Why hire a retirement coach?

For many accomplished women—therapists, academics, business owners, professionals—retirement isn’t a neat milestone marked by gold watches and farewell parties. It’s a whisper at first: What’s next? Will I still matter? What do I really want?

Maybe you're beginning to think about slowing down. Or maybe you’re already mapping out your next chapter, color-coded planner in hand. Either way, one thing is clear: you're not just stepping away from a career. You’re stepping into a whole new identity.

And that, my friend, takes more than a financial plan. It takes a vision.

Why Retirement Isn’t Just a Financial Problem

You’ve spent a lifetime being productive, useful, important to others. The idea of suddenly not being needed can feel like falling off a cliff. For many high-achieving women, retirement isn’t relaxing—it’s disorienting.

You might be secretly wondering:

• What if I’m bored?

• What if I have no purpose?

• What if slowing down means disappearing?

• How do I even begin to design a retirement that feels meaningful?

  
  

These aren’t financial questions. These are identity questions. Life questions. And they’re exactly the kind of questions a retirement lifestyle coach can help you explore.

What Coaching Offers That Spreadsheets Can’t

Coaching isn’t about telling you what to do. It’s about creating space to ask, “What do I want most?”—without judgment, pressure, or fear that your dream is too big (or too small).

Do you want to:

• Travel for months at a time instead of just weeks?

• Finally write that book, bake that bread, or volunteer in a meaningful way?

• Create a rhythm of life that honors both rest and purpose?

• Feel like yourself again—only wiser, freer, and with better luggage?

  
  

A coach helps you turn those hopes into a real plan. One with structure, creativity, and accountability. One that sees you—not just your achievements, but your passions, your values, your boldest dreams.

You Don’t Have to Figure It Out Alone

Retirement can feel lonely, especially when others expect you to be “excited” about it. But dreaming big in this phase of life often means going against the grain—redefining what it means to grow older, to be significant, to live fully.

The truth? You’re not done. Not even close.

A retirement coach walks beside you as you untangle your fears, give voice to your desires, and start designing a future that feels vibrant, free, and 100% yours.

Because this chapter isn’t the end—it’s the one you finally get to write without compromises.

Contact me to begin to build your boldest chapter yet!

Ellen

Contact me to get started!