Peter thought that he had achieved a fair degree of success in his career as he approached retirement. He had climbed the corporate ladder and had a good job, attractive partner, nice house and car and only one divorce. He did however suffer from anxiety […]
This is the perennial question and the one that keeps lots of financial advisers in a job and many over 50s up late at night. Our visions, or fears about retirement are often driven by this question. One answer is that everyone is different and […]
Sophia Zoungas, Monash University The benefits of healthy older people taking statins to prevent heart disease and stroke needs to be balanced with the risk of side effects. There is growing debate about whether doctors should prescribe statins to otherwise healthy older people to reduce […]
There’s a fair chance that many of the people who read my columns will probably have to make a retirement speech at some time in the future. As the thought of public speaking gives most of us the horrors, here a few pointers that can […]
My wife and I recently returned from a visit to Sydney during which we spent a lot of time on the city’s excellent underground train system. Before going to Sydney I read an article about Australians being the second highest users of antidepressants in the […]
The combination of the Royal Commission and the recently published report by the Productivity Commission about superannuation funds means that this time there won’t be a return to “business as usual” in super funds and financial planning businesses. While there have been media reports of […]
Peter was a retired State Government employee who, with his wife, had a comfortable, but not substantial pension from his super fund, plus a couple of hundred dollars per month from the aged pension. While they certainly weren’t wealthy, Peter was worried that their funds […]
Fifty Plus Books recently had the opportunity to meet Heather Bolster, an interesting woman who has a story to tell about living in what she terms an “intentional” community with her husband and two other couples. She tells the story in a great and useful […]
Recently our founder Paul McKeon spoke to Di Todd-Banks who broadcasts podcasts of over 50s talking about their approach to life and work as part of her Maturepreneurs website. http://maturepreneurstalk.libsyn.com/. Di is a Life Change coach, author, company Director and TV Radio Host who lives […]
We at Fifty Plus books have been writing about retirement now for a number of years. We are well aware that retirement is different for different people because of their life and work experiences. In particular, the challenges faced by those of you who own […]