The greatest danger facing middle-aged men in Australia isn’t smoking or obesity – it is loneliness. So says Dr. Richard S. Schwartz, a Cambridge psychiatrist and his wife Dr. Jacqueline Olds who wrote the book The Lonely American: Drifting Apart in the Twenty-First Century.……
The Problem If you are effected by the Centrelink or other Government assets test, you know your pension goes down the more assets you have. Unfortunately you have few options to solve this problem. You can and should, revalue your……
Retirement brings a new round of challenges in most of our lives. The slick ads of retirement villages paint a glossy picture of a lifestyle full of fun, relaxation and few cares, a picture which rarely plays out in real……
One thing that has struck me of recent times is that we are all different to each other. When I go to the local mens shed, I see men who know exactly how to use those wood cutting or finishing……
Looking for something to do in retirement? Here is another post in the series on “Great things to do in retirement”. This time we look at how to use your time creatively. These are suggestion from me. If you have……
For the 45th year reunion of my graduation from Medical School the psychiatrists were asked to form a panel and address the subject of “Are we happy yet? Staying serene into the seventies”. It was an honour for the psychiatrists……
Stop spending money on what you don’t need! So many of us believe the advertisements that talk about how we will run out of money if we retire with insufficient cash. They want to raise your anxiety that you might run……
The Main Question. When I was about 45 my accountant asked me how much money I needed in retirement. I had never thought about that question, so my answer was around half of what I earned then. He looked puzzled……
Who are you really? When we look at research on who we are, we discover there are two major theories to follow. One theory says that we are the sum of what we have learned over the years. So from……
Since early in my life, the world has told me to be “a real man”. By that they meant – don’t cry, hold your feelings inside and basically get over whatever is happening to you in your life. But as I……
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