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Baby Boomers Dying in the Saddle: Retirement Age Boomers Working on or Going Back to Work

Monday, February 15th, 2010

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Baby boomers’ propensity for living well past their ‘sell by’ date is becoming more than a myth. Why do baby boomers seem not only to outlive other generations but also enjoy life more? Where does this enthusiasm for active old age come from?

Baby boomers are happily working well into their seventies and eighties: other generations were happy to while away their golden years tucked up in a nice care home somewhere being spoon fed baby food by a compassionate care worker. Boomers prefer their steak solid and their care workers as far away as possible!

Aging hipster grannies and grandpas are frequently more active than their grown up children and those still working have the cash to spend on the golf course and at the gym.

Modern technology is responsible for a great deal of baby boomers’ well being, of course. With the arrival of modern surgical techniques to extend the life of just about every body part, there is no need to be without movable joints; good eyesight; good hearing (albeit sometimes with a discreet hearing aid) hair in all the right places; or none in the places where hair is unsightly, as the case may be…

Innovative cosmetic enhancements have sculpted baby boomers into perfect specimens who see no reason to lie down and die just yet: many find their sixties, seventies and eighties the most liberated and enjoyable decades of their lives, probably due to being finally free of the closer responsibilities and restrictions of parenting, combined with financial freedom.

Despite age creeping up and a recruitment of eager youngsters ready to pick up the reins, boomers show a marked reluctance to step aside professionally. Many make an active decision to continue working even into their eighties, rather than take advantage of any number of attractive retirement options. And in fact, America is recognized as having a healthy attitude to employing older workers either working past retirement or returning to the workplace after a retired absence.

Finance is often the reason why boomers continue to work late in life. Retirees find that although a retirement package is adequate, it is not equal to financing foreign holidays and expensive hobbies, but it is not only that; they seem to have a real horror of being old in the conventional sense. That is not to say boomers are ashamed of their age; far from it. It is more that their age does not prompt them to do anything other than what they have always done: work; live; enjoy. The boomer policy seems to be to toil on forever, to the annoyance and occasional inconvenience of everyone else!

Professional career consultants, realizing that employers are more than pleased to take on hard working baby boomers, offer a specialized recruitment service for third age candidates, such as with advice on:

Re-training
How to update resumes to make them more appealing to the modern market
How to gain an advantage over younger job candidates
How to manage finances
How to conquer age discrimination

Retired boomers welcomed back

Boomers getting ‘back in the saddle’ are often pleasantly surprised by how quickly they find employment later in life, especially those qualified in technological industries. Early retirement taken by key workers that earned hefty retirement packages in previous decades are welcomed back into the fold with open arms to fill the void created by their departure!

In the last few years, companies such as with a re-employment ethic that encourages baby boomers to return to work have found the boomer attitude changing the way the World works, prompting

Telecommuting
Job share opportunities
Flexitime
Split shifts

Baby boomers are influencing the way other generations do things once again by simply ‘doing stuff their own way’. The boomer group is competent from years of experience and has a proven successful work ethic; is fit and healthy as a result of having the technology to retain a young physique and has the enthusiasm to be an attractive proposition to a prospective employer.

The Psychological Article on Baby Boomers Dying in the Saddle: Retirement Age Boomers Working on or Going Back to Work is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

Boomer Yearbook is a Social Network and Psychological Articles for Baby Boomers. Connect with old and new friends, or expand your mind and ward off senior moments and elderly problems with dream analysis and online optical illusions and brain games provided by clinical psychologist Dr. Karen Turner. Join other Baby Boomers to stay informed, receive weekly Newsfeeds, and let your opinions be heard. Baby boomers changed the world. We’re not done yet!

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Second Careers and How to Deal with Them

Friday, February 5th, 2010

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By BoomerYearbook.com

Baby boomers approaching their mid fifties tend to take stock, with a view to planning as comfortable a retirement as possible in circumstances that may not be financially rosy. The average baby boomer comes from a generation accustomed to getting the best that money can buy and a retirement spent economizing on groceries is hardly ideal.

