You’re standing alone on the edge of a cliff, staring off into a vast unknown. Is this you, thinking about retirement? Or as one man told me during my research into the new retirement: “So I wake up in the morning, go to the fitness club and have coffe… Continue reading
What happens when the music stops at work and retirement starts? How will you feel when the chairs you’ve been marching around for years begin to disappear? Many people don’t realize it, but the childhood game of musical chairs can provide some fresh p… Continue reading
Last week, while attending the Retirement Coaches Association conference in Ann Arbor, Mich. where I spoke about retirement trends, I heard a fascinating and insightful presentation I wanted to share. Life and retirement transition coach, therapist and… Continue reading
Two new studies — one of 143 large American companies and another of 2,043 retirees show, stunningly, how clueless employers are about workers’ retirement challenges and wishes. “The phrase that leapt to mind is ‘benign neglect,’” said Paul Rupert, fou… Continue reading
A couple of years ago, my then 39-year-old brother, our divorced mom, and I went on a tropical vacation in Hawaii. The trip coincided with my mother, in her late ‘60s, entering semi-retirement. After working two full-time jobs as a nurse for over 25 ye… Continue reading
Are you now — or about to be — in a career transition? Making a transition after 50 can be surprisingly difficult, particularly if you’ve been at the same job, or with the same company, for many years. But contrary to what we were taught, updating and … Continue reading