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If you already subscribe to the Springboard newsletter, good for you! But if you don’t then you missed out on a great Q&A with Barbara Corcoran about her new book Nextville.

Q: What made you want to write Nextville?

Barbara Corcoran: I believe in the transforming power of place, and I truly believe there is a perfect place where each of us is meant to be. I don’t even like to use the word retirement, as it suggests your useful life is over and you’re on your way out. Today retirement is more about doing rather than resting, and I wanted to show people how to find the perfect place where they could become the person they’ve always wanted to be.

Q: When it comes to retirement, what do baby boomers worry about?

BC: Our generation is living longer and we also want to live larger. We don’t want to follow the same path as their parents. With so many options today, the question of retirement is more confusing. Baby boomers are afraid they’ll make the wrong choice and get stuck in a place they don’t belong.

Q: What are the top 3 things baby boomers should consider when deciding where to retire?

BC: You should choose the place that best matches up with what’s in your soul and focus on your passions, not your pastimes. There are too many boomers who settled for a nice condo on a Florida golf course. A person’s move should be motivated by different things, like a desire to live young, live green, form a new community with friends, or even rediscover the place where they already live. My “Where to Live Happily Ever After” Quiz in the book is a good place to start.

Q: What are the new real estate trends people should pay attention to?

BC: Two out of three people today want to continue working in their retirement, more people are interested in green living, and more people want to contribute in a meaningful way to the community they’re living in. Everyone’s thinking outside the hammock.

Q: If you were to retire today, which amazing place would you move to, and why?

BC: I’m what I’d call in the book, a “boomerang.” If I were to retire today, I’d keep one foot firmly planted in New York City, where my friends, family and livelihood reside, and the other foot happily submerged in the water at the beach.

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Barbara Corcoran’s new book, Nextville: Amazing Places to Spend the Rest of Your Life is in bookstores everywhere today. To kick off the book, she appeared on the Today show this morning. You can see her appeareance here.

You can also read an excerpt from the book on their website.

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Barbara Corcoran’s new book Nextville will be in stores in a few weeks, and already people are talking.

On iVillage here’s what they say:

Here’s an interesting new book that came across my desk today. While I’m a long way from retirement, I confess that I periodically daydream about what it would be like not to have to get up every morning and rush off to work. In Nextville: Amazing Places to Live for the Rest of Your Life, real estate expert Barbara Corcoran give her advice for how to find the right community for your retirement and suggestions of some of the places that might fit your future lifestyle whether you’re looking to live green or pursue your passion…

The book was also reviewed in the Retirement Living News monthly newsletter:

…Corcoran reveals the smartest real estate choices they can make today to ensure a secure, comfortable, and fabulously fun tomorrow…”

Barbara will be on the Today Show later this month to promote the book, and look for her in the April issue of Redbook too!

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Yesterday on its Health Blog, The Wall Street Journal is reporting on advances in Alzheimer’s treatments.

Alzheimer’s is on the rise, but scientists are making progress on treatments they think may finally make a dent in the disease.

But as Forbes reports, researchers still aren’t certain about the cause of the illness. That gap in knowledge means that a range of drugs that aim to clear the brain of amyloid plaque, clumps of protein fragments that are one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s, may never work.

It’s distressing to hear that they’re still so unsure about the disease, but at least they feel like they’re getting somewhere. Read the rest of the post here.

It’s even more distressing when you see the numbers that the Alzheimer’s Association report:

5.2 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease now.

7.7 million Americans will have it by 2030.

71,696 Deaths from Alzheimer’s in 2005.

45% Increase in Alzheimer’s deaths since 2000.

$148 billion Yearly cost of treating and caring for these patients.

The print edition of the WSJ’s “Blog Watch” section last week listed a few Alzheimer’s-related blogs that they’ve been keeping an eye on:

-Living with Alzheimers’
-The Yellow Wallpaper
-MYSA.com’s Alzheimer’s blog

Are there any others that you think are good?

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Michael Farr’s great new money book, A MILLION IS NOT ENOUGH hit stores earlier this month and the web has been buzzing. Check out all these reviews and mentions of the book from around the internet.

-Fresh Fiction
-Statesman.com
-Armchair Interviews
-Money Matters 101
-Monsters & Critics
-Debt Law Network
-Retirement Insider

And lots more to come!

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Yesterday the March 30th New York Times was released and for the 11th week in a row Charla Krupp can be found on the Non-fiction Advice How-To List!

And then today, she’s HOW NOT TO LOOK OLD is featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal Persoanl Journal section. Here’s what they say:

“How Not To Look Old…actually has solid advice, from making sure your eyebrows match your hair color to choosing a bra that fits. It divides many suggestions by personality: high, medium and low maintenance. If you’re high-maintenance, see your dermatologist every three months. If you’re low-maintenance, try Olay products from your local drugstore.”

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Michael Farr’s new book A MILLION IS NOT ENOUGH has been in stores for a few weeks, but now you can see him in action on Good Morning America. He’ll be showing a real family how to save money better.  Check it out and  let us know what you think?  Does it sound easy enough for your everyday life?

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Women everywhere are obsessed with Charla Krupp and HOW NOT TO LOOK OLD–it’s been on the bestseller list for 9 weeks now!! And it’s still going strong. Check out what everyone on the web is buzzing about:

Salon.com
MSNBC.com
The Best Kept Secret
Empty Boxes
The Ledger.comAnd of course, there’s lot’s more to come!!

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Reviews & Mentions:
TCM Movie News
Tango
Bookgasm.com
EdgeBoston.com
Monsters and Critics.com
Chuck’s Weird World
Prettyboring.com

Contests:
Mama’sHealth.com
Bookloons.com
OnceWritten.com

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