“The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.’ ~Alvin Toffler If you are in your mid or late-career, then you...
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‘Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.’~Mahtma Ghandi Longevity has disrupted the pattern of the 3-stage life—education, work, and retirement.1 While life is getting longer, changes in lifestyle,...
Time passes. The groceries get heavier. It takes longer to bring them in and, your arm may be sore for a while. Look in the mirror—any changes? Are you better than you were a few short years ago? In...
Meditation. Just the word may conjure up images of a holy person on a hilltop. Yet meditation is accessible to anyone, anywhere. It requires no special equipment or skills. Maybe that’s why roughly one-quarter of Canadians meditate regularly. And...
When people have close relationships with their children and grandchildren, everyone benefits. Young children and teenagers need healthy relationships with multiple adults in order to develop appropriate coping mechanisms, among other skills. Parents need a supportive community around them...
With endless ways to exercise – and a limited amount of time to invest – you probably want an exercise regimen that can create the greatest impact. Many people think that the best type of exercise is activities like...
When retirement was at age 65 and the average lifespan was only around 70, retirement was a well-earned respite after a lifetime of hard work. But with increasing longevity and rising costs, a retirement lasting decades is more and...
Maybe retirement sounds like an endless vacation. Or perhaps you’re hoping it’ll be a relief from the pressures of working and supporting a family. Whatever you imagined for your retirement, there may be good reasons to continue working even...
Never has learning been easier. In generations past, learning meant apprenticing yourself to a master or signing up for an expensive university program. Today, technology has seen the rise of webinars and podcasts from a variety of experts or...
In times past, multigenerational families lived under one roof. But with the average Canadian household hovering at just over 2 people, this is obviously no longer the case. Perhaps as a result, loneliness and isolation are major issues for...