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When is the best time to start a hobby? The easy answer is to start before you need to have one and everyone is better off with having one…especially once retired.
The problem for some people is that their lives are so crazy busy before retirement that they can’t find the time to invest time and effort, and maybe funds, in starting something new. By the time the working day is done, there is barely enough left of them for family.
However, statistics tell us that those who retire with a hobby are healthier and happier…and so are their spouses. Ever hear of the Retired Husband Syndrome? This label belongs to the situation where a couple who have been busy with their own lives and now thrust together daily after
retirement.
I, for one, understand why the label is about the husband but I do feel that in some cases it can be the wife who has the syndrome. And that is basically that after all the time of being otherwise occupied, they now come together as virtual strangers. What do they do now with all this time on their hands? Have a hobby perhaps?
If the notion of having a hobby is put off until after retirement, it may come with a potential roadblock. Although there is a lot of time, there isn’t usually the funds. Planning ahead will help with researching a hobby that has the potential to interest us, and it will provide the opportunity to build up an inventory of materials while still making money from our work.
Many years ago, there was a woman who decided she would love to become a quilter once she retired. She had already decided that this hobby called so she was well on the way in the planning stage. Next was to consider what materials she would need. Indeed, there was no formula she could use to ensure she had enough, but having done some minor calculations on what she wanted to achieve, she began building her inventory.
The beauty of having the time to accumulate her inventory was that she was able to seek out and purchase at the best prices. She attended auctions, sought out yard sales and asked friends for anything they were getting rid of. She calculated that she saved enough money that some of her quilts were pure profit when sold.
Makes sense doesn’t it.
According to healthcare professionals, there are multiple benefits to having a hobby once we’ve retired. It can replace the structure and routine that we had when working that many miss. There is a renewed sense of purpose and helps alleviate the feelings of aimlessness.
Depending on the hobby, like gardening or pickleball, it can provide great benefits to our physical health. Others like playing euchre or scrabble can keep our minds healthy. Many retirees start out with a combination of both for as long as they are able.
Perhaps the ultimate benefit to having hobbies such as these is the socialization involved. The experts tell us that the best way to stay healthy in mind and body is to avoid isolation and inactivity.
So how are we doing? Already retired and didn’t do this? No time like the present. Find one or two hobbies. We will definitely thank ourselves in the years going forward.
May 15, 2025
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When the Brain Remembers: Understanding Trauma and the Nervous System
Trauma doesn’t just live in our memories—it lives in our bodies and brains. Whether it’s a single overwhelming event or years of chronic stress, trauma can shape how we think, feel, and respond to the world around us.
When we experience something traumatic, our brain’s alarm system—especially the amygdala—can go into overdrive. It signals “danger” even when we’re safe, while the prefrontal cortex (the part that helps us think clearly and make decisions) can go offline. At the same time, the hippocampus, which helps us make sense of time and memory, can shrink or become less active. This is why we might feel stuck in the past, hypervigilant, or emotionally flooded even when nothing “bad” is happening.
The good news? Our brains are changeable. This is what we call neuroplasticity—our ability to rewire and heal, even after trauma.
Therapies like EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), somatic therapy, and trauma-informed counselling help the brain process painful memories in new, less distressing ways. EMDR, for example, helps “unstick” memories by using bilateral stimulation (like eye movements or tapping), allowing the brain to reprocess trauma in a safe, contained way.
If you find you are still struggling after something difficult, there is nothing wrong with you. Your brain did what it needed to keep you safe. And healing is possible.
May 15, 2025
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Listening to yourself... and finally, giving yourself the right to be heard part 2
Fatigue as a Messenger
I no longer see this fatigue as a weakness. It’s a messenger. It invites me to slow down, to feel, to return to my needs. It speaks to me about everything I’ve been holding back: emotions, expectations, demands. It asks me to lay down the burden of perfectionism, self-sabotage, the constant need to be “enough.”
It reminds me that I can stop fighting to exist. That I can simply be.
A Return to Self, a Rediscovered Breath
We all have a toolbox within us. For me, this involves simple actions: placing a hand on my heart, closing my eyes, breathing deeply, walking in nature, writing, talking to myself out loud. These are little keys to hearing myself from the inside, to letting my body tell me what my mind is trying to control.
When I allow myself to listen to this, I feel a truth emerge: I deserve to exist, fully, without having to prove it. And this recognition begins with me.
Words to transform, a voice to honor oneself
Words are powerful. They can freeze or liberate. When we bring them to life through our own voice, they become bridges between the unspoken and the conscious. They illuminate, soothe, and refocus.
And in this conversation with myself, I understood that I’m not alone in experiencing these tensions, these doubts, these impulses. Many of us carry invisible fatigue. And sometimes, all it takes is a moment of pause, a sincere word, to shift perception.
💫 And you, when was the last time you spoke out loud to yourself?
What if, today, you allowed yourself to listen to yourself, truly… unconditionally?
Warmly,
Claudine
May 15, 2025
