Growing Bolder Community

In 2001 my husband and I purchased a get-away house in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire and began spending all our free time there. Then, in 2003 my husband took early retirement, while I continued to work for Elderhostel in Boston. By early 2004, however, we made the decision to move permanently to New Hampshire. Giving up a steady paycheck was another very big step outside my comfort zone....

Now that “Learning Later, Living Greater” has been published and is available for purchase, I’ve become a full-time book promoter. This is definitely stepping outside my comfort zone. I’ve never been comfortable with “sales.” Years ago, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as a young wife and mother I sold “timesharing,” real estate. I got my real estate license because my...

Just before Thanksgiving I teamed up with Cindy Shea, the director of the lifelong learning...

LEARNING LATER, LIVING GREATER: The Secret for Making the Most of Your After-50 Years. Lifelong Learning in Your Later Years… a Health Club for Your Body, Mind and Spirit! Welcome! My name is Nancy Merz Nordstrom and this blog is all about the benefits of incorporating lifelong learning into our After-50 years, and where that might lead. For instance I have become a new author, for...