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Barriers to Fulfillment
By Cathy Severson, MS Starting a new retirement is a major shift in living. Seniors new to the experience make the adjustment in many ways. One of the first activities, seniors new to retirement engage in is cleaning out closets. In addit ... |
Master the New Retirement through Your Values
By Cathy Severson Experts have identified six key issues that are important when facing retirement. They are: wealth, health, relationships, contribution, meaning, and happiness, and the three most commonly linked are contribution, meaning and happin ... |
Building Momentum
By Cathy Severson MS One of the most difficult and surprising aspects of retirement life is the shift in momentum. One day, you’re working, active and overly busy. The next you’re at a complete standstill. That is one reason many ne ... |
Change and Transition
By Cathy Severson, MS There are many types of change that one experiences during a lifetime. Change can have varying amounts of impact on a person’s life. Change unsettles our lives, shakes us up, and it requires time before we adjust.&nb ... |
Eliminate What Are You Tolerating
By Cathy Severson MSHuman beings are phenomenal in their ability to adapt to almost any situation or environment. Throughout history, people have lived and survived the most abysmal circumstances. The problem is we have often settled for ... |
Goals Revisited
By Cathy Severson, MSHave you heard the saying that life is what happens to you while you were doing something else? How many of us have felt that way at times? Retirement living that is fulfilling is means stepping up to your life and ta ... |
Keys to a Satisfying Retirement
By Cathy Severson, MSWhile many work a lifetime to get to it, retirement and happiness are not synonymous. In this age, retirement satisfaction doesn’t just happen. It takes thought and planning, just like anything else worthwhile. ... |
Success Statements
By Cathy Severson, MS Success Statements were introduced by the late Thomas Leonard, who is often credited with being the father of coaching.No matter how much you plan for retirement, there are going to be some significant life changes to face.  ... |
Tools to Help Your Retirement Transition
By Cathy Severson, MS What do you do after the retirement ceremony? The new retirement transition is dependent on the resources you have available to you in the form of: Situation, Self, Supports and Strategies. These concepts were initia ... |
Transition to Retirement
By Cathy Severson, MS
In Retire Smart, Retire Happy: Finding Your True Path in Life, Nancy Schlossberg discusses the retirement transition that will affect the boomer generation.A helpful way to figure out how profound a change retirement ... |
Facing U Turns of Life
When Nancy Irwin decided to return to school at age 42 to get her Ph.D. in psychology, she was surprised by the reaction of many. “I can’t believe you’re doing this at your age,” was a typical response. As a way to counteract what people ... |
The Only Road to Everything You Want
By Tama J. Kieves We commit to real change, and then we resist it. This cosmic dance has been going on forever in every ballroom since the beginning of time... I've committed to write more this year. It's what I want. Now that I've said it, I know I ... |
Good Retirement Equals Being a Risk Taker
What is the boomers fountain of youth? It’s not about what you see in the mirror, but the way you create a good retirement and the new seniors life. Now is the time to explore, be a risk taker.When was the last time you took a serious ris ... |
Steps To Take Now to Plan Your Retirement
By Stan SpectorThere are a number of things you should be thinking about doing to plan your retirement before you get there. These become the basis for your retirement plan. Here are some to consider.Decide what you will be doing in your ... |
Travel as a Metaphor for Retirement Life
My husband and I love to travel as a part of our retirement life. A recent trip took us to the Blue Ridge Mountain region of North Carolina. As a product of the west (Colorado, Texas, California, Arizona), I’m always amazed by the beauty ... |
Getting Started in Your Retirement Life Plan
There are very few instructions on developing a retirement life plan. Other than being told, it’s a time to enjoy yourself, there are few models. The boomer generation wants it all, but understand that thirty of years of play may not be all the ... |
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