Reading Time: 5 minutesRetirement Without Purpose Isn’t Freedom — It’s a Trap A few years ago I lived in a 55+ community in the Phoenix, Arizona area. Almost all of our 26,000 residents were retired. The prevailing attitude was “I’m retired, and my reward for working is to not do anything but play.” This was reflected by declining participation …
Reading Time: 6 minutesOur culture has an unwritten expectation that a retired person will be unproductive. The very words “retire” or “retirement” perpetuate the myth that old age is an unproductive time in life and imprints the belief that people in their later years should simply sit back or indulge in a recreational activity like golf. The Seven …
Reading Time: 3 minutesTaking Small Steps: Treating Coaching Training as an Experiment I’ve decided to follow my curiosity and interest in reinventing my own retirement and helping others to reinvent theirs. My first experiment in this direction was to complete the written materials in a Certified Professional Retirement Coach (CPRC) course. Having finished this, I’m now in the …