What You Need to Achieve a Meaningful Re-Engagement
Retirement is more than a financial milestone—it’s a major life transition that requires emotional readiness, personal clarity, and a thoughtful plan. This course offers a comprehensive, research-informed framework to help participants assess their retirement preparedness beyond dollars and cents. Through guided reflection, written exercises, and real-life examples, you'll explore the four key stages of retirement, identify potential challenges, and develop a deeper understanding of your evolving identity, values, and life purpose.
Participants will learn how to manage common stressors such as changes in routine, marital dynamics, and loss of professional identity. The course also emphasizes emotional intelligence and soft skills that are crucial for successfully navigating this transition. By the end, you’ll replace anxiety with clarity—equipped with a realistic, personalized, and inspiring action plan for re-engaging with life after retirement.
Isabelle St-Jean, RSW, PCC, RTC is a Registered Social Worker, Professional Certified Coach (accredited by International Coach Federation), Certified Retirement Coach, and a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor and author of Living Forward, Giving Back: A Practical Guide to Fulfillment in Midlife and Beyond. Since 2012, she has delivered numerous retirement seminars in several provinces coast to coast and in the U.S., helping people to successfully navigate the major work/life transition of retirement. She has initiated two award-winning and best-selling anthologies: Einstein’s Business: Engaging Soul, Imagination and Excellence in the Workplace, which she also co-authored, and Audacious Aging. Isabelle is a regular contributor to the PeopleTalk magazine from CPHR – BC.
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