SMART Retirement Library
Nutrition, Health, Exercise, Connection, Purpose, Tips, Challenges, Best Practice
5 Nutrients You Need More of as You Age, According to Dietitians
Verywell Health – Maggie O’Neill
A practical guide to the nutrients that become more important with age, and how small food choices can support strength, energy, and everyday wellbeing.
Frontotemporal Dementia: Language and Behavior Gone Awry
Psychology Today – Karen L. Fingerman, Ph.D.
An accessible overview of how frontotemporal dementia can affect personality, communication, and behaviour — and why recognising the early signs can make a meaningful difference for families and carers.
10 Walking Mistakes You Don’t Even Realize You’re Making
TIME – by Angela Haupt
Walking is one of the simplest ways to support your health, but small habits can affect comfort, posture, and results. This article explains common mistakes and practical ways to make every walk work better for you.
Social Media Use Among Older Adults Often Reflects a Lifelong Absence of Permission to Exist Without Purpose
Expert Editor – Editorial Team
A thoughtful exploration of why social media habits in later life may be shaped less by loneliness and more by decades of feeling the need to stay useful, productive, and constantly engaged.
Retirement Isn’t Hard Because of the Empty Hours — It’s Hard Because the Silence Finally Meets the Feelings Work Kept at Bay
Silicon Canals – Editorial Team
A thoughtful piece on the emotional adjustment that can follow retirement, especially when work no longer provides structure, distraction, identity, and a daily sense of purpose.
The Retirement Process: A Psychological and Emotional Journey
UW Retirement Association
A useful explanation of retirement as a major life transition, covering the emotional, psychological, and practical adjustments that can come with leaving full-time work behind.
Adjusting to Retirement: The Emotional and Psychological Shift
The Supportive Care
A helpful guide to the emotional adjustment that can come with retirement, including identity, routine, purpose, and finding a steadier rhythm for the next stage of life.
How Friendships Shape Who We Become
Psychology Today
A thoughtful look at how friendships influence confidence, health, identity, and everyday wellbeing — often in ways we barely notice until later in life.
David Attenborough at 100: The Five Secrets to a Long and Healthy Life
The Independent – Camilla Foster
A warm look at the habits, outlook, and lifelong curiosity often associated with healthy ageing, drawn from reflections on one of the world’s most admired public figures.
Science Says These 9 Daily Habits Add Years to Your Life
Revive Rejoice – Sarah Martinez
A practical look at everyday habits that may support a longer, healthier life — from better sleep and movement to small routines that improve energy, resilience, and wellbeing.
Most People Don’t Realise the First Year of Retirement Is Actually Two Transitions Happening Simultaneously
VegOut Magazine
A reflective piece on the early emotional shift of retirement — not only leaving behind the structure of work, but also reconnecting with the person who existed underneath it.
7 Leg Strengthening Exercises for Staying Strong After 60
Your Lifestyle Library – Kylie
A practical guide to simple lower-body exercises that can help support balance, mobility, confidence, and everyday strength as you get older.
What Actually Makes a Good Day?
The Guardian – Emma Joyce
An interesting exploration of how movement, social connection, meaningful activity, and balance may combine to shape happier and more satisfying everyday lives.
Gentle Exercises That May Help Support Memory
The Independent – Ashleigh E. Smith and Ben Singh
A useful look at how accessible forms of movement, including stretching, yoga, and dancing, may help support brain health, memory, and everyday wellbeing as we age.
Why It’s Never Too Late to Bloom
The Guardian – Jenny Valentish
A thoughtful piece on ageing, late blooming, and the idea that later life can still be a time of renewal, creativity, confidence, and unexpected growth.
Why Contribution May Matter More Than Leisure in Retirement
The Expert Editor – Jeanette Brown
A thoughtful piece on why many retirees feel happiest when they find a meaningful way to contribute, support others, and stay connected to a sense of purpose.