Be Your Own Best Friend

A series on love, connection, and choosing ourselves—especially after 60.

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Be Your Own Best Friend
Be Your Own Best Friend

Retirement isn’t the problem — waiting is. A reflection on love as movement, showing up, and choosing momentum after 60.

Lonely After Retirement?
Lonely After Retirement?

Online connection isn’t the same as being seen.
After retirement, staying connected takes intention — not certainty, not confidence, just the choice to show up.

Purpose Isn’t Found. It’s Practiced.
Purpose Isn’t Found. It’s Practiced.

Purpose after retirement doesn’t arrive fully formed. It’s practiced—through small, meaningful choices, showing up, and staying open to what still needs you.

No One Prepares Women for Retirement
No One Prepares Women for Retirement

No one really prepares women for what retirement looks like — or how long it lasts. Loving yourself at this stage means choosing to make this chapter count.

We can start over anytime, anywhere, without excuses, but curiosity.

Begin Again Anytime™

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How to Begin Again After 60
How to Begin Again After 60

A reminder that meaningful change doesn’t belong to January—or to any calendar at all. After 60, we’re already living in our last 30 years. The question is how we choose to show up for them.

When Life Forces a Reset After 60
When Life Forces a Reset After 60

Not all beginnings are chosen. Sometimes life forces a reset—through loss, change, or unexpected endings. This piece explores why those moments can still become turning points after 60.

7 Ways to Begin Again
7 Ways to Begin Again

If we’re lucky, we’re living our last 30 years right now. That’s not an ending — it’s an invitation. Beginning again doesn’t require a dramatic reset, just the willingness to choose differently and give ourselves permission to want more.

Reinvention Never Retires ™

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The Myth of Being Done:
The Myth of Being Done:

Reinvention never retires™ especially after 60. One unexpected moment reminded me that our skills never expire — and a whole new chapter can open when we least expect it.

The Money Truth after 60:
The Money Truth after 60:

The real money truth after 60? We don’t need a fortune to build freedom. One honest look at how earning, saving, and reinventing later in life can open a whole new chapter.

Why I Moved to Las Vegas After 60:
Why I Moved to Las Vegas After 60:

After 60 and back in consulting, I started looking for a furnished apartment in a walkable, sunny city. I narrowed it to two places I know well—San Diego and Las Vegas—but only one had the spark, the energy, and the price that fit how I want to live and keep traveling.

A Home Base after 60? Yes.
A Home Base after 60? Yes.

After 60, I did something unexpected: I signed a lease and chose a home base. Not to quit traveling, but to make it easier, smarter, and more joyful. From daily routines to big trips, here’s how creating a landing pad actually gave me more freedom to roam.

Building a New Life After 60:
Building a New Life After 60:

Rebuilding a life after 60 isn’t settling — it’s choosing what feels right for this season. Routine, community, and purpose can be their own kind of freedom.

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7 Ways to Begin Again

If we’re lucky, we’re living our last 30 years right now. That’s not an ending — it’s an invitation. Beginning again doesn’t require a dramatic reset, just the willingness to choose differently and give ourselves permission to want more.

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