Volunteering
If you yourself looking for something more in life and don't know where to start, volunteering is a great place to look. When you volunteer you give your time, experience and expertise to your neighborhood and community. Not only is volunteering fulfilling personally, it's a great place to meet new people, discover new career and networking opportunities. Volunteering can be a one-time experience, but for many, it's a lifetime activity bringing with it the joys or both giving and receiving.
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