What is Retirement Coaching?
For many individuals, work has been central to their lives for decades. As they enter retirement, the sudden absence of a structured purpose, known activities, and professional network can be profoundly challenging.
It is no surprise, that one in six retirees consider returning to work according to a 2023 Paychex study.
If you wish to avoid becoming one of them, seeking professional guidance can provide valuable support as you navigate this significant life transition. After all, while you’ve worked hard to earn your retirement, you must find it fulfilling rather than a source of discontent.
This is where a retirement coach comes in—helping you to courageously embrace your retirement years, rather than longing for the routine of an office environment shortly after your retirement celebration.
What Does a Retirement Coach Do?
A retirement coach works closely with you to create a customized vision for your retirement life. Their role is tailored to your specific needs, offering ongoing support to ensure you’re meeting your goals while also allowing for adjustments along the way.
A certified coach focusing on retirement helps clients understand and shape the profound life changes that come with retirement. This process often involves stepping away from a lifelong career, redefining purpose, and sometimes confronting existential realities such as aging & mortality.
Retirement coaches guide individuals toward retirement life that meets their needs and goals. The focus is on shaping a retirement life plan that is both purposeful and personally rewarding.
Retirement Coaches work with their clients to think about and plan for what's next. What's Next is different for each and every person. You and your Coach may discuss some or all of the following:
Filling Time in a Meaningful Way
Work Reorientation
Attitudes Toward Retirement
Health Perception
Current & Projected Life Satisfaction
Projected Life Satisfaction
Life Meaning
Leisure Interests
Adaptability & Flexibility
Volunteerism
Life Stage Satisfaction
Dependents
Family and Relationships
Age is a Number
Replacement of Work Functions
& More
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