August 13th was Earth Overshoot Day. Less than eight months into 2015, mankind had already gobbled through a year’s worth of the Earth’s resources. This got me thinking about whether the demands of the planet and the demands of the retirement crisis might just overlap.
Auntie spent holidays with my family. Homemade Christmas eggnog was her specialty with enough bourbon in it to cross your eyes. She was a short, round woman, her weight causing her to sway gently from side to side as she walked. To steady herself, she trailed her finger tips...
(Photo: Wikimedia Commons) The 2015 White House Conference on Aging only happens once every ten years. It is an opportunity to go big and bold, to set the table for needed architectural change in how we address the looming retirement security crisis. Strengthening Social Security and mobilizing savings is...
I saw her first — this Latina woman in the same dress from Target I had on. I studiously avoided her eyes. She made a bee line for me. I was mortified. I never see what I’m wearing on other women. My clothes are “curated” from wearable art designers,...
In January, I wrote a piece for Next Avenue on my personal experience with retirement insecurity. I couldn’t have anticipated the warm response — nor could I have envisioned the outpouring of support and stories so similar to my own and many friends. To our readers, thank you. It...
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