Emma Caplan-Fisher of The Honest Talk talked with Hirsh Spence and writes, “…it’s easy to internalize the idea that success has an expiry date…At 76, Hirsh Spence isn’t retired like some 90 per cent of other Canadians in their seventies. Instead, she’s busy redefining what growth, contribution and relevance look like in later life.” Many women are channeling decades of experience into new forms of leadership, mentorship and impact into their later years.
Choosing the image of the vintage Underwood typewriter and searching for an appropriate font for the ‘In This Issue’ section of our newsletter brought back rich memories of sights and sounds.
We don’t all need to be heroes. But as human beings on this planet, we all need purpose. And, increasingly, older people are choosing a different kind of retirement, one that focuses on fulfilling some purpose.
Thanks to medical, technological, and health advances in the late 1900s, our lifespans have been...