Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement
A career guide that rethinks the golden years, this handbook offers 50+ income models for creating flexible, fulfilling, and profitable work during the encore stage of one’s career.RETHINK YOUR RETIREMENT For many people, retirement is no longer a trifecta of golf, grandkids, and gardening— it’s an opportunity for new pursuits that involve both earning income and exploring personal …
Posture, Get It Straight! Look Ten Years Younger, Ten Pounds Thinner and Feel Better Than Ever
It’s true – improving your posture can make important differences in the way you look and feel. Like many people, though, you may think that your posture is hopeless, especially after years of slouching, slumping, or working in positions that have strained your muscles and stressed your body This fully illustrated guide shows you how …
Balanced coverage of the entire life span is just one thing that distinguishes HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A LIFE-SPAN VIEW, 6TH EDITION. With its comprehensive, succinct, and applied coverage, the text has proven its ability to capture students’ interest while introducing them to the issues, forces, and outcomes that make us who we are. Robert V. Kail’s expertise in childhood …
Living with Purpose in a Worn-Out Body: Spiritual Encouragement for Older Adults
“Why am I still here? Why does God require such prolonged suffering?” Frailty, dependence and constant pain can lead to a spiritual hopelessness in this increasingly “gray” society. While we’re inspired by occasional news about an extraordinary centenarian who swims every day, it’s more common to grieve and wonder as loved ones grow feeble. With compassion and honesty, …
Navel Gazing: True Tales of Bodies, Mostly Mine (but also my mom’s, which I know sounds weird)
New York Times bestselling author and stand-up comedian Michael Ian Black delivers a frank and funny memoir about confronting his genetic legacy as he hits his forties.Whether it’s family history, religion, aging, or his parents, Michael Ian Black always has something to say in the dry, irreverent voice that has captured a fan base of millions. When a …
Why do some people age in failing health and sadness, while others grow old with vitality and joy?In this revolutionary book, bestselling author John Robbins presents us with a bold new paradigm of aging, showing us how we can increase not only our lifespan but also our health span. Through the example of four very different cultures that …
A collection of the finest, funniest, and sauciest jokes about age and aging—here, at last, is a book guaranteed to make anyone laugh incontinently Jokes from such “senior” luminaries as George Burns, Winston Churchill, Joan Rivers, Dorothy Parker, and many more fill this delicious companion to The Book of Senior Moments. Growing older is unavoidable, and there’s only one …
A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents–and Ourselves
When Jane Gross found herself suddenly thrust into a caretaker role for her eighty-five year-old mother, she was forced to face challenges that she had never imagined. As she and her younger brother struggled to move her mother into an assisted living facility, deal with seemingly never-ending costs, and adapt to the demands on her time and psyche, …
Younger: The Breakthrough Anti-Aging Method for Radiant Skin
Renowned Beverly Hills dermatologist Dr. Harold Lancer is the expert on whom Hollywood’s top celebrities rely to maintain their radiant complexions and to reverse the effects of aging. Now, he offers readers his groundbreaking, 3-Step Method to rejuvenate their skin at home. Based on years of clinical research, Dr. Lancer’s regimen stimulates the skin’s own transformative healing power …
Staging Your Comeback: A Complete Beauty Revival for Women Over 45
Known as The Makeover Guy ® from his appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show and other national television programs, Christopher Hopkins believes that as they age, women become more beautiful but often feel less attractive. He’s out to change that. For more than twenty years he’s encouraged women who often feel like they’ have taken a backseat to everything …