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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***The Staging Process for Boomers

WRITTEN BY: Carole Morgan ASP, RESA RESA Professional Stager of the Year Nominee 2010 RESA Professional Stager of the Month January 2010 StageRight Home Staging If you are a “boomer” or even if you are not, you are probably at the very least discussing what your next steps are regarding your life style. Maybe you are “down-sizing”, moving to a warmer climate, moving to two different residences or maybe you are just going move to a different property.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Knock, Knock

written by Shirley Kalisky Knock knock, who’s there? Your Caregiver! To you and I it may seem far fetched that a “stranger” will knock on your door, come into your life and you will become fast friends. But that is exactly what happens, most times, with Seniors that have an In-Home Caregiver.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Three Perils That Can Destroy Your Investment Estate

The desire to protect an estate grows exponentially as the value of the estate increases. If you have little to protect, there is little concern. However, if you have a very large estate, you may actually be paranoid about protecting your estate and your privacy. In that regard, I have identified 35 distinct perils that can destroy an estate – and we’ll discuss here just a few of the most common.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Surging Ahead

Written by: Neal Dranoff A couple of years ago, my wife Nita got smacked with the realization she was beginning to go through “the change,” i.e. menopause. God bless her, she’s been riding out this storm with the grit and grace of an America’s Cup skipper. Some days are worse than others, but the mood swings have only been semi-alarming rather than outright menacing…think of the difference between sitting on a merry go-round versus riding a roller coaster…it may be an up-and-down journey, but at least there aren’t any wild plunges and turns.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Debt ‘Rooster’ Comes Home to Roost

written by A.T. "Al" Benelli, CFP, FIC Deficit spending — it’s a term we hear so often that I’m beginning to believe we’ve become numb or desensitized to its meaning.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Grieving in the Wake of Terrorism

September 11 is my birthday. Until September 11, 2001, it had been a non-event. Nothing special. Business as usual topped off by an expensive dinner that could only be justified as a once-a-year commemorative extravagance.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***The Goldilocks List: What I Want In 2012

Last year about this time, I compiled a list of gift-giving suggestions for other people. This year, I say to heck with that. This is what I want in 2012. * A Stanford quarterback almost as good as Andrew Luck (asking for one that’s better tha Luck is just insanity) * A Goldilocks winter, with not too much rain, and not too little * Equity (both kinds: social and real estate) * The highest-scoring Super Bowl ever with Aaron Rodgers or Drew Brees and Tom Brady firing rockets back and forth (I love the 49ers, but not defensive games)r

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***I Just Don’t Get It

written by Neal Dranoff I recently heard an announcer on one of our local sports talk radio stations initiate a new call-in segment with the listening audience called “I Just Don’t Get It.” He limited his list to sports personalities and storylines and kept his listeners within the same parameters. This got me to thinking about news items and personalities “I just don’t get,” while confining my choices to topics and people revolving around 50 plus males.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Bookends

In the early days of 1978, I was working at a start-up travel magazine in Seattle. It was my first full-time job and the beginning of my publishing career. I worked in as many departments as we had – editorial, circulation, administration – doing everything from writing short articles to assisting the publisher. I was in my first post-graduate romantic relationship, and it was that rosy interlude between the time her parents stopped hating me and she started. The only drawback to this time and place was my living situation, a shared house with roommates I don’t recall fondly.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Become a Boomer Entrepreneur

Written by: Melodieann Whiteley I have spent a lot of time trying this product and that system only to wind up broke and disillusioned. “Make money while you sleep!” “Start your cash machine today.” Promises, promises. And I bought into every one of them.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***How To Create A Better Habit Today

Do you find yourself trading health for convenience? Like finding that close parking spot at the mall. Hopping on the escalator, rather than the steps. Or stopping at the end of your driveway to get the mail. Here are 3 simple ways to add in daily movement that will add up over the next 3 weeks. 1. Walk To Work! Well, not exactly…If your place of work has a parking lot that you can park rather far away, this is an excellent way to get in your moves. If you don’t have a parking lot, how about parking blocks away?

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Graduation, Marriage, and Empty Nesters

written by Natalie Caine, M.A. Change is around the corner. The excitement of planning and celebrating, laughs and tears, leads to great memories and endings. Fears of no dream jobs or any job, living at home, needing another car, privacy, independence, routines shifting, finances draining, you want solutions and sometimes it is a trial and error before peace arrives. Peace doesn’t stick all day or night. That is unrealistic. Who said you need to abandon all feelings except for happiness?

