Retirement Coaching March 8, 2026
New Challenges in Retirement: Why They Matter for Wellbeing
Retirement rarely unfolds in a single, predictable way. Some step away from demanding careers and feel immediate relief, prioritising rest a...
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Retirement Coaching February 20, 2026
Psychological Readiness for Retirement: Beyond Finances
Once people accept that financial and psychological readiness are not the same, a follow-up question arises. Sometimes it’s asked explicitly...
Retirement Coaching February 9, 2026
Psychological Readiness for Retirement vs Financial Readiness
Financial readiness answers the question, “Can I retire?” Psychological readiness answers a very different question: “How will it feel to li...
Retirement Coaching January 27, 2026
The Retirement You Planned vs the One You’re Living
When I first speak to a new retiree, the conversation often goes something like this. Retirement arrives roughly as intended, with the plan...
Retirement Coaching January 12, 2026
Assertiveness in Retirement: Why It Matters
Retirement rarely goes awry because the spreadsheet was wrong. More often, difficulty arises because important conversations weren’t held or...
Retirement Coaching January 6, 2026
Consistency in Retirement: Why It Matters Most
After years of working as a coach and therapist, one pattern stands out above all others: consistency in retirement. People who plan well, t...
Transformation December 16, 2025
Identity After Work: Status, Relevance and Self-Worth
When someone decides to work with a Retirement Coach, it doesn’t usually take long for the topic of identity after work and their sense of s...
Impact December 8, 2025
Work in Retirement: From Being Chosen to Choosing
There is a myth out there, still, one that people still imagine retirement as the full stop at the end of their professional story.
Retirement Coaching December 1, 2025
Retirement Legacy Planning: How to Create Influence in Later Life
Legacy used to mean one thing: what happens after you’ve gone, such as a will, some money or a few ‘instructions’. Modern retirement, howeve...
Transformation November 24, 2025
Retirement Transformation: 6 Questions To Retire Successfully
Why Retirement Transformation Needs the Right Detail Every successful retirement transformation starts with detail, the right kind, focusing...
Challenge November 17, 2025
Retirement Stretch Zone: What It Is and How to Use It Well
There is often a moment in retirement when someone realises that this stage of life needs to be shaped, that they can’t be passive and...
Acceptance November 10, 2025
Bridging the Fantasy–Reality Gap in Retirement
Some people approach retirement with a clear picture of what it will look like, but bridging the fantasy–reality Gap in retirement begins wh...
Patterns November 3, 2025
Retirement Patterns and Cliff Edges: How to Stay Grounded
Even the most psychologically grounded individual can find retirement unsettling, with positive retirement patterns underpinning the transit...
Mental Health October 27, 2025
Psychological Preparation for Retirement | Retire With IMPACT
Retiring successfully is a process that involves more than ending a career; it requires understanding how different parts of your life will...
Impact October 20, 2025
Retirement Conversations: Start With Yourself, Then With Others
Few transitions are as significant as retirement, yet in my experience as a coach and therapist, too many people only talk about it meaningf...
Impact May 30, 2025
The First Step to Retiring With IMPACT
Let’s jump straight in. The state of your retirement planning, your transition into retirement, or your established retirement life reflects...
Meaning May 30, 2025
Making Sense of Why Things Are as They Are
If your planning or actual retirement isn’t going as you hoped, or even if it is but you’re not sure why, you’re in good company.
Patterns May 30, 2025
What Are You Doing That’s Working and What Isn’t?
If you’re struggling in retirement, feeling stuck or overwhelmed, or feeling like you’re not living the life you thought you would, it might...
Acceptance May 30, 2025
Closing the Gap Between Fantasy and Reality
“I was still trying to be the boss of a company,” said one of my clients. “But there was no company.” Retirement hadn’t gone wrong so much a...
Challenge May 30, 2025
The Right Challenge, at the Right Time, in the Right Way
Retirement isn’t the absence of challenge, but having the right amount. That’s why the fifth stage of the Retire With IMPACT Model is CHALLE...
Transformation May 30, 2025
The Retirement You Build From the Inside Out
You’ve talked to the right people. You’ve made sense of what’s really going on. You’ve identified what works and what doesn’t. You’ve accept...
Are You Ready For Retirement?
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