Retirement?

1. Mindset for Life is designed to help people increase clarity and reduce uncertainty about their retirement journey.  Retirement can be a challenging time to work out who you are and what you want to do with your time.

Useful links: 

• • Website: https://mindsetforlife.com.au/ 

  • Example videos:  1. Retirement discussion    2. Retirement identity    3. If retirement is a ‘starting line’, how would you coach someone to prepare?

  • Events: https://mindsetforlife.com.au/events/         

3. Fish Feeders nourish social connections (in Onkaparinga, Adelaide) and enriching the lives of people who are elderly and feel isolated. For more info  <click>

4. The U3A is an international volunteer organisation providing educational, creative and leisure opportunities for people over 50 who are no longer in full-time employment. U3A Adelaide, is one of some 21 independent U3A campuses in South Australia. For more info <click> 

6. Good Videos on Retirement:

• • How to live to be 100+ – Dan Buettner – YouTube  To find the path to long life and health, Dan Buettner and team study the world's "Blue Zones," communities whose elders live with vim and vigor to record-setting age. In his talk, he shares the 9 common diet and lifestyle habits that keep them spry past age 100. (Filmed at TEDxTC.) 

  • Jane Fonda: Life’s third act | TED Talk   Within this generation, an extra 30 years have been added to our life expectancy -- and these years aren't just a footnote. Jane Fonda asks how we can re-imagine this new phase of our lives. 

  • Most people like the idea of retirement and many currently enjoy it. What is not to like about the extra time to travel, spend time with friends and family, or finally have enough time to truly commit to that exciting hobby? However, there may be a dark side to retirement. The talk discusses how retirement may hold hidden dangers in the form of increased risk of cognitive problems and possibly even dementia, and how we can mitigate these dangers and still enjoy the positive aspects of retirement.   Is retirement bad for your brain? | Ross Andel | TEDxFulbrightCanberra - YouTube 

  • Are you happy? Can you make someone happy?
    Do you have someone you can talk to? Can you reflect back and say 'life was good?'
    Do you talk to strangers? Do you practise Social fitness? (like you do physical fitness).
    Do you have casual conversations? And of course, it is the quality of our relationships not the quantity!
    It is worth a few minutes of time to watch this - even better, to explore...!
    The happiest and healthiest people are those who have warm connections with others, says psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, who leads the Harvard Study of Adult Development -- one of the longest-running studies of adult life ever conducted. Exploring the crucial link between social bonds and quality of life, he shares wisdom and insights into how to identify and strengthen the relationships that impact your well-being most. When it comes to the people in your inner circle, "Turn toward the voices that make you feel more open and more inclusive," he says.  The Secret to a Happy Life — Lessons from 8 Decades of Research | Robert Waldinger | TED - YouTube 

  • ‘Rest’. ‘Seclusion’. ‘Removal from Action or Danger’: this is what 'retirement' means. But in the UK in the twenty-first century we might live for 30 or 40 years beyond retirement. Are we, Professor Dame Carol Black asks, doomed to spend all that time in bed- or could it be the start of a new chapter? Professor Dame Carol Black is the Principal of Newnham College. She is a past-President of the Royal College of Physicians, of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, and of the British Lung Foundation, and has chaired the UK Health Honours Committee. She has long been involved in encouraging women to aspire to positions of leadership, in the professions, academia and public life.  Retirement - a false goal? | Carol Black | TEDxNewnham - YouTube        

  • Rethink Retirement - well-being beyond your bank account. Navigating your retirement can be tricky. What does retirement mean, and how do you continue to live vibrantly during it?     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmuTvYo2JkA
    
    

  • Seven Keys to Long Life with 100 Year Old.    Dr. John Scharffenberg & Doug Batchelor:      https://youtu.be/m1aFs1uD-Rg