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Why Boomers Make Great Life Coaches

Life coaching is a booming profession and more and more boomers are flocking to the opportunity of helping others change their lives for the better. What draws us to this opportunity?

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Things to Consider for Retirement

Written By: A.T. "Al" Benelli, CFP, FIC Each and every day, approximately 10,000 baby boomers celebrate their 65th birthday. Most people identify the arrival of age 65 with the event of “retirement” and the receipt of Social Security benefits. Actually, the age of full Social Security retirement benefits for most baby boomers is currently age 66. Reduced benefits with earned income limitations can be taken as early as age 62. Should you take the money at 62 or 66 or somewhere in between? So, what’s best?

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Am I ready to date – yet?

Dear Coaches, I broke up with my boyfriend of three years this past May. I'm not sure if I'm ready to date yet, but I would like your advice on what to consider and how to know when you're ready to date again? Donna ________________________________________ Mari responds ... Regarding what to consider, here are a few thoughts to ponder: Consider how fulfilling your life is right this moment and ask yourself if it would be enhanced -- not completed -- but enhanced by the presence of someone else.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Wife-speak 101

By: Neal Dranoff My wife, Nita, is often the recipient of a somewhat “left-handed” compliment from me. I throw it out there whenever she asks a question that almost causes whiplash as I quickly turn my head towards her silently wondering “where did that thought come from?” Over the years I’ve come to accept these outlier queries as a by-product of Nita’s fertile creativity.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Congressional Menu for 2010? Pork… Pork… and Yes… More Pork!

A little more than a year ago, the American voters elected a new President on the basis of “change”. One of the major issues was the alleged end to special interests, lobbyists and “back-room” dirty dealing. “Not in my White House”, as I seem to recall. Well, America, one look at the Senate Healthcare Reform bill will tell you that not only has there been no change in the business as usual… it’s gotten worse than ever. In order to sway the votes of a few Senatorial holdouts among the 60 who were expected to go along just look at how much “fat” was added to this bill.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***On Writing and the Business of Writing

Written By: Lynn Wiese Sneyd I was sitting on the plane, heading back to Milwaukee from Albuquerque. My husband and I had been contemplating a move to the southwest for some time and we had finally decided to take a trip to New Mexico to check it the lay of the land. Though we eventually moved to the high desert of Tucson, something unexpected came out of that excursion: a book.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***How to Stay Motivated When Setting a Goal

This is probably the most difficult part of goal setting. Yet it is also one of the most important aspects to actually achieving your goals. Everyone has had the experience of setting a goal, especially after the winter holidays, and it is exciting for the first few days. We pull ourselves out of bed a few minutes early and are very dedicated to marking that extra task off our list. Setting the goal is still new enough that we can feel what it will be like to accomplish it.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

1,935 views

By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Retirement Living: Recognize and “Re-Know”

For the past couple of months, we’ve been considering a new social phenomenon—the “Type R” personality. At the risk of overgeneralization, here’s what we’re talking about. “Type R’s” are those who have reached retirement and committed themselves to a “recreative” lifestyle. That is, a lifestyle characterized by thoughtful overhaul of one’s approach to living.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

1,932 views

By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***How Much of a Mortgage Can You Afford?

There is currently a rush to refinance home mortgages at the present time due to the general belief that mortgage interest rates are currently low and may likely increase in the near future. Some folks may be looking to reduce the term of their mortgage as part of the refinance plan.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

1,924 views

By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***You Are Not Alone

A practical article connected into the broader SelfGrowth topic graph.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

1,903 views

By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Planning to Plan

written by Patricia Nunan Dear Fellow Boomers,

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Print-on-Demand (POD) Publishing

written by Lynn Wiese Sneyd Over the past ten years, writers have had an increasingly easier time getting their books into print, thanks to the print-on-demand publishing business. For many aspiring authors — some frustrated by rejections from literary agents and traditional publishers, others not wanting to wait two years to see their manuscript in book form — POD publishing is the way to go. It also can be a profitable option for books written for a niche audience. A few things to consider when publishing a POD book:

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***What Good Can Come from Reading Someone’s Name?

