Move It Or Lose Your Retirement Dreams

Staying active into your 70s, 80s and even 90s, is not only possible but vital to optimising quality of life, a growing body of evidence shows. If you’re hanging out until your late 60s to fulfil your retirement dreams, here’s a sobering thought. Around 65...

Reflections On My New Life

I’d thought I’d retire at 50, especially as we were beginning a new adventure and moving to the North West of Victoria. My husband of 2 years had been looking for a job in the rural sector. He had nearly finished his communications mature age studies and...

Enjoy Your Age

I would never trade my amazing friends, my  wonderful life, my loving family for less gray  hair or a flatter belly. As I’ve aged, I’ve  become kinder to myself, and less critical of  myself.. I’ve become my own friend. I don’t chide  myself...

Can Our Thoughts Influence Our Health?

Over recent years, many mainstream medical practitioners as well as alternative therapists have been endorsing the theory that negative thoughts and emotions adversely affect our health. We read more and more articles showing a connection between emotions and physical...

Air Travel And Your Health

by Peter Lavelle Longer flights, bigger aircraft and fewer stopovers increase the health risks of long-haul flights, say US researchers. Given that almost two billion people travel aboard commercial airlines every year it’s amazing more people don’t get...