Thoughts from a Retirement Coach
By Mariella Vigneux, MBA, ACC
Certified Professional Coach
Congratulations to all our contributing authors. We are celebrating just over 100 articles! With all those articles, I’ve decided it’s time to list them in one place, to make it easier for you to find your favourites and, especially if you’re new to the newsletter, to find your way around. This month I’ve sorted the 105 articles by column, title, and author. Next month I’ll list some of the key topics that have shown up in the articles and provide links to a few articles that touch on each of those topics.
So, have fun scrolling down memory lane. Read stories for the first time or reread those you liked before, and feel free to add your comments at the bottom of each article. Also, please consider becoming a contributing author. (To receive the Contributor Guidelines, just email me at .)
Below, you’ll find all past articles grouped by column, title and author, in the following order:
- Tales of Retirement (by friends, family, and colleagues who have already retired – what they’ve learned)
- Various Series of Articles:
a) Following Frank (by Frank – from five months prior, into retirement… Frank’s thoughts each step of the way)
b) Helen, Heading Out (by Helen – a series of articles about recreating identity after an all-consuming career)
c) Tales of an Overachieving Retiree (by Peter – A series of articles about the challenges of bringing overachievement into retirement and finding pleasure in the process)
d) Craving a Dog’s Life (by Renate – a series of articles about the challenges of bringing overachievement into retirement and finding pleasure in the process)
- Retirement Stats, Studies, and Stuff (by Mariella and guest authors – just what it says!)
- Thoughts from a Retirement Coach (by Mariella – what I’ve learned from my clients and my life)
- Other miscellaneous articles
Tales of Retirement
Various Series of Articles
a) Following Frank
# | Posted | Title | Author |
1. | 2014/07/07 | Frank in a nutshell | Frank |
2. | 2014/08/12 | Hanging up the skates – flip flopping towards retirement | Frank |
3. | 2014/09/07 | Money, money, money – being responsible | Frank |
4. | 2014/10/07 | So much time and so little to do | Frank |
5. | 2014/11/07 | Money, money, money reprise | Frank |
6. | 2014/12/07 | The luxury of being | Frank |
7. | 2015/01/06 | A very long weekend | Frank |
8. | 2015/02/06 | The storm before the calm | Frank |
9. | 2015/03/07 | Time for a change | Frank |
10. | 2015/04/07 | Something’s cooking | Frank |
11. | 2015/05/07 | Mind games | Frank |
12. | 2015/06/07 | The most precious gift | Frank |
13. | 2015/07/30 | Finding a balance | Frank |
14. | 2015/10/06 | Opportunistic tumbleweed | Frank |
15. | 2016/01/06 | Tempus fugit | Frank |
b) Helen, Heading Out
# | Posted | Title | Author |
1. | 2015/02/06 | My almost (involuntary) early retirement | Helen |
2. | 2015/03/07 | Staving off involuntary early retirement: the emotional side | Helen |
3. | 2015/04/21 | Staving off involuntary early retirement: the work side | Helen |
4. | 2015/05/21 | The pushmi-pullyu of my retirement decision | Helen |
5. | 2015/06/22 | Clearing out my office – and my life | Helen |
6. | 2015/07/21 | Am I really retired? | Helen |
7. | 2015/08/26 | Three-year retirement retrospective | Helen |
8. | 2015/10/21 | What do I miss? | Helen |
9. | 2015/11/18 | New keys on my key ring | Helen |
10. | 2015/12/23 | The end of the bend | Helen |
11. | 2016/01/18 | Navigating the end of the bend | Helen |
c) Tales of an Overachieving Retiree
# | Posted | Title | Author |
1. | 2016/02/08 | Getting off track: getting to retirement after retirement | Peter |
2. | 2016/03/19 | Getting back to the dreams | Peter |
3. | 2016/04/14 | Getting to a full stop | Peter |
4. | 2016/05/19 | Getting to the point, still | Peter |
5. | 2016/06/28 | Getting to a simpler place | Peter |
d) Craving a Dog’s Life
# | Posted | Title | Author |
1. | 2016/07/12 | Why is it so hard to turn down work after retiring? | Renate |
2. | 2016/08/22 | When you’re not the boss anymore | Renate |
Retirement Stats, Studies, and Stuff
Thoughts from a Retirement Coach
Other Miscellaneous Articles
# | Posted | Title | Author |
1. | 2013/11/15 | Welcome to the Retiring With Purpose and Passion blog | Mariella Vigneux |
2. | 2015/08/30 | Gems from year one | Mariella Vigneux |
3. | 2015/09/17 | 10 delights of retirement | Mariella Vigneux |
4. | 2016/07/25 | Gems from year two | Mariella Vigneux |
Good idea, Mariella, to make these articles more readily available.
Oh, good! Thanks, Helen.