Typically, baby boomers spend only a little time cursing the government and the banks and the oh-so-clever money men who got them into this mess, choosing instead to focus on a solution to subsidize their income in later years.

Baby boomer professionals are firm believers in getting things done the right way and paying the right man for the right job. This does not mean, however, that older operatives cannot learn new skills – or that picking up a pension following a successful career means enforced retirement. Many energetic and super motivated over fifties choose to take up a second career out of a desire to remain active but the truth is that the majority seek work to sponsor their ‘retirement’.

An augmented income for seniors can be a big financial help and make all the difference to enjoying retirement to the full. Find more information about second careers online. That second income might be used for grocery treats; for taking foreign holidays and exploring Rome and the Far East instead of being confined to vacations nearer to home by budget limitations; or it might simply cover membership of the golf club, which might otherwise be unaffordable. Whatever the reason for re-applying the nose to the grindstone, the choices are vast and varied:

• Medical professionals such as trained and well qualified nurses might consider a new career in child minding or home nursing, either professionally or privately, both of which require formal checks. ‘Attending’ as a supervisor for first aid training is a job traditionally reserved for qualified personnel but the role carries none of the pressures of a full time hospital position. Company nurses are sometimes recruited from retired medical staff and happily spend their time mostly in administration on a smaller but nonetheless welcome salary.
• The real estate business can sometimes provide employment for retired quantity or chartered surveyors; builders; decorators and ex employees of land offices. Experience is valuable and potential employers are delighted to pay a lower premium for someone with know-how.
• The internet has brought the era of the home based worker to the attention of prospective retirees with a cash flow problem. Outsourcing is a great way to start up a company or work for someone who is willing to pay an agreed rate. Outsourced jobs include engineering design; web work; writing and translation services; graphic design; illustration services and even ‘virtual’ assistance and secretarial duties. The advantages are obvious: there are few overheads; you can pick and choose your contracts without the conventional restrictions of the workplace and you can go to work in your pyjamas if you feel like it.

Freelancing

Freelance contracting offers so many obvious advantages for baby boomers: there is nobody to tell you how to run your job; you can cut off a relationship with any client whom you feel does not offer a satisfying work experience (although good commercial manners should always govern behavior in that direction); there is total freedom of enterprise, allowing clever contractors to charge what the market will allow and there are no restrictions to branching into other areas of expertise.

No corporate ladder! How great is that!

There are some reputable outsourcing websites to explore but remember to exercise caution when trawling the internet for work: never part with personal information and read terms and conditions carefully before entering into contracts.

The Psychological Article on Second Careers and How to Deal With Them is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

Boomer Yearbook is a Social Network and Psychological Articles for Baby Boomers. Connect with old and new friends, or expand your mind and ward off senior moments and elderly problems with dream analysis and online optical illusions and brain games provided by clinical psychologist Dr. Karen Turner. Join other Baby Boomers to stay informed, receive weekly Newsfeeds, and let your opinions be heard. Baby boomers changed the world. We’re not done yet!

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Second Careers and Where to Find Them

Friday, February 5th, 2010

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Second Careers and Where to Find Them

By BoomerYearbook.com

The age of the computer has brought us freedom: freedom of easy reference; the capability to source information previously available only in libraries or by lengthy letter enquiry. Wanting a second career is only the start of the journey for determined baby boomers. Finding the right occupation is a challenge but with the help of the internet it is possible to ‘reassess’ your talents and skills before getting out there to look for that special second string to your bow.

It is always a good idea to interact with others and make use of forums where ambitious fifties gather to swap interesting information. Other people’s ideas provide a springboard for your own so take the opportunity to learn how others are getting on in the job world.

