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Welcome to our Blog! Here you will find a selection of handpicked articles and original posts that can help you think about how you want to plan your retirement. You can use the filters below to switch between original 'Posts' and 'Articles' from various categories about all things retirement!

How to increase your range of motion..

How to increase your range of motion..

How to increase your range of motion..

Being inflexible bad. Physical inflexibility is not good but one of the easiest fitness components to ignore. This article by LiveScience...

Dec 25, 20221 min read

St. John's senior completes 9,600 km 'trans-continental odyssey

St. John's senior completes 9,600 km 'trans-continental odyssey

St. John's senior completes 9,600 km 'trans-continental odyssey

Here is a piece on the capability of older adventurers to complete truly inspiring accomplishments. I find it provides me with hope that...

Dec 24, 20221 min read

How to Live a Long Happy Life? 10 Stories..

How to Live a Long Happy Life? 10 Stories..

How to Live a Long Happy Life? 10 Stories..

Lots of interesting information from "ikigai", or "sense of purpose" in Japanese, to habits to adopt for physical health. This article...

Dec 24, 20221 min read

Regain Muscle Mass After 60

Regain Muscle Mass After 60

Regain Muscle Mass After 60

Muscle is harder to gain and harder to keep as we age for a variety of physiological reasons. However, with regular habits, it can be...

Dec 23, 20221 min read

Exercise is an anti-cancer drug, even for late-stage patients

Exercise is an anti-cancer drug, even for late-stage patients

Exercise is an anti-cancer drug, even for late-stage patients

This article, quoting some Australian studies, underlines the health benefits, preventative as well, of a regular exercise routine for us...

Dec 21, 20221 min read

The Kungsleden (King's Trail): Sweden

The Kungsleden (King's Trail): Sweden

The Kungsleden (King's Trail): Sweden

This trail hike is on my personal bucket list but because of the beauty, opportunity to include other Swedish sites on the trip as well...

Dec 20, 20221 min read

Are You an Optimist? Could You Learn to Be? Your Health May Depend on It

Are You an Optimist? Could You Learn to Be? Your Health May Depend on It

Are You an Optimist? Could You Learn to Be? Your Health May Depend on It

A bit of "power of positive thinking" backed up by some Harvard research and some anecdotal first-hand accounts. - RetirementGoat

Dec 20, 20221 min read

Which has more impact - diet or exercise?

Which has more impact - diet or exercise?

Which has more impact - diet or exercise?

Not really spoiler alert: both are better and likely necessary to long-term good health. - RetirementGoat

Dec 19, 20221 min read

This is What the Longest-Living People in the World Eat Every Day

This is What the Longest-Living People in the World Eat Every Day

This is What the Longest-Living People in the World Eat Every Day

Good article, with some references to why and footnotes, from Fitwirr. - RetirementGoat

Dec 18, 20221 min read

Menopause is More Than Just a Punchline

Menopause is More Than Just a Punchline

Menopause is More Than Just a Punchline

For the those of us who experience menopause first-hand, or second-hand, it is a fact of life, and one that gets very little attention...

Dec 18, 20221 min read

A Personal Trainer Shares the 7 Stretches They Do Every Day

A Personal Trainer Shares the 7 Stretches They Do Every Day

A Personal Trainer Shares the 7 Stretches They Do Every Day

Stretching is on my list of the things that I know I should always do more of. - RetirementGoat

Dec 16, 20221 min read

The Best Tips for Losing Weight in Your 50s, 60s and 70s

The Best Tips for Losing Weight in Your 50s, 60s and 70s

The Best Tips for Losing Weight in Your 50s, 60s and 70s

Weight management is an important component of healthy living into retirement. These tips are form part of a healthy common-sense...

Dec 16, 20221 min read

Double Dating: Two Takes on Dating in Retirement

Double Dating: Two Takes on Dating in Retirement

Double Dating: Two Takes on Dating in Retirement

A couple of articles, one, more scholarly from The Atlantic, as well as a personal, and inspirational account of finding love later in...

Dec 15, 20221 min read

8 Bodyweight Exercises That You Can Do Anywhere

8 Bodyweight Exercises That You Can Do Anywhere

8 Bodyweight Exercises That You Can Do Anywhere

One thing that I know, going to the gym for a workout is more difficult than ever. Not just for reasons of time and convenience, but also...

Dec 15, 20221 min read

Are You Aware of Medical Gaslightling

Are You Aware of Medical Gaslightling

Are You Aware of Medical Gaslightling

Interesting post in Psychology Today, and referencing a New York Times article, discussing the author's personal experience and a growing...

Dec 15, 20221 min read

Goat Yoga: Absolutely, Yes!

Goat Yoga: Absolutely, Yes!

Goat Yoga: Absolutely, Yes!

This is a definite! It combines the yoga that I know that I need.....with goats! Shoutout to ROSE Therapeutic Farm & Goat Yoga in...

Dec 13, 20221 min read

Aging 101: Scientist reveal how to age gracefully

Aging 101: Scientist reveal how to age gracefully

Aging 101: Scientist reveal how to age gracefully

Some encouraging, but not surprising results from a University of Toronto study. - RetirementGoat

Dec 13, 20221 min read

The Connection Between Illnesses of the Gut and Nervous System

The Connection Between Illnesses of the Gut and Nervous System

The Connection Between Illnesses of the Gut and Nervous System

Interesting article about the connection between stomach and neurological health. - RetirementGoat

Dec 13, 20221 min read

Man, 100, works out at the gym every day

Man, 100, works out at the gym every day

Man, 100, works out at the gym every day

Good advice and inspiration in one quick read. - RetirementGoat

Dec 13, 20221 min read

An Ophthalmologist's Recommendation to Protect Your Vision...

An Ophthalmologist's Recommendation to Protect Your Vision...

An Ophthalmologist's Recommendation to Protect Your Vision...

Good vision is a blessing that many of us take for granted until we experience a problem. - RetirementGoat

Dec 12, 20221 min read

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