Tai Chi can be fascinating to watch. Often, when Tai Chi is presented on film, television, or on social media channels it always seems to be a social activity: a group of aging folk doing some sort of synchronized dancing … Continue reading Is Tai Chi worthwhile for seniors?
Retirement anxiety, post-stroke emotional regulation, medical trauma, and the uneasy business of becoming human again after the detours. In Brief Retirement can remove the structure that once helped keep anxiety contained, especially after major health detours like cancer treatment and a hemorrhagic stroke. In this Active Aging reflection, I look at retirement anxiety, post-stroke emotional regulation, medical trauma, irritability, and the practical search for counselling The Uncomfortable Thing I’m Noticing I have been thinking about retirement, aging, and the uncomfortable possibility that I am becoming harder to live with. That is not an easy sentence to write. It is tempting … Continue reading Anxiety After Retirement: When the Usual Coping Tricks Stop Working
The journey into retirement sometimes begins abruptly, when we aren’t completely ready for it. We thought we were ready. Are you ready? Have you got your finances in order? Do you have an activity plan? We are pitched on the … Continue reading The Art of the Stumble: Finding Balance in the Uncharted Journey
Active aging is not about pretending we are twenty-five forever. It is about building a life where health, participation, learning, security, purpose, and biology are all part of the same conversation. For Sir5R, this is becoming a practical manifesto: I … Continue reading Not Done Yet! Active Aging: A Roadmap for Being