Beyond Retirement

By Jacquie DoucetteSociety & Culture Education Self-Improvement Philosophy Personal Journals

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Beyond Retirement episodes

March 13, 2022 The Eating Yo-Yo ... Can You Tame It?
Renee Jones stepped off the 40-year hamster wheel of yo-yo dieting, reached her goal weight and has maintained it since 2012. She has a Masters' degree in counseling, a clinical residency, and training in both traditional and contemporary models of care. This education - and her own experiences - led her to the realization that emotional eating is the basis of so many people's weight problems. Learning about and teaching how to overcome this sometimes deadly but completely preventable spiral has become her mission and she has helped numerous women from all walks of life change their habits so they can lead healthier, happier lives.
Adding retirement to the mix of stresses in one's life can certainly cause overeating and weight gain.
Learning how to avoid this trap will help improve your life.
24 min
March 06, 2022 Being The Best You Can Be
Kara Nicole Bitar started her journey to adulthood convinced she was going to become a lawyer. And she did! She worked hard at her profession for a number of years, slowly becoming more and more disillusioned by it. She knew there had to be more to life than what she was doing. So she set out to find out what "more" was.
She tried many different avenues and studied many different modalities before she discovered Kundalini Yoga. And that discovery has led her to many new facets of life. As well as being an instructor of Kundalini yoga, Kara is an Optimization Coach.
She offers Optimization sessions where her clients get detailed information on what their gifts and talents are, how they are structured to thrive and what may be holding them back.
She offers live-streamed yoga classes.
You can connect with Kara through the following links:
https://www.karanicolebitar.com/
https://www.instagram.com/karanicolebitar/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kara-nicole-bitar
https://www.facebook.com/karanicole.bitar.7
44 min
March 06, 2022 Being The Best You Can Be
Kara Nicole Bitar started her journey to adulthood convinced she was going to become a lawyer. And she did! She worked hard at her profession for a number of years, slowly becoming more and more disillusioned by it. She knew there had to be more to life than what she was doing. So she set out to find out what "more" was.
She tried many different avenues and studied many different modalities before she discovered Kundalini Yoga. And that discovery has led her to many new facets of life. As well as being an instructor of Kundalini yoga, Kara is an Optimization Coach.
She offers Optimization sessions where her clients get detailed information on what their gifts and talents are, how they are structured to thrive and what may be holding them back.
She offers live-streamed yoga classes.
You can connect with Kara through the following links:
https://www.karanicolebitar.com/
https://www.instagram.com/karanicolebitar/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kara-nicole-bitar
https://www.facebook.com/karanicole.bitar.7
44 min
February 27, 2022 Solo-Aging - Are You Ready For It?
Dr. Sara Zeff Geber is the go-to person to consult about solo aging. She's been raising awareness about the unique needs of solo agers for over ten years.
She is on the advisory team for Nexus Insights, a think tank and incubator for revolutionary concepts in senior living and aging. She has contributed her information on aging to Forbes.com, Huffington Post, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
A popular speaker, Dr Geber has spoken on many stages and at many conferences, with topics ranging from How Baby Boomers are Reinventing Retirement to Steps to Keep Solo Agers Happy.
She founded LifeEncore in 2011 to educate and coach boomers in how to approach retirement in a positive and creative way.
Her latest book, Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers, is an excellent road map for single and childless agers going through the next stages of life.
You can connect with Dr Geber through the following links:
https://sarazeffgeber.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarazeffgeber/
https://www.facebook.com/Lifeencore
The individual that Sara mentioned regarding more information about aging, Carol Marak, can be found at https://carolmarak.com/index.html
27 min
February 27, 2022 Solo-Aging - Are You Ready For It?
Dr. Sara Zeff Geber is the go-to person to consult about solo aging. She's been raising awareness about the unique needs of solo agers for over ten years.
She is on the advisory team for Nexus Insights [https://www.nexusinsights.net/], a think tank and incubator for revolutionary concepts in senior living and aging. She has contributed her information on aging to Forbes.com, Huffington Post, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
A popular speaker, Dr Geber has spoken on many stages and at many conferences, with topics ranging from How Baby Boomers are Reinventing Retirement to Steps to Keep Solo Agers Happy.
She founded LifeEncore in 2011 to educate and coach boomers in how to approach retirement in a positive and creative way.
Her latest book, Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers, is an excellent road map for single and childless agers going through the next stages of life.
