by Katherine Olivetti | Nov 21, 2017 | Life Reinspired, Retirement
By Katherine Olivetti I subscribe to Harvard’s medical news because I want to know the latest research about health and wellbeing. In February 2017, Harvard published an article about how some folks live into their tenth decade with… no disease or serious...
by Katherine Olivetti | Oct 26, 2017 | Eudaemonia, Life Reinspired, Next Life Chapter, Retirement
By Katherine Olivetti In a discussion of the history of vacations, host, Robert Siegel of NPR interviewed author Cindy Aron, author of Working at Play: A History of Vacations in the United States. Siegel said, “Until the middle of the 19th century, Americans used the...
by Katherine Olivetti | Sep 28, 2017 | Life Reinspired, Next Life Chapter, Retirement
By Katherine Olivetti Try answering this multiple choice question… What are the top 2 factors that predict longevity: a. getting exercise b. eating a healthy diet c. quitting smoking d. having 3 close friendships e. being financially secure f. greeting...
by Katherine Olivetti | Aug 2, 2017 | Life Reinspired
By Katherine Olivetti When my colleagues at LIFE REINSPIRED wanted to include the topic: LEGACY in the program we were designing for folks who were in the range of retirement, I balked. Why legacy? Here’s what I didn’t know—I’d already done it. And I want to tell you...
by Katherine Olivetti | Jul 5, 2017 | Life Reinspired, Next Life Chapter, Resistance
By Katherine Olivetti One of the wonders of being alive today is brain research. Many ideas that we have intuitively believed to be true are now being documented with hard scientific facts. It is well known that receiving social support is associated with reduced...
by Katherine Olivetti | Jun 15, 2017 | Embrace Your Dream, Life Reinspired, Next Life Chapter
By Katherine Olivetti In thinking about creating the next chapter of your life, one of the essential tasks is reviving the imagination. For many folks adult life hasn’t been conducive to that task. Assignments, routine protocols, supervising staffs, executing...
by Katherine Olivetti | May 24, 2017 | Embrace Your Dream, Life Reinspired, Next Life Chapter, Retirement
By Katherine Olivetti Last month I traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico for a film festival, “Movies and Meaning”. I had never attended this particular festival before and found the selection of films especially interesting. We previewed a documentary that is...
by Katherine Olivetti | May 10, 2017 | Embrace Your Dream, Life Reinspired, Next Life Chapter
By Katherine Olivetti In a previous blog post I wrote about how important it is to find the right philanthropic activity—and by that I mean the one that suits you the best. I want to elaborate on that...
by Katherine Olivetti | Apr 7, 2017 | Eudaemonia, Life Reinspired, Resistance
By Katherine Olivetti Humans are habitual creatures organized by the familiar. It’s amazing how many things we do with out thinking. I hit the first step on the stairs with my right foot. I brush my teeth top left down. I button my shirts bottom up. I stir my coffee...
by Katherine Olivetti | Mar 10, 2017 | Life Reinspired, Next Life Chapter, Resistance, Retirement
At the end of a big project—it’s not actually depression. At the point of retirement, or even the successful completion of a major chunk of life—finishing a book, winning a big case, seeing your partner through a major ordeal—any endeavor that you threw yourself into...
by Katherine Olivetti | Feb 15, 2017 | Embrace Your Dream, Life Reinspired, Next Life Chapter, Retirement
By Katherine Olivetti “The brain doesn’t distinguish between an experience that is intensely imagined and an experience that is real…[and] it will always choose what is familiar over what is unfamiliar.” James Doty Into the Magic Shop I remember two objects from my...
by Katherine Olivetti | Jan 25, 2017 | Embrace Your Dream, Eudaemonia, Next Life Chapter, Retirement
By Katherine Olivetti “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” – Shunryu Suzuki At the point of retirement you might wonder why you need a beginner’s mind. Shoshin, a concept that...
by Katherine Olivetti | Jan 11, 2017 | Life Reinspired, Next Life Chapter, Retirement
By Katherine Olivetti “I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.” ― Kahlil Gibran Whether the support you offer is money or volunteer participation, it’s important to find the right...
by Katherine Olivetti | Dec 7, 2016 | Life Reinspired, Next Life Chapter, Resistance
By Katherine Olivetti Where Does My Sense of Self Reside? The answer to this question is most often: inside me. Recently, I have begun to wonder about this. I know who I am, or at least I think I do. But what I’ve begun to ponder is that other people know who I am...
by Katherine Olivetti | Nov 2, 2016 | Purpose, Retirement
By Katherine Olivetti, MA, MSSW The workplace is a crucial arena for growth and development. Work and career call you to stretch, innovate, and develop creative solutions to interesting problems. All of these challenges invite growth and deep inside these experiences...
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