Beyond Retirement

Dawn Fleming and her husband own and operate Overseas Life Redesign, a global coaching and consulting company that encourages others to discover their dreams and turn them into reality, just like she did.

She also hosts the Overseas Life Redesign podcast that shares success stories of international retirement as well as advice for listeners seeking to leave their comfort zone and experience life abroad.

Dawn has written the book Create Your Dream Life, available at Amazon and other retailers. In it she helps the reader figure out what that dream life might be and how to go about getting it.

Please reach out to Dawn through any of these avenues:

https://claimyourdreamlifebook.com/

https://opats.com/

https://www.facebook.com/dawndfleming

https://www.twitter.com/OverseasLifeRe

https://www.instagram.com/overseasliferedesign/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawnfleming/

In this episode Jacquie talks about the changing landscape of life beyond retirement, in terms of increasing life expectancy and how we can best prepare ourselves for the future years.

George Jerjian is a mindset mentor to retiring Boomers, and the auther of DARE to Discover Your Purpose - Retire, Refire, Rewire.

George discusses what he describes as the caterpillar & cocoon cycle of life. The first stage of life is spent chasing awards, accomplishments, achievements, & money, as you build your little cocoon. The second stage, after the cocoon is shed, becomes the transformation into something new where you can discover yourself. The last thing you want is to be on your deathbed, realizing that you've spent your life following someone else's plans. So the way to prevent that realization is to ask yourself some important questions:

• Who am I?
• What brings me joy?
• What do I want to do?

The biggest "problem" as we age seems to be that we find ourselves starting to believe the inner talk - the voice in our head that says we're old and we need to slow down, or stop doing particular activities.

We tend to let our "sandbox" get smaller as we age. If we can stop listening to that voice, and just keep DOING THINGS, life will continue to be full and may even expand.

You can reach out to George via his website: https://georgejerjian.com

Chatting with Tom Rossiter last week brought up a lot of thoughts... the biggest being how important it is to live for TODAY. Stop worrying about the past or fretting about the future; live for now. This is the time you are assured to have. Nothing else is guaranteed.

Tom Rossiter is a retired doctor currently living in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, Canada. He is a poster child for living life Beyond Retirement!

Currently 84 yrs old, he continues to lead an active life, with volunteering at a local Seniors' complex, where he regularly plays his accordion, sings, and dances with the members. He's been learning Italian since 1998 and has been doing meditation since the 1980's.

We discuss a variety of topics, beginning with an overview of his life up to now. Some of the highlights include:

07:10 - Alderwood Retirement Centre - volunteering helps you as much as it helps the recipients

07:47 - drawing a picture in high school, to make a stained glass window (go to Beyond Retirement YouTube channel to see the beautiful window in the video, approximately at timestamp 9:12)

Tom has provided a description of the symbols in the window. Looking at the stained glass window, Tom drew the monk in the centre with 14 pieces surrounding it.

11:54 - his path to becoming a doctor

18:30 - his accordion(or go to YouTube, approximately at timestamp 17:52)

19:40 - reason for learning Italian

25:00 - Driving Mrs Butler

27:00 - the Nun Study

33:00 - "A Night At The Opera" reading that emphasizes the need to live life NOW.