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Weekly Digest: Finding Balance and Contentment during Retirement

From living wills to advance directives, planning for your retirement can get overwhelming. But once it’s all done and you’ve dotted your Is and crossed your Ts, your retirement years can be the best of your life. For this week’s digest, we are featuring ways on how to create that balanced life everyone covets during the golden years.

 

 

What I Don’t Do All Day in Retirement

 

Retirement is different per individual. What may work for someone else might not work for you, but it doesn’t mean that you can’t learn a thing or two from other people. From chili dogs and onion rings to financial investments, Bob Lowry of A Satisfying Retirement shares how he makes the most of his retirement years.

How to Help Seniors Stay Active

 

It is important to maintain physical fitness, especially during the golden years. Anytime Fitness Blog’s Laura Burstein shares ways in which retirees can stay active and fit.

 

How to Cook and Eat Healthy

 

Changing your diet doesn’t just benefit you, it can help the whole country, as well. To improve your well-being, here are ways from Johanna of Healthy Aging for Women in which individuals can easily switch to a healthier, balanced diet. After all, “every day, three times a day, you have the opportunity to dramatically improve your health.”

 

7 Tips to Boost Your Memory and Improve Brain Health

 

Difficulty recalling things might be normal, but it does not mean that you should provide a bit of help to your brain. Dr. Natasha Turner shares tips on how to improve your brain health.

 

Photos of Seniors with Old Cats Will Make You Feel Warm And Fuzzy

 

Animals are wonderful companions, despite their age. However, the sad truth is that older animals tend to be overlooked by families wanting to adopt. Huffington Post’s Yagana Shah shares a heart-warming post on residents of retirement communities spending time and adopting older cats.

Music as Medicine: Breaking Through Memory Loss

 

Music has been proven to help in various ways, one of which being recalling memories. While memory loss might be inevitable for many, http://www.sunriseseniorliving.com/blog/july-2016/music-as-medicine-breaking-through-memory-loss.aspx