A new career might be necessary but not necessarily daunting. Baby boomers have a special gift for insisting on the best and somehow getting it against all odds. Being the ‘new guy’ on the other side of fifty can be both financially rewarding and amusing if you approach the situation with:

• A sense of humor
• A determination to enjoy your new working life.
• A positive outlook. Negativity is the enemy of any successful venture, especially starting over in a new career late in life

From the employers’ point of view, a mature employee with years of valuable experience can be a huge bonus. Offices and factories are operated with subtle differences but the fundamental rules and guidelines of commerce are similar in most areas of the manufacturing and service industries. Additionally, forward thinking companies are beginning to appreciate that mature baby boomer staff members offer great free training resources for ‘newbies’ on a ‘buddy’ system.

There are retirees who look forward to widening their horizons by stepping into an entirely new profession at ground level. Trainees, even mature ones, are under little pressure to perform and this period of learning can be the most fun a rookie will have for years to come! This is possibly the only opportunity one will ever have to take an entirely different direction in life. Throwing away the opportunity to pick up a pension earned over twenty years to pursue a new career during one’s thirties and forties can be a strong incentive to do the time; as a result, many wait a long time to switch careers and look forward to embracing that long nurtured dream.

Finding the training

Stepping into the unknown can be worrysome – especially without any inkling of what to expect. Training information online is profuse, with advice on how baby boomers might obtain instruction, creditation, qualifications and the all important confidence to step into a brand new World.

The money is certainly an incentive but there is little point in dreading getting out of bed in the morning to face a job one cannot stand! Finding the right role that utilizes individual skills is imperative to success and happiness in a second career. Tempting as it is to find work that is totally different it is more practical to perform a role that stretches one’s talents and skills to avoid losing them through lack of use.

For those who want to go back to a job but lack the imagination or know how to source the correct type of work, there are consultants and recruitment packages in abundance, both in government sponsored programs and online. Pick one! But be sure to explore all the possibilities of one thing before you hop to another possibility. The market is huge so detailed research is important to get an accurate idea of what is out there and whether it offers what you are looking for. Where training is offered, seize the opportunity to learn new skills or update those you already have.

Pension issues

Bear in mind when considering a return to the workplace that a state sourced pension will be affected in terms of tax; likely to be withdrawn entirely or at least significantly reduced while you are earning. Tax implications are clearly laid out on government websites: make stringent enquiries before launching your new career.

The Psychological Article on Second Careers and Where to Find Them is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

Boomer Yearbook is a Social Network and Psychological Articles for Baby Boomers. Connect with old and new friends, or expand your mind and ward off senior moments and elderly problems with dream analysis and online optical illusions and brain games provided by clinical psychologist Dr. Karen Turner. Join other Baby Boomers to stay informed, receive weekly Newsfeeds, and let your opinions be heard. Baby boomers changed the world. We’re not done yet!

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Baby Boomer Spending Power and the Pull of the Designer Tag

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

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The baby boomer cash cow shows no sign of abating. The generation with oodles of boodle continues to be a marketing target for manufacturers big and small. Money talks and average baby boomers generate enough hard cash to be a valuable potential customer for just about anything: cars; houses; clothes; jewelry.

The baby boomer marketplace is discerning, however, with an exacting benchmark for products and services. The most laid back and easy to please members of society are unexpectedly discriminating when it comes to the clothes they wear; the holidays they take and the way they wear their hair: they can afford to be.

Lady baby boomers are known to be among the most prolific shoppers with a steely determination to purchase the best and ignore the rest – well heeled (Jimmy Choo or Manolo Blahnik usually) ladies can always find the extra several hundred dollars needed to fund their shoe store indulgences and clever marketing executives make sure the best is readily available.

Label Hunters

A great deal of noise is made about label hunters who are invariably accused of being ‘snob shoppers’. The truth is, however, that designer clothing holds up under close inspection. A typical Chanel or Catherine Walker suit is beautifully stitched; classically cut and will stand the test of time; as wearable in ten years as it is today. A professional lady baby boomer wants a power image without losing femininity; a concept the definitive professional baby boomer Catherine Walker understands perfectly. Her range of business wear is unparalleled and its only minus point is the price: haute couture tags are way out of reach of the average housewife with a small budget but within target range of Ms Baby Boomer.

