How might retirement coaching make a difference for you?
Retiring often brings up more questions than answers which can generate some level of anxiety and confusion. Retirement coaching clients enter into retirement with various emotions and goals. During the coaching engagement, clients surface and explore unexpected topics, such as how their significant other will be impacted by their retirement or how will I stay relevant. Below, I compiled a list of questions that I often hear from my coaching clients and added a few questions from Robert Laura, a Certified Professional Retirement Coach and founder of the Retirement Coach Association. As a certified professional retirement coach and leadership coach, I am trained and experienced to hold heavy and complex issues and work with you as you explore your questions and transition into retirement.
Who am I when I am not working?
When should I retire?
How do I want to remember and be remembered after retirement?
What might post-retirement work look like for me? Do I really want to work?
How do I make my days meaningful in retirement?
What childhood dreams might I be able to pursue?
How do I keep my brain healthy?
What is my attitude and perspective on retirement, aging and death?
What do I want to do with my hobbies, strengths, or interests?
What do I not want to be involved in? How do I say no?
How do I create healthy boundaries with family members?
How do I introduce myself after I retire?
Where should I live?
How will retirement change friendships?
How come retirement does not feel as fulfilling as I dreamed it would be?
How do I work through the grief of losing of my career and work relationships?
How do I cultivate meaningful relationships?
How do I find rewarding volunteer opportunities?
I am afraid to retire.
How will my significant other and I transition into retirement together?
What is the impact of my retirement on my significant other?
How do I want to engage in the world and feel relevant?
How do I keep learning and growing?
How do I get more energy?
Now that I am home, my possessions are becoming a burden. What now?
How do I make sure that my days, weeks, months and years do not pass me by?
My friends are unmotivated. How do I build a life that is more than eating and drinking?
How do I get over my fear of spending down my retirement savings?
How might relationship changes impact my life in retirement?
How do I find new friends outside of work?
I am stuck. Adjusting to retirement is taking a long time.
How can I help people now that I have the time and resources to do so?
How do I move beyond being forced to retire?
What do I need to do to maintain my health in retirement?
How can I put more fun into my life?
What steps can I take to make a lasting impact on family, friends, community, and environment?
How will I incorporate travel into my life?