Ageless Beat Blog | Karen Sands

The Ageless Beat Blog is for audacious, conscious entrepreneurs, world shakers and change makers who want to Rock Your Age! Posts are focused on the latest news, trends, and opportunities for 40+ women and men, as well as those who serve the 40+ market. I share information, tools, resources, strategies, and visionary insights about the future, as well as personal and professional mastery, including exciting trends, principles, and strategies that will help you transform your life in ways that transform the world and create Ageless Futures Across Generations.

Time With Sands – Finding My Second Act Career

I have some ideas about what I would like to do in my second act but am not sure the kind of position that I want actually exists. How would you recommend I start researching the kinds of positions that might be a match for my next chapter? ~ Ken M. The first thing is […]

EMBRACING OUR OWN MORTALITY, pt 2

Check out last week’s post for Part 1 on this topic. You might be surprised by what people usually regret in the last weeks of their lives, according to palliative care nurse Bronnie Ware, author of The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing. The top two regrets are […]

Time With Sands – Hiding My Age

I am 57 and I am beginning a new job search for the first time in 22 years. Any words of wisdom? Would you recommend hiding my age as much as I can? – Monica A. First of all, be wary of an exclusively online approach to your job search. There are bots that now […]

EMBRACING OUR OWN MORTALITY, pt 1

“From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life. For in the secret hour of life’s midday, the parabola is reversed, death is born.” ~ C.G. Jung, “The Soul and Death” Most of us don’t want to think about our own death. Dying is this distant, […]

Time With Sands – Retirement Consultancy

I made some very good decisions that led to a successful retirement. Many of my friends were not or have not been so lucky, and are paying for this dearly now. I would love to be able to help others plan their retirement so that they can live as well as I am at 64. […]

MASTERING FEAR

“Do not fear the aging of the body, for it is the body’s way of seeking the root.” ~ Lao-Tzu Even without being in crisis mode, our everyday fears and our fears about the future can debilitate us, keeping us from taking that next step, from listening to that visionary voice inside. But when we […]

Time With Sands – Returning to Work After Retirement

I retired from my first act job two years ago, and now, because of financial pressures and a need to still contribute, I want to return to work. What would you recommend as the best job search strategies for a 62-year old retired professional? – Dirk O. First, reflect upon where you were two years […]

CHANGE FORGES TRUE GREATNESS

I stood outside in the cold January 2001 air, watching flames devour my home and office. As the wooden beams and all our possessions crackled under the heat, I took a deep breath. “It’s just stuff…only stuff. Let it go.” Fires, natural disasters, layoffs, failed businesses, loss of loved ones. We all experience devastation in […]

Time With Sands – Staying With It or Starting Retirement

I’m 72 and have had my own business in the healthcare field for 30 years. I still enjoy my work and have an exit plan, but keep getting sidelined by medical issues (not life threatening but at times painful and inconvenient). I have at least two medical appointments a week, sometimes more, and here I […]

BEING SINGLE DOESN’T MEAN BEING ALONE

As we age, we may also face the death of our partners. Women tend to outlive men, and being over 50 and single (newly single especially) comes with issues that simply did not exist for most people when they were single in the past. Because so many more of us are living to ripe old […]