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Hope
Today, I am scheduled for my 6th biopsy. In the last six months, I’ve been poked and prodded, and scanned so many times that I describe myself as a glowing colander. To get ready for the six hour fast, I woke up at 5:15 so that I could get a bite to eat and take my...
Yes, Retirement Coaching is a Thing!
Yes, Retirement Coaching is a Thing! Retirement Coaching training manual defines retirement as “a dynamic process whereby client and coach explore all aspects of designing a dynamic and rewarding retirement lifestyle, and serves to guide the client towards...
What’s the SHAPE of your retirement plan?
After a long "health break" or "me time" I am back in business. My non-financial retirement planning group program is ready to go and it starts in September. If you are planning to retire soon or have recently retired and past the honeymoon period, this program is...
Let me re-introduce myself
Well, it seems I was a bit ahead of myself in declaring that I had gotten myself a new life, almost to the day last year. Turns out, I'm still working on getting that new life. Between November 2022 and now, I have been dealing with cancer. It's not over just yet,...
H is for Healthy
For my 63rd birthday, I got myself a new life! Out of nowhere and no one (not even the doctors) know why, my heart started to skip a beat. (No, I’m not in love in a romantic sense, ha!) My heart literally was pumping only half the time, even though the upper ...
S is for Social
I am a Certified Professional Retirement Coach. I am also a retiree. As I talk with friends and clients, I hear a variety of experiences of retirement. We all eventually settle into a new routine and some of us even become happy with it. But, it turns out the first...
Life After Work Workshop
Were you forced to retire early due to the pandemic, or did you choose an attractive buy out and left work earlier than planned? Join me for a 6 week non-financial retirement planning workshop based on the dimensions of well being according to Positive Psychology...
Negative Thought Patterns
This young man who works security at my building stopped me yesterday to ask a question. He said someone long ago predicted that he would be obese or a criminal. He said he still thinks about this from time to time. He asked if there was anything he could do to get...
Well Being
When a friend mentioned something about a character strengths survey a few years ago, I was intrigued. I immediately googled it and was introduced to the world of Positive Psychology. I had taken a couple of psych classes decades ago, but I had never pursued it as...
A for Accomplishment
Monetary aspects of retirement are usually first and foremost in people’s minds. They diligently save money for their golden years. This is a fear based approach though. People worry about not having money to live after they stop working so they singularly focus on...
