Recognizing that developing financial security is only one part of sustained well-being as we age, Corebridge’s Preparing to Thrive Action Planner — informed by insights from Stanford Lifestyle Medicine — helps you take action across eight key pillars that support lifelong vitality. Each section includes important considerations and small action steps, designed not to change everything at once, but to help you take a realistic next step.
Research shows that the everyday choices we make about how we move, eat, sleep, manage stress, stay connected, and take care of our finances shape our mental and emotional health as well as physical health — and that even small steps can make daily life feel more manageable and fulfilling, no matter where you’re starting from.
And with more people living longer than ever before, these everyday choices take on even greater importance. Building supportive routines over time can help you stay active, independent, and confident as the years go by.
1. Financial preparedness
Building confidence around your financial life can help reduce stress and make it easier to make better choices across other areas of well‑being.
Sample action: Identify one small step to take this week to strengthen your financial preparedness — such as starting or adding to an emergency savings fund or increasing your retirement savings contributions.
2. Stress management
Stress is inevitable. Learning how you respond to it — and how to reset — affects both physical and mental health over time.
Sample action: Identify one situation that regularly causes you stress and try one healthy response you can take when it arises — such as exercise, mindfulness, or reaching out for support — and notice how it affects you.
3. Restorative sleep
Quality sleep affects energy, mood, focus, and overall health, and small changes to routines can make a meaningful difference.
Sample action: Choose a consistent bedtime or wake‑up time to follow for one week and see how your energy levels respond.
4. Social engagement
Staying socially connected contributes to emotional and overall well‑being throughout life.
Sample action: Take one action to strengthen social connection — such as offering to help someone else or checking in with someone you care about.
5. Healthful nutrition
Nutrition doesn’t require perfection to be powerful. Small, repeatable choices can contribute to long‑term health and vitality.
Sample action: Add one more fruit or vegetable to a meal each day and see how easy it is to make part of your routine.
6. Movement and exercise
Movement plays an important role in physical health, cognitive function, and independence — and it can take many forms.
Sample action: Find one way to add more movement to your day, such as taking a walk after meals or stretching during breaks.
7. Cognitive engagement
Keeping your mind active and engaged helps support cognitive function as you age.
Sample action: Try one mentally engaging activity you enjoy — a puzzle, class, game, or new skill — and make time for it this week.
8. Gratitude and purpose
Practicing gratitude can help improve emotional well‑being by encouraging regular reflection on positive aspects of your life.
Sample action: Write down one thing you’re grateful for each day for a week and reflect on how it shapes your outlook.
Each focus area stands on its own — but together, they reflect how well-being is shaped over time through many small choices, not one single decision or change.
Preparing to Thrive is designed to help you start where you are, explore these areas thoughtfully, prioritize what matters most right now, and turn research‑backed ideas into small, realistic actions you can take right away.
Download the Preparing to Thrive Action Planner to dive deeper into each area and start building habits that support your life today — and over time.
The financial preparedness insights and ideas compiled by Corebridge Financial are for educational purposes only and are not intended to provide financial, legal, fiduciary, accounting or tax advice, nor are they intended to make any recommendations. Applicable laws and regulations are complex and subject to change. Please consult with a financial professional regarding your situation. For legal, accounting or tax advice consult the appropriate professional.
The physical and mental wellness insights and action steps from Stanford Lifestyle Medicine that are shared are for general informational purposes only. They are not intended to provide medical, nutritional, mental health, or other related advice or guidance. For medical, nutritional, mental health or other related advice and guidance, consult the appropriate professional.
Stanford Lifestyle Medicine is a separate and unrelated entity to Corebridge Financial and its member companies.
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