We live in a world of dissention and turmoil. We live in a world of haves and have-nots. We live in a world of love and fear. We live in a world where fear is used to manipulate people. What does all of this have to do with names? Knowing how to interpret a name assists us in realizing where the fears lie with a person, where the gifts lay and how one can overcome their challenges.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***The Art of Memoir Writing

Written by Lynn Wiese Sneyd Does everyone have a book in them, a book about their personal story? Most people probably do — after all, life can be stranger than fiction. Can everyone write a book? Now that’s an entirely different story. Recently, I heard a publisher describe memoir as a “complicated literary undertaking.” An editor friend of mine called it a “challenging feat.” Why did they use such daunting terms?

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

1,868 views

By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Be a Model of Happiness For Others

written by Donna Marie Thompson, PhD. Quote: “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” Albert Schweitzer Being happy is not only a personal attribute that affects your well being; it also greatly affects others around you. Your thoughts and feelings – both good ones and not so good ones – are contagious. So what exactly are you sharing? What are you broadcasting on your radio channel? Is it love? Is it peace?

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Healthy Recipes for Fitness

Healthy Winter Hash This simple recipe is the perfect meal for a chilly winter day. It is packed with tender vegetables, filled with protein and can be made with chicken or as a vegetarian dish. Serve it with a salad for a quick and healthy meal that the whole family will love. ??Yield: 6 servings Here’s what you need… * 2 medium yellow potatoes, peeled and diced * 1 medium yellow onion, diced * 3 large carrots, peeled and diced * 1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and diced * 1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced * 1 green bell pepper, seeded and dicedr

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Numbers Don’t Lie … or Do They?

A.T. "Al" Benelli, CFP, FIC Recently our government released figures showing that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of our nation rose by 3.5 percent — the first increase in five calendar quarters. The Dow Industrial average rose 200 points as various pundits declared the end of the worst recession since 1929. In Washington, partisan politicians cheered and claimed, “We fixed it!” — but did they? Is the economy back on track? At first glance, the numbers seem to say so, but a closer look is certainly warranted before we crank up the celebration.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***If Used Right, Job Boards Can Actually Help Boomers Find A Job

A large percentage of individuals, including Boomers, who are unemployed spend countless hours searching job boards such as Monster.com, Careerbuilder.com, Theladders.com and Craigslist. Many people will send out 2-3 resumes per day and never get a response. Unfortunately for these individuals, it is very likely that they will not receive responses to their resume. Often an employer will receive hundreds and in some cases, thousands of resumes per posted job.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***REAL Giving this Year

written by Susan Winter Ward It seems that almost everyone I know is reassessing their lives these days. Are you doing that too? We’re revisiting our priorities, looking at what we want to do to make a difference in our world, sifting through our lifestyles and, by the way, how will we celebrate the holidays?

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Diane Seeks Positivity – The Impact of Positivity

Written by: Coach Meg - Margaret Moore Recently I asked coaches in the Wellcoaches community to submit a list of ten ways in which they want to thrive. Diane is dealing with some challenging health issues and asked me for a series of coaching sessions to work on her health and life satisfaction. Diane Feels Good

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Boomer Couples Resolving Differences from the Ground Up

written by Jim Duzak I’ve written previously in Boomer-Living about mediation, and why it’s usually better than litigation as a way of resolving disputes in divorce cases. But mediation can also provide lessons on how to prevent divorce by resolving disputes in relatively healthy marriages.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Part I: Susan Isn’t a “Survivor”

written by Coach Meg Susan isn’t a survivor; Susan is a thriver. And, she thanks God for it every day. Susan’s Introduction

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***How Much of a Mortgage Can You Afford?

There is currently a rush to refinance home mortgages at the present time due to the general belief that mortgage interest rates are currently low and may likely increase in the near future. Some folks may be looking to reduce the term of their mortgage as part of the refinance plan.

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

1,734 views

By Boomer Living at Boomer-LivingPlus.comRecently published1 topic

***Get 2010 Off to a Great Financial Start

Made any resolutions about money for this year? There’s still time. Look at some of the suggestions coming from the Financial Planning Association of Washington, D.C. Write down your goalsr Money buys freedom — to travel, to retire early, to start a business or to change careers. Putting goals in writing gives them a formality and a starting point for the planning you must do. Measure your risk tolerancer

Primary topic: Baby Boomers

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