How to make friends later in life

I was delighted to be a guest on the Last First Date podcast and to share some of my research on making friends in later life You can read the full article, listen to the podcast from this link https://lastfirstdate.com/how-to-make-friends-later-in-life/ Or watch on You Tube

The importance of friendship in later life

I’ve been working with The Oddfellows friendly society to promote Friendship Month. This is a way of raising awareness of the organisation and to promote the benefits of making new friends. Oddfellows commissioned a survey of 2,000 over 55s in the UK and looked into the social relationships of older adults. The results included that […]

What type of friend are you?

After academic focused articles, let’s have some fun. I love creating Quizzes. I hope you enjoy this one. For each question 1.          If your friend needs help moving, what would you do? a. Show up early with coffee and donuts for everyone b. Help out, but make sure to complain a bit c. Send them […]

The people in our lives

I’m working on my next book – working title Rethink Retirement to be published by Routledge next year. This post is a draft to include in the chapter on relationships. Now could be a time to review the people in our lives. Some, like family, have been there for much of our life, others we met along […]