This is one of the lines from Frank Sinatra’s classic “I did it my way” and it’s one of the most popular songs sung at funerals. It’s certainly true that many people go to their graves with regrets, but if you think about it, it’s […]

Meditation is no longer regarded as some exotic, new age practice where people chant and go into a trance. It is widely accepted in medical circles that meditation has lots of proven, practical advantages and can play a major role in both avoiding many illnesses […]

Below is an article we found from Brigham Young University in the United States and written by one of their journalists in 2015. We thought it was worth publishing here. Ask people what it takes to live a long life, and they’ll say things like […]

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 […]

A group of Australian cancer experts are launching a “world-first” position statement calling for exercise to be prescribed to all cancer patients as part of their routine treatment. The Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) has prepared the Exercise in Cancer Care paper, which states […]