If you’re discouraged, here’s a guide for boomer living

Amy Sherman, a mental health counselor, believes boomers can get what they want in mid-life if they take charge and reshape their vision for the future.

In Sherman's e-book, "Distress-Free Aging: A Boomer's Guide to Creating a Fulfilled and Purposeful Life," she sets out 10 strategies boomers can use to explore what they want to do as they grow older.

The strategies include looking at:

1. Your belief system.
2. Your outlook.
3. Your flexibility.
4. Your self-esteem and self-love.
5. Your self-motivation.
6. Your sense of control.
7. How to see problems as challenges.
8. How you release emotions.
9. Your sense of humor.
10. How to apply what you know.

Exercises are included at the end of the discussion of each strategy.

Sherman says her e-book is for boomers who are concerned about their future or who are discouraged or disappointed about where they are in their lives.

For more information, see Sherman's Web site www.bummedoutboomer.com.