Retire Repurposed

"Where do I belong?" and "What am I supposed to do?" Oftentimes, your job effortlessly answered these questions, but what about during retirement? In this podcast, Ben talks about how these questions demand answer at any age and the dangers retirement can bring when these questions are left unanswered with the removal of work from the life equation.

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Today we tackle three of life's most important questions – starting with, "Who am I?" The first and most important step to becoming the person you were created to be in retirement is to know and understand your identity. In this podcast, Ben talks about how your identity must shift from your vocation onto something deeper and why you should no longer identify yourself as "I'm a retiree."

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Today we tackle three of life's most important questions – starting with, "Who am I?" The first and most important step to becoming the person you were created to be in retirement is to know and understand your identity. In this podcast, Ben talks about how your identity must shift from your vocation onto something deeper and why you should no longer identify yourself as "I'm a retiree."

Retirement is a big life change especially for your marriage. Many retirees never consider how necessary it is to reevaluate the roles and responsibilities in the home post-retirement. In this podcast, Ben will tell you how to communicate these new roles so your spouse doesn't say, "The worst part of retirement is spending every moment with that person."

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On this episode, we continue our series on retirement happiness. Society tells us that retirement is the time when we can truly live and be happy. But, does retirement make good on that promise? Furthermore, what makes us happy in the first place? Today, we talk about the spousal connection. Retirement is a big life change especially for your marriage. Many retirees never consider how necessary it is to reevaluate the roles and responsibilities in the home post-retirement. In this podcast, Ben will tell you how to communicate these new roles so your spouse doesn't say, "The worst part of retirement is spending every moment with that person."

More times than not, spending more time with family is a major goal of a retiree. However, most of the time retirees never consider if or how their children want them to plug-in. In this podcast, Ben will tell you how to create mutual expectations with your adult children and ways you can partner with your children to have the greatest impact on your grandchildren.

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On this episode, we continue our series on retirement happiness. Society tells us that retirement is the time when we can truly live and be happy. But, does retirement make good on that promise? Furthermore, what makes us happy in the first place? Today, we talk about connecting with children and grandchildren. More times than not, spending more time with family is a major goal of a retiree. However, most of the time retirees never consider if or how their children want them to plug-in. In this podcast, Ben will tell you how to create mutual expectations with your adult children and ways you can partner with your children to have the greatest impact on your grandchildren.

Too many retirees fail to recognize just how important having deep friendships are post-working years. In this podcast, Ben will show you just how many friends you should have and he will let you know what to do if you find your "friend zone" shrinking.

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On this episode, we continue our series on retirement happiness. Society tells us that retirement is the time when we can truly live and be happy. But, does retirement make good on that promise? Furthermore, what makes us happy in the first place? Today, we talk about the friend zone. Too many retirees fail to recognize just how important having deep friendships are post-working years. In this podcast, Ben will show you just how many friends you should have and he will let you know what to do if you find your "friend zone" shrinking.

On this episode, we continue our series on retirement happiness introducing the idea of your social biosphere. The broadest layer is your community. Work gave you community and too many times retirees fail to understand just how important that sense of community is to their life post-retirement. In this podcast, Ben will discuss the dangers of not maintaining your broad social networks so you feel like you retire, then lose your entire family the next day.

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