You can connect with Dr Geber through the following links:
https://sarazeffgeber.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarazeffgeber/
https://www.facebook.com/Lifeencore
The individual that Sara mentioned regarding more information about aging, Carol Marak, can be found at https://carolmarak.com/index.html
27 min
February 20, 2022 Where Are You Going to Retire?
Emily Bron created International Lifestyle Consulting to help others find ways to work, live, or retire overseas, and to enjoy life to the fullest without compromising health and overall well-being. She believes that by helping her clients to find the location that best matches their needs – in terms of climate, infrastructure, cultural life and community – she would ultimately be helping them to be active and enjoy the lifestyle they want and deserve.
Emily is currently in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, but plans to have an international home in the future. She personally visits every destination that she recommends, to be sure that she is completely familiar with what the location has to offer, prior to suggesting it to a client.
Be sure to check out Emily's free e-books, "The Best Places to Retire" and "Your Action Plan to Retire", both available on her webiste at https://emilybron.com/media
You can find out more about her services and reach out to Emily at any of the following links:
Her website: https://emilybron.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-bron/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emily.belayev
45 min
February 20, 2022 Where Are You Going to Retire?
Emily Bron created International Lifestyle Consulting to help others find ways to work, live, or retire overseas, and to enjoy life to the fullest without compromising health and overall well-being. She believes that by helping her clients to find the location that best matches their needs – in terms of climate, infrastructure, cultural life and community – she would ultimately be helping them to be active and enjoy the lifestyle they want and deserve.
Emily is currently in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, but plans to have an international home in the future. She personally visits every destination that she recommends, to be sure that she is completely familiar with what the location has to offer, prior to suggesting it to a client.
Be sure to check out Emily's free e-books, "The Best Places to Retire" and "Your Action Plan to Retire", both available on her webiste at https://emilybron.com/media
You can find out more about her services and reach out to Emily at any of the following links:
Her website: https://emilybron.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-bron/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emily.belayev
45 min
February 13, 2022 Chatting About Leah's Ideas
TRANSCRIPT:
One of the first things we talked about was communication in relationships and something Leah said really hit home – she said a lot of people have trouble getting along with others in their various relationships, and something that we all should keep in mind is that in all our relationships, WE are the common denominator! So, if I’m struggling to get along with my reading club friends and then I go off to the Legion and join my euchre-playing friends and I have disagreements with them too, it might be a good idea for me to step back for a moment and figure out what I’m doing in these relationships. Since I’m the one that’s having the issues in all of them, maybe I need to do something different.
We went on to discuss the difficulty that many people have with figuring out who they are after they retire. We truly spend all our life identifying with what we do. From the time you’re about 4 years old, people are asking “What do you want to be when you grow up?” and we’re searching our minds and looking outward as well, trying to pick the “right” character, the one that will make our dreams become reality. And as we get older, the first thing we’re asked when we meet someone (and the first thing WE ask) is “So, what do you do?” That’s where this whole identity issue after retirement comes from, right?
The important thing to learn and to really believe is that you don’t HAVE to do anything once you retire. Just being YOU is enough! And if you volunteer locally, if you mentor students at a local school, if you knit socks and mittens for care packages... those are all wonderful things that you do because you’re YOU.
One of the most important points Leah made was around this aspect – social standing has been an issue forever – when you say you’re a lawyer and the person beside you says she’s a stay-at-home Mom, there’s no denying the difference in the conversations and actions of the people around you. If you’re lucky, it’s a subtle thing, but often it’s quite obvious and we perpetuate it ourselves when we worry about trying to identify ourselves in those terms. As a retiree, it’s really important to remember – no, not just remember, but ACCEPT, that everything you’ve learned over the course of your life has made you who you are. It’s not just the job that you did or the profession you were part of. For your working life, you were IN service to the company or organization and the people that made up that select group. Now that you’re retired, you get to be OF service to society in general. Your skills, training and experience didn’t just evaporate because you aren’t employed by the company any longer.
So now it’s time to identify the skill set you’ve got. Remember that your skill set goes beyond what your job description said. Do you think everyone starting out in your field has the experience and skills that you possess? They absolutely don’t! So here’s a chance for you to be OF service... you could offer your assistance to new employees through a mentorship course/program. Or maybe you could start a blog about whatever it is you’ve done through your life, sharing the wisdom you’ve developed and the experiences you’ve had.
