Retirement Life Planning &
Life Story Review Services
Retirement Life Planning &
Life Story Review Services
Retirement Life Planning &
Life Story Review Services
NextChapters Consulting
Welcome
My purpose at NextChapters Consulting is to help people
over 50 plan for and live a more complete and fulfilling life.
People partner with me to accomplish this via two separate but related services. The first is retirement transition and retirement life planning. This encompasses all the non-financial investment aspects of planning for and experiencing your unique retirement lifestyle.
The second is an adventure of self-discovery and growth. This is accomplished via a review and analysis of your autobiography that we create and work on together. Of course, your life story project can have multiple other benefits and applications as well.
NextChapters Consulting
Introduction
Benefits of Autobiography
It is generally acknowledged that enhanced self-awareness is central to personal growth. When we take the time to review our lives and look for patterns and themes, awareness of our identity and how that identity came to be is clarified. The meaning inherent in past events and experiences surfaces. We may even find things that were largely forgotten or unconscious coming into greater focus. This material becomes your ingredients for renewal, change, and creation of your life that is yet to be. I explore further benefits in Your Life Story.
Benefits of Retirement Life Planning
People enter and pass through retirement with varying degrees of preparation. Many times the financial aspects receive the greatest focus. However, having thought through and planned for the non-financial aspects that accompany retirement is of equal importance. For many, retirement is a great opportunity to rediscover and define their “best self” and pursue it with renewed energy and focus. Weighing options and creating a plan is a great way to establish a more meaningful and satisfying retirement life style. Explore more in Retirement Life Planning.
Supplemental Tools
In addition to various discussion and workbook exercise approaches embedded in all the service packages, I also offer supplemental techniques that bring additional perspectives to your project. The use of various images as part of the narrative process can assist in shedding light on the significance of specific elements of your life story. The use of color response techniques is also quite illuminating, as can be certain standardized assessments. Explore these techniques in Story Expansion.
My Approach
For both retirement life planning and autobiographical review I offer two services. For each there is a standard offer that covers the essential basics. I also offer a completely customized package of services that addresses in greater depth your particular concerns and interests. Designing a project that is right for you and your budget is part of what we do in a no-cost initial conversation. Check out Resources for more information.
Your Goals
Before we begin any project together we discuss your unique desires and goals. If you are intrigued by the idea of exploring your life story or establishing a retirement life plan but are not sure quite what direction you would like to take, I can provide options and suggestions for your consideration.
Taking Action
The psychologist C. G. Jung noted that the journey of personal growth consists of three parts: insight, endurance, and action. If we want to make an effort to truly author our future life story then we must summon the courage to act. Your life story or retirement life project will culminate in an action plan, however working with me on an ongoing basis to address action and implementation is always an option as well.
Free Consultation
I am happy to offer an initial no fee consultation to explore if and how my approach may be of benefit to you.
“Going forward requires touchstones in the past.”
John Glenn, orbited the Earth at age 40 and 77.
NextChapters Consulting
Introduction
Benefits of Retirement Life Planning
People enter and pass through retirement with varying degrees of preparation. Many times the financial aspects receive the greatest focus. However, having thought through and planned for the non-financial aspects that accompany retirement is of equal importance. For many, retirement is a great opportunity to rediscover and define their “best self” and pursue it with renewed energy and focus. Weighing options and creating a plan is a great way to establish a more meaningful and satisfying retirement life style. Explore more in Retirement Life Planning.
Benefits of Autobiography
It is generally acknowledged that enhanced self-awareness is central to personal growth. When we take the time to review our lives and look for patterns and themes, awareness of our identity and how that identity came to be is clarified. The meaning inherent in past events and experiences surfaces. We may even find things that were largely forgotten or unconscious coming into greater focus. This material becomes your ingredients for renewal, change, and creation of your life that is yet to be. I explore further benefits in Your Life Story.
Your Goals
Before we begin any project together we discuss your unique desires and goals. If you are intrigued by the idea of exploring your life story or establishing a retirement life plan but are not sure quite what direction you would like to take, I can provide options and suggestions for your consideration.
My Approach
For both retirement life planning and autobiographical review I offer two services. For each there is a standard offer that covers the essential basics. I also offer a completely customized package of services that addresses in greater depth your particular concerns and interests. Designing a project that is right for you and your budget is part of what we do in a no-cost initial conversation. Check out Resources for more information.
Supplemental Tools
In addition to various discussion and workbook exercise approaches embedded in all the service packages, I also offer supplemental techniques that bring additional perspectives to your project. The use of various images as part of the narrative process can assist in shedding light on the significance of specific elements of your life story. The use of color response techniques is also quite illuminating, as can be certain standardized assessments. Explore these techniques in Story Expansion.
Taking Action
The psychologist C. G. Jung noted that the journey of personal growth consists of three parts: insight, endurance, and action. If we want to make an effort to truly author our future life story then we must summon the courage to act. Your life story or retirement life project will culminate in an action plan, however working with me on an ongoing basis to address action and implementation is always an option as well.
Free Consultation
I am happy to offer an initial no fee consultation to explore if and how my approach may be of benefit to you.
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