Boomer Retirement Briefs

How Boomers Are Reshaping and Redefining "Retirement"

For Women

For Women

Is retirement different for women?  How about Social Security?  The short answer is YES.  And for so many different reasons.  Not the least of which is that women will live longer than most men.  We need to be prepared for that very fact.

Women from coast to coast need more information about planning for their retirement and financial security.  They need ideas for getting the conversation going.

In this section of Boomer Retirement Briefs, you can explore many of the reasons retirement will be different for women.  It gives you a place to go for information geared particularly to women.  There are worksheets, guides, and helpful resources throughout these posts. 

Use everything available and let me know if there are other topics you would like to see here.

A woman’s approach to planning her retirement

March is Women’s History Month A woman’s approach to planning her retirement has always been different from a man’s approach. That’s not to say that men aren’t doing a good job. But rather a fact that men and women approach most things differently. Women's opportunities to own and manage their own finances is a recent development, largely thanks to some women in the 1800s … [Read more...] about A woman’s approach to planning her retirement

Breaking Money Silence: Every Woman’s Key to a More Successful Retirement

Talk about your financial future during Women’s History Month You know that phrase made famous by Renee Zellweger’s character in the movie Jerry McGuire? “You had me at hello.” That’s what ran through my head as soon as I started reading a book by an author and friend of mine. Breaking Money Silence, by Kathleen Burns Kingsbury, is now in its just-released second … [Read more...] about Breaking Money Silence: Every Woman’s Key to a More Successful Retirement