About

The Peaceful Retiree is a digital community publication that serves as a collective for writers who are addressing the needs of retirees, the soon to be retired, those who are still hard at work, but watching their parents, grandparents, or friends go through the various phases of retirement, and even people who are curious about retirement - it's pitfalls and it's rewards - and want a head start on planning. The Peaceful Retiree is the first Digital Retirement Collective™ in the world with no other blog, digital community, or posting platform like it.

In addition to our gifted Contributing Editors, we accept articles from the public (we cannot guarantee the publication of all articles because of the amount of monthly submissions we receive, but we do guarantee to try our best). Anyone can use our submittal form found here to request the publication of their insights as long as they adhere to our policies and guidelines.

Our audience is enormous. There are currently 55 million Americans in retirement with another 7 million people retiring every year. At The Peaceful Retiree, we are steadfast in our commitment to providing our audiences with insights, tips, personal stories, lessons learned, cultural reviews, and so much more that can help retirees find new interests, add a spark, and discover new ways to ignite their passion in retirement. We also spend a lot of time writing about the transitioning process and how to keep our minds youthful, fruitful, and innovative.

The site is the brainchild of Tom Marks, who, of course, is hardly a child (at least chronologically). Tom is the bestselling author of the #1 new business book and #2 bestselling business book of 2024 titled, The Second-Best Business Book Ever Written: The Pursuit of Thought Leadership in Sales, Marketing, and Life. His book has won three International Impact Book Awards, the POTY Award, the Literary Titan Award, the Reader Views Award, and two American Book Fest Awards for best business book. Tom is also the recipient of more than 65 American Advertising Awards for the copy he has written in his nearly five-decade career in advertising. He also developed, implemented, invented, trademarked, and coined the phrase, Digital Retirement Collective™.

Before he retired, and it's questionable that he ever has, Tom gained national prominence through his counseling of Fortune 500 CEOs in the disciplines of thought leadership, corporate ethics, and the impact that the philosophies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle have had on today’s businesses and life practices.

"We are advertising free. We'll stay that way for as long as possible. That means you'll be reading in seclusion from ads, pop-ups, and web "takeovers" which have been known to drive a retiree, and plenty of others, to lose their minds. It also means we're sparing you from seeing ads about compression socks, Arizona oceanfront HOA properties, and gut-busting formulas that are more worthy of a gut-punch. Our readers read in peace at The Peaceful Retiree."

Tom Marks, Founder and Editor-in-Chief

In addition to Tom, our Contributing Editors include: Jim Arnold, Stephanie Barksdale, Alan Bergstrom, Kevin Boesen, Jim Carlson, Ken Cook, Andrea Marquardt Finck, Kurt Huber, Marc Kadish, Tom Kermgard, Mike LaBarbera, RJ Ley, Kathy Marks, William Marks, Joe McNeil, Paul Rudersdorf, Dr. Scott Mickelsen, MJ Simpson, Dave Slavin, Marvin Smith, Phyllis Johnson Smith, and Bob Weirauch. You can learn more about our Contributing Editors by clicking their name above, or at the top of each one of their articles.

Thank you for joining us, and please remember to share our community with others by inviting your friends to subscribe to our Digital Retirement Collective™, following us on our social channels, and most of all, promoting The Peaceful Retiree through Word Of Mouth (WOM) advertising. With gratitude and fondness,

Tom Marks: Editor-in-Chief