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- Category: Boomers in Action
- The Heart of Retirement Lies in Freedom
- Our Next 10 Adventure: An Update and An Extension
- Asking Retirees to Do the Impossible
- Asking Retirees to Do the Impossible
- “It’s My Time to Retire!”
- How to choose charities to support from a pool of 10 million?
- Downsizing: aka How to Eat an Elephant
- Boomers Reinventing Retirement and Following Their Passion
- Boomers Are Making a Plan to Vote…
- Volunteering in Retirement – One Boomer’s path to non-stop fun after working
- Happy Holidays: An Inspirational Story of Hard Times, Hot Meals, and Hope
- Boomers and Cancer: Retirement Plans Reconsidered
- Podcasts for Boomers — It’s Never Too Late To Learn Something New
- LGBTQ Boomers: The Force Behind Gay Pride
- Guest Appearance on “The Digital Scoop” Podcast
- Early Retirement: Is the 3rd Time Really a Charm?
- Boomer Small Business Owners: Is Being Your Own Boss in Your Retirement Dreams?
- Early Retirement Offer: 10 Tasks to Tackle Before Saying “Yes”
- Retirement and Estate Planning Talks With Dad: Best Father’s Day Gift Ever
- Is It Too Late For An “Old Guy” To Learn Jazz In Retirement?
- Boomers in Action
- A Reporter Asks 10 Retirement Gurus for Their New Year’s Resolutions
- Our “Next 10 Adventure” and 10 Things We’ve Learned
- Thanksgiving Parade Surprise: Baby Boomer Drum & Bugle Corps Members!
- Not Everyone Wants a Fancy Retirement. “I Just Want Some Victuals on the Table.”
- “I’m Not Making Dinner…I’m Looking For Polar Bears!”
- April is National “Everything Financial Month”
- IRAs for Married Women: The Hidden Importance We Often Overlook
- Learning to Love Investing Is Like Learning to Love Football
- Seize the Opportunities – Even After You Turn 60
- The Next 10: Adventures of Courageous (Crazy?) “Empty-Nesters-Not-Retired”
- A Reinvented Retirement: From Fire Fighter to Ferryman
- “If only my knees worked right, I would have a better retirement.”
- California or New Orleans – How To Decide Where to Live in Retirement?
- Retirement Identity: Can You Find Yours at a University Football Game?
- Retirement is about endless possibilities: “I feel there is something else I should be doing.”
- Fatherly Financial Advice: A Retirement Gift from Dad
- Retiring in California Might Just Include an RV
- Choosing Retirement Investments: “We can make money somewhere else” (Part 2)
- A Single Mom’s Plan for Retirement: Slow Things Down, Enjoy Life
- Choosing the Right Retirement Investments: “If you can’t draw it with a crayon, you can’t own it” (Part 1)
- Plan to Retire with a Full Plate: a Resolution
- Defining “Leading Edge” Baby Boomers
- Defining “Lagging Edge” Baby Boomers
- The New Boomer Retirement: Packing Your Life History into 16 Boxes
- “You can retire early if you are willing to give up a few things”
- Key Boomer Retirement Question: “How do you want to live?”
- It’s America Saves Week: Bribe Yourself to Save More
- Another New Year, but No Resolutions
- Loving Retirement: “How did I ever have time to work?”
- Dinner Conversations – Aging Parents, Assisted Living, Getting “That Call”
- For Some, Retirement Is Simply the Luxury of Time
- A Fresh Start on Personal Finances in 2013
- “I’m winning the lottery so I can retire early!”
- Boomers Turning 50: We’re Halfway to 100
- Discovering What’s Next: Encore Careers
- Who Retires to Fairbanks, Alaska?
- When Retiring Early is Not an Option (part 2)
- When Retiring Early is Not an Option
- Working into Your 80’s – Really?
- Retirement Resolutions 2012
- A Nurse’s Plan for Retirement: Taking Practical Steps
- Mr. Mom is a Trend-Setter: “No coffee-klatsch for me!”
- A 1959 T-Bird and a Life-long Work Ethic
- The Pilot and His Wife
- Calling all Baby Boomers!
- Category: For Women
- Married Women and 401(k)s: I Want My Half
- Women and Money: The Decade that Changed It All
- Work-Life Balance: Is there such a thing?
- Work-Life Balance: Is there such a thing?
- 10 Financial “Pearls of Wisdom” Moms are Sharing with Daughters
- Spousal IRAs: Fund Yours this Tax Season
- I just ordered my 60th birthday crown!
- That 401k Isn’t All His: Critical Information for Married Women
- Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Right to Vote
- For Women
- A Woman’s Walk Down Wall Street
- Divorce and Retirement: 5 Financial Pitfalls to Avoid
- Boomer Women and Their Money: A Complicated Past
- Early Retirement Offer in Your 50s:
- Overcoming “Ladies’ Liabilities” in Retirement Planning
- Women Make History for Women’s Retirement Security
- Ladies: How Big Is Your Freedom Fund?
- Shoe Shopping in Retirement? You Betcha!
- Why IS Planning for Retirement Different for Women?
- Become Financially Fearless To Retire Successfully
- My first book: What’s the Deal with Retirement Planning for Women?