When Leah mentioned this idea – a blog or a YouTube channel – I’ll admit I got a little shiver of nervousness. Putting myself out there and trying to tell people about something? Yikes! That takes a lot of courage, right? That’s what I thought, but you know what? It really doesn’t take much courage at all...three or four seconds of insane courage is all it takes to do anything outside your comfort zone. One of the examples we discussed was the idea that if you were a doctor, you could give value to others by something as simple as telling people how to prepare for a visit to their general practitioner. These days, everyone is so overworked and short on time, having a patient come into the doctor’s office prepared for the visit would be a godse
10 min
February 13, 2022 Chatting About Leah's Ideas
TRANSCRIPT:
One of the first things we talked about was communication in relationships and something Leah said really hit home – she said a lot of people have trouble getting along with others in their various relationships, and something that we all should keep in mind is that in all our relationships, WE are the common denominator! So, if I'm struggling to get along with my reading club friends and then I go off to the Legion and join my euchre-playing friends and I have disagreements with them too, it might be a good idea for me to step back for a moment and figure out what I'm doing in these relationships. Since I'm the one that's having the issues in all of them, maybe I need to do something different.
We went on to discuss the difficulty that many people have with figuring out who they are after they retire. We truly spend all our life identifying with what we do. From the time you're about 4 years old, people are asking "What do you want to be when you grow up?" and we're searching our minds and looking outward as well, trying to pick the "right" character, the one that will make our dreams become reality. And as we get older, the first thing we're asked when we meet someone (and the first thing WE ask) is "So, what do you do?" That's where this whole identity issue after retirement comes from, right?
The important thing to learn and to really believe is that you don't HAVE to do anything once you retire. Just being YOU is enough! And if you volunteer locally, if you mentor students at a local school, if you knit socks and mittens for care packages... those are all wonderful things that you do because you're YOU.
One of the most important points Leah made was around this aspect – social standing has been an issue forever – when you say you're a lawyer and the person beside you says she's a stay-at-home Mom, there's no denying the difference in the conversations and actions of the people around you. If you're lucky, it's a subtle thing, but often it's quite obvious and we perpetuate it ourselves when we worry about trying to identify ourselves in those terms. As a retiree, it's really important to remember – no, not just remember, but ACCEPT, that everything you've learned over the course of your life has made you who you are. It's not just the job that you did or the profession you were part of. For your working life, you were IN service to the company or organization and the people that made up that select group. Now that you're retired, you get to be OF service to society in general. Your skills, training and experience didn't just evaporate because you aren't employed by the company any longer.
So now it's time to identify the skill set you've got. Remember that your skill set goes beyond what your job description said. Do you think everyone starting out in your field has the experience and skills that you possess? They absolutely don't! So here's a chance for you to be OF service... you could offer your assistance to new employees through a mentorship course/program. Or maybe you could start a blog about whatever it is you've done through your life, sharing the wisdom you've developed and the experiences you've had.
When Leah mentioned this idea – a blog or a YouTube channel – I'll admit I got a little shiver of nervousness. Putting myself out there and trying to tell people about something? Yikes! That takes a lot of courage, right? That's what I thought, but you know what? It really doesn't take much courage at all...three or four seconds of insane courage is all it takes to do anything outside your comfort zone. One of the examples we discussed was the idea that if you were a doctor, you could give value to others by something as simple as telling people how to prepare for a visit to their general practitioner. These days, everyone is so overworked and short on time, having a patient come into the doctor's office prepared for the visit would be a godse
10 min
February 06, 2022It's Time to be YOU!
Leah Sefor is South Africa’s go-to life and relationships expert. She is well known for being a straight-talking, take-no-prisoners life coach, author, podcaster and speaker whose work is all about "what it means to be real." Leah has worked internationally with individuals, couples and organisations for more than 26 years and also appears regularly on TV & Radio as a life, relationships and communications expert.
Leah's message is simple: There is no better time to step out and be YOU! Learning to be "real" in all your relationships and all your activities takes practice and effort. Leah is ready to guide you along that journey. She knows there's nobody just like you out there - and once you figure out who "YOU" really are, you'll be unstoppable.
On Leah's website, https://leahsefor.com/freebies, you will find three gifts:
Ebook - 5 Ways You're Breaking Your Relationship and what to do about it
Audio - Open-Heart Meditation
Video - Stop the Self-Sabotage

You will find Leah as @leahsefor on social media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leah.sefor/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leahsefor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/leahsefor
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahsefor/
She's also got her own podcast, The Get Real Podcast with Leah Sefor, that you can find on all podcast platforms.
30 min