The baby boomer generation tends to look for the bigger picture when it comes to discernment. There is no point in having a designer wardrobe if you live in a trailer and drive around in a rusty pick up circa 1970: enter the executive package Lexus, the custom fitted cedar dressing room and membership of the Yacht Club!

A love of beauty and of beautiful surroundings is addictive and applies to every aspect of life. The art of acquisition is ongoing: why carry around a PVC practical zip up wallet if you can afford the finest Armani embossed leather? Why be satisfied with a calico lined handbag if you can afford Givenchy or Louis Vuitton, fitted with soft and tactile Italian chamois with matching accessories?

The baby boomer community has a tenacious belief in its destiny and its entitlement to the best that money can buy.

They earned it and as far as they are concerned why shouldn’t they spend it?

Why not indeed…!

The Psychological Article on Baby Boomer Spending Power and the Pull of the Designer Tag is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

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Elderly Problems for Co-dependent Parents

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

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By Boomeryearbook.com

Apart from many other elderly problems, co-dependent parents can unknowingly ruin their child’s future development out of over love and care. We see that many psychologically healthy parents spend their lives taking care of their children and wish to retire when the children have grown up. However, co-dependent parents don’t do this. They do not accept the fact that their child has grown up and still treat him/her as a little kid. They don’t let up: not relaxing the authority and responsibility they showed when their child was still young, they continue to hover or “helicopter “around their adult offspring.

Most of the times, the kids feel insecure and uncomfortable with the extreme love and care given by co-dependent parents. Such elderly problems are harmful for both the child and the parent. While the co-dependent parents might want to be helpful and look after the needs of the child, however, when co-dependent affection is shown, the child might feel insecure, nervous, and self-doubting. Hence it discourages the child’s independent thought and activities. In extreme scenarios due to the co-dependent caretaking, the adult child becomes completely dependent on the parents and loses his or her feelings of independence, resulting in the child’s feeling deep resentment.

Many psychologists suggest that these kinds of changes in the adult child due to elderly problems of co-dependent parents are extremely dangerous for their personality. If the child is unable to develop as an independent capable thinking individual, it might affect the parents as well. Such unnatural care and affection might make the child an emotional cripple who will not be able to make any independent decisions or involve in any independent activities. The elderly problem of co-dependent parents usually robs the independence of the adult child making him incapable of clearly looking at the relationships or recognizing his adult role and responsibility.

Psychological articles tell us that the co-dependent parents often lie and make excuses for their child, which will result in a non-conducive environment for adaption. The parents believe that they know what is best for their kid but do not understand what their kid needs. Hence, they rob the interests of the child, and this makes them a robot; simply obeying orders and not following their own paths. This will make the child agree to the decisions of their parents even though they do not like them. In these cases, the child will feel incapable of challenging their parents who are exhibiting codependency elderly problems. Hence, gradually and unknowingly the child loses self esteem and the ability to make his own decisions.

There are many psychological facts that state the co-dependent single mothers face a tougher job in understanding their adult children and catering to what they need. A lonely mother might often not feel comfortable when the child leaves the home and hence blocks the way the child must grow. One should definitely seek professional help to tackle these elderly problems for the betterment of their child’s future.

The Psychological Article on Elderly Problems for the Co-dependent Parents is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

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Co-Dependency is a Psychological Disorder

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

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Sometimes, we feel that something is wrong in our lives but are unable to identify its cause; and one psychological cause can be what is referred to as co-dependency. Co-dependency is a psychological disorder found in people of any age but can be specially categorized as an elderly problem. It is a behavior pattern wherein the person gives more importance to the needs of others than his own. People suffering from codependent behaviors often have relationship problems.