- Plan for the party and the price tag! The Budget Planning Guide for Women
- What will you be doing in retirement?
- What’s the Deal with®… Retirement Planning for Women
- Cum academiis antiquus, Initium
- Category: In the News
- Guest Column: 10 Financial Tasks to Wrap Up 2020
- Time to Save Our Small Businesses and Our Communities
- 8 Insights into Retirement: A Silver Lining to 8 Months of COVID
- Councils on Aging (COAs) Adapt in the Age of COVID-19
- In the News
- Is Social Security Really Different for Women?
- What Boomers Need and Aren’t Getting –
- Boomers and Automation: 10 Financial Tasks to Automate
- Headline: Here are 10 Retirement Resolutions (According to Experts) To Make In 2018
- Headline: What To Do If You’re Looking At Early Retirement
- Headline: Your Local Council on Aging (aka Senior Centers)
- Headline: Overcoming “Ladies’ Liabilities” in Retirement Planning
- Headline: Hidden IRA Benefits Most Advisors Miss
- Headline: Advisors’ Female Clients Will Face Higher Retiree Health Costs
- Headline: In Profile with Marcia Mantell — The Women’s Market
- Headline: What’s the Deal With…Retirement Planning for Women by Marcia Mantell Guides Women Through Key Questions
- Headline: Profiles in Success: Retirement Master
- Category: Marcia's Retirement Kitchen
- 2024 Inflation: Implications for Lasagna, Ice Cream, and Retirement Income
- Cookin’ Up Your Retirement Plan
- July is National Ice Cream Month!
- A First Dinner at a Chinese Restaurant Can Influence Baby Boomers for Life
- Do we need a million dollars to retire? Holy Guacamole! I hope not!
- Family Finance Fun—and Annual Tea Party
- Talking About Market Drops and Yo-Yo Diets In My Retirement Kitchen
- Risky Recipes: Trying to Time the Market
- Holiday Happenings In My Retirement Kitchen
- Thinking about Retirement: Legacy & Latkes
- Hunger in Retirement: Millions of Boomers and Retirees Are Hungry at the Holidays
- Thanksgiving – Our Shared Connection to the Past
- What’s cookin’ in Marcia’s retirement kitchen?
- Inflation Melts Away Retirement Savings like Ice Cream on a Summer Day!
- Growing Your Retirement Assets: Hints from the Herb Garden
- Budgeting for Retirement: Backyard BBQs and Back-of-the-Envelope Budgets
- Tried and True Recipes for Retirement (and Dessert) – Apple, Pumpkin, Balanced Pies
- Super Bowl Sunday – Souper Bowl of Caring
- Category: Retirement Resources
- ERISA Turns 50. Happy Birthday!
- Planning for Life As A Retiree: It Doesn’t Just Happen
- Retirement Dreams Can Come True and So Much More
- Finding Resources for Seniors: Not So Easy Until Now
- Keeping up a strong credit score is critical in retirement
- Where is your hospital grab & go kit? In a baggie, perhaps?
- Why is it so hard to embrace diversity?
- Decorate the Rooms in Your Financial House
- The CARES Act and retirement accounts: changes in the COVID-19 era
- The SECURE Act and Required Minimum Distributions: New Law Causing Confusion
- Your Local Council on Aging (aka Senior Centers)
- Create Structure to Your Retirement Days – and A Little Style
- Do You Know Your Retirement Birthdays and Key Milestones?
- Finding a trustworthy financial advisor
- Resources for Retirement
- Category: Social Security
- WEP and GPO repealed—it took Congress 23 years to act
- This is the year to reshop your Part D plan!
- 2025 Social Security COLA set at 2.5%
- Get Ready for Big 2025 Medicare Part D Changes
- Working After 70? Your Social Security Claim Triggers Medicare Part A (Part 3)
- Medicare Part A Retroactive Period Effect on HSA Contributions
- Is a Medicare Advantage Plan Right for You?
- 2024 Medicare Part B Premiums Jump 5.9%
- Estimating Your Medicare Costs
- The HSA-Medicare Connection (part 1)
- Social Security is NOT Going Bankrupt (Again)
- 2023 Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Season
- 2023 Medicare Part B Premiums Just Released…
- Ready to Claim Social Security?
- Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Costs
- Have You Seen Your Recent Social Security Statement?
- Time to Re-shop for your Medicare Part D Plan
- The 2021 Fearless Retirement Summit & Social Security Checklists
- How Much Do You Really Know about Social Security?
- Social Security Turns 85: A Key Milestone in Women’s Financial Freedom
- Talking with Jean Chatzky: What Women Need to Know about Social Security
- When is Social Security Going Bankrupt?
- Social Security for Women is Getting Some Attention!
- What’s the Deal with Social Security for Women?
- Social Security COLA for 2019: Sort of Like a Soft Drink
- Social Security Solvency: It Better Be Here to Stay
- Social Security Solvency: It’s Here to Stay
- Social Security: Claiming Categories
- Social Security: It’s a Big Financial Decision
- Protect Your Social Security Number: Four Important Tips
- Learn to Navigate the SSA Website
- Category: Uncategorized
