A Couple’s Guide to Happy Retirement and Aging is the most comprehensive book devoted entirely to individual and couples relationship issues in the later stage of life. Not a treatise on money management, this is a much-needed guide to the psychological aspects of aging and how to make your relationship happy, fruitful, loving, and successful during
A Couple’s Guide to Happy Retirement and Aging is the most comprehensive book devoted entirely to individual and couples relationship issues in the later stage of life. Not a treatise on money management, this is a much-needed guide to the psychological aspects of aging and how to make your relationship happy, fruitful, loving, and successful during your retirement years.
Written by Dr. Sara Yogev, a psychologist specializing in work and family issues, A Couple’s Guide to Happy Retirement and Aging summarizes the latest research findings and draws from actual accounts of couples. This book will help you and your partner:
prepare emotionally for the dramatic life changes during retirement yearsfind new purposes to your life beyond worknurture your relationship and strengthen your friendship and love as you ageexplore sexuality at this stage of life including how you can enjoy each other as much as you did as a younger coupleimplement strategies to successfully deal with differences around money, time together versus apart, housework, and family relationships
The 2018 edition includes new chapters about substance abuse, cohabitation, and the impact of technology on senior couples as well as updates to all previous chapters. It is crucial that couples prepare themselves and their marriages psychologically for their retirement years, which could very well be a quarter of their lives. A Couple’s Guide to Happy Retirement and Aging shows you how to do that―so that you’ll have the time of your lives.
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Insightful, detailed and ready to put into practice immediately I am delighted that this book is being reissued and updated. It is an excellent, one-of-a-kind resource for couples who are entering this exciting transition phase of life.Since the first edition was published over 10 years ago there has been a flood of books addressing the non-financial aspects of retirement, but this one stands out for its sensitive approach to dealing with the special relationship issues that the transition presents for married couples. As in many cases,…
These discussions and ensuing understandings and accommodations will determine your happiness and vitality in retirement Essential reading for couples approaching or already in retirement. You need to talk to each other about much more than you realize. These discussions and ensuing understandings and accommodations will determine your happiness and vitality in retirement. This book takes you there.
Liked it I thought this was good. My husband wouldn’t read it. Gave some good ideas for what to expect when you reach retirement.