Borderless Broads, New Adventures for the Midlife Woman is written to you, one midlife woman to another. Discover a new vision of yourself as borderless, an edge woman, and explore how to make this phase of your life spacious, resilient and most importantly, option-filled. Why? Because midlife, age 50 to infinity, is a time to expand into the essential truest self that you are. Contraction and Limitation Begone! Learn how thinking of yourself as a mystic, a maverick, and a maven catapults you into embracing a new journey, energized, purposeful and willing to go beyond the borders of who you think you are and what you think is possible. This book is not a RECIPE for living. It is a book to awaken your soul-self through stories, luscious quotes, a dashing splash of humor, and the author's "take" on things that matter. You too can become a Borderless Broad and discover why midlife is a striptease - consider "Pod Living" as the new normal in lifestyles - explore the healing power of harems - come home to yourself - reclaim your Wildness - and live life full out!
The advice in Life Lessons is aimed specifically at women and their everyday concerns, such as finding time, making ends meet and balancing priorities.
In an era where transformation is the only constant, Generation X stands at the forefront of a unique midlife transition. Born into a world on the cusp of technological revolutions, we've navigated the shift from rotary phones to smartphones, from libraries to the limitless expanse of the internet. But “Generation X: The Art of Midlife Mastery with Machiavelli’s The Prince” is not just another tome in the self-help genre. It’s a deep dive into the essence of navigating midlife with a guide who has transcended centuries—Niccolò Machiavelli. This book speaks to the Gen Xer who feels the weight of change yet recognizes the cyclical nature of history. It’s for those of us who’ve laughed, loved, and lived through decades of transformation, only to find that the core of human experience remains unchanged. J. Thorn bridges the gap between the wisdom of the past and the challenges of the present, offering a fresh perspective on Machiavelli’s timeless principles. This isn’t just a book—it’s a conversation. A journey through the trials and triumphs of midlife, guided by the astute observations of one of history’s most influential thinkers. “Generation X: The Art of Midlife Mastery with Machiavelli’s The Prince” is a rallying cry for Gen X. It’s time to embrace the shifts, to understand that mastery over midlife isn’t found in resisting change but in adapting the enduring wisdom of the past to meet the challenges of today. Fellow Gen Xers, this is your guide. This is your moment. Your mastery of midlife awaits. Grab it now!
Expatriates Doug and Cindi Bower have successfully expatriated to Mexico, learning through trial and error how to do it from the conception of the initial idea to driving up to their new home in another country. Now the potential expatriate can benefit from their more than three years of pre-expat research to their more than two years of actually living in Mexico. They explain: How to begin the process of deciding whether Mexico is for you. How to evaluate locations and costs for expatriation. How to avoid being stereotyped as an Ugly American. How to find and set up your new home. Ways to cure culture shock before arriving in Mexico. How to master Spanish before moving. How safe Mexico really is. The benefits of cheap living, travel, and medical care. The modern technology available in Mexico. and much more! The Plain Truth about Living in Mexico answers the potential expatriate's questions by leading them through the process from the beginning to the end. In this comprehensive guide, you will learn not only how-to expatriate but will learn what to expect, in daily life, before coming to Mexico.
Lifestyle Migration and Residential Tourism represent a major trend in individualized societies worldwide, which is attracting a rapidly growing interest from the academic community. This volume for the first time, critically analyses the spatial, social and political consequences of such leisure-oriented mobilities and migrations. The book approaches the topic from a multidisciplinary and international perspective, unifying different branches of research, such as lifestyle migration, amenity migration, retirement migration, and second home tourism. By covering a variety of regions and landscapes such as mountain and coastal areas, rural and inland communities this volume productively engages with the formal and analytical variations of the phenomenon resulting in an enriching debate at the intersection of different areas of research. Amongst others, topics like political contest and civic participation of lifestyle migrants, their impacts on local communities, social tensions and inequalities induced by the phenomenon, as well as modes of transnational living, home and belonging will be thoroughly explored. This thought provoking volume will provide deep analytical and conceptual insights into the contested geographies of lifestyle migration and further knowledge into the spatial, social and political consequences of leisure-oriented mobilities. It will be valuable reading for students, researchers and academics from a plethora of academic disciplines.
"This book will serve as a light-hearted but strong life-line to many readers who are for one reason or another steeling themselves to walk away from the ivory tower." --Jennifer Lee Carrell, Free-lance writer This book provides concrete advice and support for readers moving from the advanced academic world to the real world. The authors cover all the big issues including skill and interest assessment, writing effective resumes and cover letters, preparing for interviews, and evaluating job offers. Written in a lively, engaging style that from a "been there, done that" perspective, this is exactly the kind of information people need when academia unravels around them.
This book examines the increasing evidence of international retirement migration (IRM) to countries of the Global South. IRM to countries of the Global South points to the increasing global interconnectedness of aging in relatively affluent countries and raises critical questions about its interrelations with global inequalities. This book provides a critical analysis of these global interrelations and their intertwinements with global inequalities and addresses the complex and multi-layered dimensions and implications of this development. It highlights the (ambiguous) everyday lives of retirement migrants in the countries of destination, and the severe impacts on the destination countries that are marked by processes of recolonization, and the reproduction, enhancement and reconfiguration of social inequalities. The growing retirement industry that capitalizes on retirement migration exploiting global differences and structural disadvantages of countries in the Global South is another integral part of this book.
In a lighthearted, uplifting, yet practical account, Golson details the year he and his wife spent building their dream house in Mexico for this first fun and informative chronicle of the new trend of retiring south of the border. Photos.