Many people know that co-dependency is a psychological disorder but not many of them realize that it can happen to them. It is a surprising fact that many people in the world are affected with co-dependency but they are not aware of it. It is easy to identify co-dependency, an increasing elderly problem, once you are aware of its symptoms and characteristics.

Psychological articles suggest that co-dependency results from childhood problems; often handed down from one generation to the next. It also appears to be a frequently documented psychological fact that co-dependent people come from dysfunctional families. This could be the reason why people would not be able to notice the disorder in themselves and loved ones, ad often fail to realize they are suffering. In dysfunctional families there are often problems such as conflicts, disagreements about actions, not openly discussing feelings and similar unhappy and disagreeable family situations. Even though the people in these families may try to pretend that everything is all right, there are usually many dysfunctional symptoms such as addictions to alcohol, drugs, smoking, sex, gambling, or any other behavior that makes them forgot the family and try to feel better.

These are a few symptoms of co-dependency that is increasingly becoming a common elderly problems:

· The person might face difficulty in making decisions.

· You might get hurt when your efforts are not recognized.

· You always feel that you are responsible for anything that happened.

· You always fear abandonment and hence try to make extreme efforts to secure a relationship.

· You do not create boundaries between yourself and will allow access to everyone without complaining.

· You feel guilty when you try to defend yourself.

· You show an exaggerated need for approval from others.

· You would not like lying and dishonesty and feel constant anger.

· You are always drawn towards the people who needs help and attention.

· You will not trust anyone and do not like people to get close to you.

Co-dependency is one of the elderly problems that can be effectively treated. There are many types of treatments that can be chosen based on the complexity of the person. Therefore, it is always highly recommended to seek professional help in resolving co-dependency issues. If you are suffering from co-dependency, then it is typically indicative that over the years you have had many failed and unhappy relationships, which can cause additional elderly problems or make other problems worse. However, the good news is that professional help might enable you to completely overcome codependency . There is a lot of guilt and shame in the disease of co-dependency. However, there is nothing to be worried about as professional help can lead you out of the situation and help you in live a better life.

The Psychological Article on Co-Dependency is a Psychological Disorder is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

Boomer Yearbook is a Social Network and Psychological Articles for Baby Boomers. Connect with old and new friends, or expand your mind and ward off senior moments and elderly problems with dream analysis and online optical illusions and brain games provided by clinical psychologist Dr. Karen Turner. Join other Baby Boomers to stay informed, receive weekly Newsfeeds, and let your opinions be heard. Baby boomers changed the world. We’re not done yet!

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Co-Dependency Can Be Dangerous

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

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Co-dependency has become quite common in present day relationships. If you consider the webmasters definition of the word or refer to any expert from psychological articles, you shall find it as follows: “one needing another in a relationship which is highly addictive”. From the very early on, co-dependency has been one of the roots of many personal and professional relationships. For instance, there is co-dependency between farmers and the sellers and factory owners and workers. These types of co-dependencies have been duly accepted and considered normal and healthy. But when co-dependencies show up in personal relationships between life companions or friends, then the relationship comes under scrutiny and becomes a question of psychological “ill” health.

The reason co–dependency can become the root cause of many subsequent problems is due to the addictive nature of a co-dependent relationship. When two or more individuals are in a co–dependent relationship, the members tend to lean on each other and sometimes, this dependency crosses way over the line. According to psychological articles, it is in these situations that co–dependent relationships start to become more fragile.

For instance, psychological articles tell us that in the situation when one of the members in the co-dependent relationship is occupied with some other work and cannot cater to the wants or desires of the other partner, the relationship starts to be strained. The other partner realizes that his wants and desires have less importance, meaning, or value for the other and thus starts to feel unwanted. Co-dependency tends to make the bonding in the relationship susceptible to rupture during this stressful situation.

