Yearly Archives: 2014


Pre-retirement emotions: a boiling cauldron 2

Reflections of a retirement coach

 

Thoughts from a Retirement Coach

By Mariella Vigneux, MBA, ACC
Certified Professional Coach

 

Since 2009 I’ve been recording people’s thoughts about retirement – what they feel when they contemplate retirement, how they visualize their ideal retirement, what gets …

Reflections of a retirement coach

Are you getting enough of the five elements needed for a satisfying life? 1

Retirement Stats, Studies and StuffRetirement Stats, Studies and Stuff

 

According to the Well-Being Theory there are five measurable elements that can help us create a deeply satisfying retirement, and a satisfying life. The five elements are as follows:

1. Positive emotion
2. Engagement…


When work ended abruptly, I was catapulted into serious soul searching 4

Tales of RetirementTales of Retirement

By Martin

I haven’t officially retired but I haven’t worked in years. I was there, at my job – and then (like the skunk I just watched disappear into a hedge) – I was gone. There was …


If only we had instructions for retirement 1

Reflections of a retirement coachThoughts from a Retirement Coach

By Mariella Vigneux, MBA, ACC
Certified Professional Coach

My husband is a school teacher and he figures that people who are thinking about retirement are probably just like most kids in elementary school – they …