Paula Forman, Ph.D. was in the advertising business for many years serving many distinguished global clients during her tenure at Saatchi & Saatchi and Wells Rich Greene. In 1993 she was awarded the Matrix Award in recognition of her achievements in the advertising industry. She has taught sociology at the college level and is currently a columnist for InsideOut Magazine. Paula is a founding partner of Hourglass, Inc. and lives with her husband Philip in Hudson, New York.

Jeff Johnson, Ph.D., has had multiple careers and expects to have several more. He has worked as a psychologist for the New York State Office for the Aging and the New York City Department for the Aging; he has taught graduate school and has worked at some of the most prestigious ad agencies in the country, including his current role as general manager of independent ad agency, Cramer-Krasselt. Along with Paula, Jeff founded Hourglass, Inc. a consulting company.

Paula and Jeff are the authors of the new book The Hourglass Solution: A Boomer’s Guide to the Rest of Your Life, just published by Perseus Books, which is a fact packed innovative approach to making choices and taking control in mid-life. Buy the book.

Blog Entries by Paula Forman and Jeff Johnson

Three Things To Do When You Don't Know What To Do

Posted August 19, 2009 | 03:10 PM (EST)


Change is never is easy, and making important changes in your life is even harder. It takes time, commitment and courage.

It takes energy to change and there can be many false starts. Money, the people in your life or a string of obligations can all be a drag on...

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What To Do When You Get Fired

5 Comments | Posted June 26, 2009 | 03:00 PM (EST)


Have you been fired? Do you think you see it coming? Do you know someone who has been hit?..... we're here to help!!!

The first week is the easiest. Most of us are in a state of shock and there are a lot of people telling you how great you...

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What's With This Happiness Thing?

6 Comments | Posted June 4, 2009 | 02:50 PM (EST)


It seems like everyone is talking about happiness.

There is the feature story in the current issue of The Atlantic ("What Makes Up Happy"), describing a 72-year longitudinal study of Harvard men and their search for "a happy life" (www.theatlantic.com/doc/200906/happiness). And here comes "The Happiness Project," a personal quest, turned...

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Why Can't They Be Like We Were

5 Comments | Posted May 12, 2009 | 04:24 PM (EST)


We were on the phone the other day chatting about this and that and we got to complaining about the "strange " manners and mores of younger workers: The kid who turned down the chance to go to a new business pitch to attend a distant cousin's wedding; or the...

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