Co-dependency has been seen to be the base of many different relationships in the world today. Especially those relationships in which a woman has to tolerate a lot of stress as well as difficulties, because of the woman is dependent on the male partner as she prefers not to live alone, can not afford to raise her children alone, or the culture she lives in frowns on “single” women. Thus the woman will go through a lot of trauma and sorrow due to the co–dependent relationship. Another important way in which co–dependency in the relationship can prove to be dangerous is because it can bring a high level of insecurity in the relationship. It is a normal tendency of the human mind to think about losing out on anything which is dear to it and of which they are in possession. This is why co dependent partners tend to become insecure about losing each other. Psychological articles tell us that this insecurity becomes a innate part of their relationship and makes them think and worry about various psychological fears and tensions; causing co-dependency to be a dangerous factor is a relationship.

This Psychological Article on Co-Dependency Can be Dangerous is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of suggestions on coaching and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

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New Year Resolutions for the Baby Boomer Generation

Friday, December 25th, 2009

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This series of articles from Boomer Yearbook explores the fascinating and varied behavioral patterns that occur when baby boomers are affected by outside events, or by the impact of the modern World; the challenges faced by men of the new age and the hurdles that must be addressed: Boomer Yearbook’s Guide and Coaching Strategy for the baby boomer generation

New Year Resolutions for the Baby Boomer Generation

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As the baby boomer generation enters the final year of the last decade of a new Century, the World is in pretty poor shape. Economic hardship has meant a falling of standards for many people. The New Year is a great opportunity to regroup and review our policies on how we intend to face the next decade.

Some simply do not believe in the process of making and keeping resolutions, believing the concept to be flawed: why promise yourself change? Why not just change? The point is the resolve itself: I will do it – I have to do it – I am going to do it. Whatever works for some people is nonsense to others. Psychological articles teach us that New Year’s resolutions are a new beginning; a chance to start over; a clean page.

New Year resolutions can be simple or complicated. They might concern family relationships and a promise to improve – a determination not rise to Grandma’s incessant nagging or the wife’s extravagances – or they might involve professional advancement – working harder or helping someone else’s efforts at work. A resolution might even be a personal one that nobody else hears about – losing weight; getting fit; eating healthily; giving up smoking or drinking or both.

The baby boomer generation have always made quite a thing out of resolving to improve in the New Year and some of us have striven valiantly to achieve results: others have fallen at a few fences but courageously make the same resolution each New Year in the hope that a miracle occurs!

Living Green is the new resolution on the lips of so many well meaning baby boomer reform addicts this year. Living Green entails being a responsible citizen and using common sense to help prolong the life of the planet: using pump sprays instead of aerosols; recycling; buying recycled products whenever possible and helping to keep our environment eco-friendly. Psychological articles note that Planet Killing has replaced the Smoking Stigma!
People who do not properly ‘zone’ their garbage by faithfully separating plastics and paper and glass are considered to be slightly unsavory and not nice to know!

Someone with the skill to re-make and make-do and overhaul is considered to subscribe to the new talents of the 21st Century and this year’s resolutions are centered on eco skills: honing the ones we have and learning new ones.

The other major resolution being made this year concerns making economies in the home – big style. Personal improvements are being set aside this year in favor of making the changes necessary for survival in the wake of the worst economic climate in eighty years. So in homes across America this year, lights are being switched off; heating is being set on a timer; fast cook recipes are being unearthed to save energy and last year’s wardrobe is being adapted to style.

The New Year dawns on a new era of baby boomer resolve and adaptability, and we boomers are ready to face the challenge.

The Psychological Article on New Year Resolutions for the Baby Boomer Generation is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

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When does the A word (AGE) start to matter?

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

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By Dr. Karen of BoomerYearbook.com

Mature women, even those who enjoyed spectacular good looks in their youth and continue to be attractive and interesting in maturity, tend to lose something when they get past the 50 year barrier. Their flirting is taken literally, seen as ridiculous and even slightly abhorrent by men who only a few short years before would have begged for their phone number, or even worse, men who are downright ancient and unattractive in the extreme seem to think they are now ‘in with a chance!’ As women age, no matter how gracefully they manage to age, they are seen as less intelligent than younger women with better looks! Why is that? Is it in fact simply ‘in their minds’ – this rejection? Or are they genuinely being side-lined by the incoming generation? Or is the problem part of the natural process of the old stepping aside to make way for the young? Obscurity, for a woman who is accustomed to being the center of attention whenever she feels like it, can be unbearable. And how does a woman like that compensate for her loss of status as young, sexy and intelligent? Is she expected to sit back and pretend she is happy to slow down, whether she is or not?

When does the A word (AGE) start to matter? Is it when we begin to feel we are being humored by the local bank manager? (Now, don’t you worry about a thing, my dear, we’ll just leave this until your husband has time to deal with it….) Is it when our daughters begin to rearrange our kitchen cabinets and advise us on the importance of food hygiene when they find we have stored our eggs in the wrong part of the refrigerator? Is it when we start gazing longingly at garments that feature elasticized waistbands or comfortable shoes? Is it when we walk into a crowded restaurant to find no heads turn to look, or pass a silent building site where we once would have raised a chorus of appreciative whistles? Being invisible can be hauntingly consuming for someone who has been confidently accustomed to making a difference to any project she touched…

Dr Karen Turner is a clinical psychologist with an interest in the baby boomer generation as the most successful and resourceful of all generations. BoomerYearbook.com focuses on connecting the baby boomer generation and providing interaction for boomers everywhere. If you are a baby boomer with an interest in the mysteries of the human brain, Boomeryearbook.com is the social network for you.

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How to avoid negative relationships

Sunday, December 6th, 2009
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By Dr. Karen for BoomerYearbook.com

Do you feel drained of energy after spending time with some people?

Does being in the company of some people depress you?

Do you often find yourself playing agony aunt/uncle/therapist to bitter and negative people?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes, you are probably spending time with “energy suckers”. Energy suckers are people who are extremely negative; they are angry with the world and dislike almost everyone. They are pessimists who don’t look at the bright side of anything and feel that the world is against them. If after a few hours of spending time with them, their somber and bitter attitude rubs off on you, you probably have a negative connection with them, which is not good for either of you. Everyone may not react to “energy suckers” in the same way, but if you do, it’s because you may be more impressionable, have thinner personal boundaries, or may be too empathic.

Negative relationships sap our energies and adversely affect our mental and physical health. The other person feeds on our energy but doesn’t get any better; instead our empathizing with their problems only pushes them deeper into their self-imagined agony. It may sound selfish, but it’s best to avoid such relationships. Avoiding, however, does not mean cutting off complete contact with such people. What it means is changing the nature of your relationship.

Your listening to them quietly only makes such people feel that they are justified in hating the world. If you try to reason with them and show the brighter side of life they may well get into an argument with you or convince you that the world is indeed a bad place. So how do you deal with such people? The following tips maybe helpful:

*Avoid discussing their life. When they whine and complain, change the topic.

*Don’t spend too much time talking to them. Instead go out for a movie with them, take them to a club for drinks or to anyplace which is fun but doesn’t leave you with much scope for talking.

*Be a little blunt with them. Sympathy only increases their negativity.

*Gift them a self-help book, giving them an indirect suggestion to seek help.

* Meet negative people with a group of happy, fun loving friends.

*Don’t keep putting yourself in their place. Your empathy can lower your energies and make your “energy sucker” friend/relative feel he/she is truly justified in feeling unfortunate.

*Try this reiki technique to cut the negative connection between the two of you. Think of this person, use your fore finger and middle finger like scissor blades and imitate a cutting action, tell yourself that by doing this you are cutting the chord of negativity that exists between the two of you.

These tips may sound a little selfish but the fact is that any relationship that negatively impacts you and saps your energy is a relationship that must be re-evaluated.

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