Beyond Retirement

Retirement frees you from living by default. So… what will you choose instead? In this solo episode of Beyond Retirement, Jacquie delves into the idea of living with intention...one small step at a time. READY TO RAMP UP YOUR RETIREMENT JOURNEY? Start here: https://beyondretirement.ca/start-here/ Book a FREE call with Jacquie: https://calendly.com/jacquiedoucette/discovery Check out the Beyond Ret...

It's been a lot of fun these past few years, getting to know so many guests and hearing from multiple listeners with great thoughts about the show. But the time has come to bring it to a close. Beyond Retirement was started to guide me and all my listeners on the journey to the next stage of life. Well, I've made it! I'm at the gate to life "Beyond Retirement" and I have to say I'm excited about t...

"Beyond Retirement" is a fluid time encompassing all of your time after the flagpost of "retirement" has been passed. This podcast was developed to help listeners figure out their own journey by listening to the musings of the host and her guests as they travelled the road together. There's no right or wrong journey. There are many detours and U-turns along the way. But in the end, it's the journe...

Creativity, generosity, gratitude...do they play a role in your life? They should! Start with gratitude. There is always something to be grateful for in your life. Finding that thing, even if it's small, will help you to grow and your happiness will increase. Last week, Hugh Willard talked about the intentional aspect of generosity - how, in order to be generous, we have to look inside ourselves....

Hugh Willard is a psychotherapist, the author of the new book Finding Beauty in the Gray: Stories and Verse from the Third Age and the host of the podcast Aging Well: Finding Beauty in the Gray . Hugh has facilitated numerous workshops and taught courses on several topics relevant to folks in the second half of life. Today we talk about the importance of generosity in life, as well as its inherent...

Wanderlust is a strong desire to wander or travel and explore the world. Last week's episode with the hosts of the Beach Travel Wine podcast really sparked my own wanderlust! This week I talk a bit more about why I believe travel is so important and why it should be part of your retirement plan. You don't have to take off for distant countries; the village next to yours may have some fabulous trea...

Leanne and Lyle McCabe are the hosts of the Beach Travel Wine podcast and they share their passion for travel and the importance of experiencing new things. With 62 episodes under their belts, they take us on a journey through Spain, Italy, London, Paris, and Australia. And they're not stopping there - they give us a sneak peek into their upcoming episodes that will feature the stunning landscapes...

This episode is a reflection on the topic covered in my conversation with Joe Curry, namely identifying your purpose and values in retirement. It's important to know your values and figure out what your purpose is, but it's not important to keep that same purpose throughout your journey in life. Your purpose can - and probably WILL - change over the course of your lifetime. Understanding this will...

Joe Curry specializes in simplifying the financial lives of people approaching or within retirement. He is the host of the podcast Your Retirement Planning Simplified   and is a Certified Financial Planner. Joe is the Owner & CEO of Matthews + Associates, located in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, where Joe and his team help Canadian retirees and those within a few years of retirement...

Retirement is the time to start doing what you want to do - if you haven't been doing that all along. It's time to figure out what interests you, what motivates you, what inspires you. It's also time to relax, have some fun, take care of your mind & body... basically, to do what you prefer. Be sure to check out Today's Elder, at https://todayselder.ca and Radio Downton, at radiodowntown.ca

Barbara Waxman, Founder of Odyssey Group Coaching, is an aging advocate who helped define the Middlescence life stage. Her leadership in the coaching field has culminated in the transformative coaching model, Entrepreneurship Turned Inward© and her science informed the Five Essential Elements™ process. Barbara serves as an Advisor to the Stanford Center on Longevity and Stanford Lifestyle Medicine...

Moving to a foreign country is a daunting undertaking, not one to be taken lightly. Do you speak the language? Are you ready for new customs and a new culture? Do you have a support system in place for when things get tough? But it's not all doom & gloom - the opportunities to expand your knowledge of the world, to learn about life "somewhere else" ... that's an exciting draw for many. The mos...

Mike Cobb is the founder and CEO of ECI Development. After vacationing in Belize in 1993, Mike saw the opportunity to help others own properties overseas. Realizing that not everyone wants to be in Belize, the company expanded to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, and Portugal. Over the last 27 years, ECI Development has focused on providing customers with a product that fits th...

Peak performance isn't just for sports. Paying attention to what you're doing, being consistent, always moving forward... these are all part of being the best you can be, which is something we should strive for all the time. This episode is a bit of a recap of last week's chat with Joe Jacobi.

Joe Jacobi is a former American Olympic gold medalist in white-water slalom canoeing. He won the gold medal with his doubles canoe partner at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. After retiring from competitive sports, Joe moved to La Seu d’Urgell in Catalonia, Spain, where he immersed himself in the local culture. He learned to speak Catalan and now works as a performance coach online. Joe...

Adjusting to life in retirement involves creating a purpose or meaning for your life, looking after your health and well-being, and developing lasting connections with friends and family. The hardest part is often simply accepting that a part of your life is over - that the activity you did for the last 20-40 years is no longer what you do each day. But this doesn't mean you aren't going to be doi...

Laura Black is a retired lawyer, an award-winning businesswoman, and the author of Climbing Down the Ladder: A Journey to Another Kind of Happy . After completing law school and beginning her career as a lawyer, she and her business partner built the world's largest legal staffing company. She joins us this week to share some of her insights into how to make retirement the best it can be: Prioriti...

This week I review Sandi Shortt's chat about crossroads in life, mindset, and lifestyle changes, and designing a fulfilling and purposeful retirement. One critical point that stood out to me was the idea of shifting from a mundane, gray existence to a vibrant, colorful life. Sandi's work as a psychotherapist and coach reinforces the importance of identifying who we want to be, how we want to feel,...

Sandi Shortt is a Mindset and Life coach and calls herself a Design Coach. By using mindset and other modalities, she helps retired, widowed women re-invent their lives and create their next chapter, designing a life for themselves full of joy, fulfillment, and purpose. Here are three key takeaways from the episode: Focus on designing the life you want, not just creating one that others expec...

There's a lot to be done before we pass off this Earth... how much we do in advance makes a huge impact on those we leave behind. End-of-life planning isn't just about medical care. It's about ALL aspects of your last days, and hopefully there will be a LOT of them to enjoy before you're done! Talking about your medical care, estate planning, the legacy you'll leave behind ... this is all importan...

Kimberly Best is a registered nurse who spent over two decades working in various intensive care units, trauma centers, and emergency departments. She pursued graduate school in clinical community psychology but found it unfulfilling and returned to nursing. After her brother introduced her to transformative mediation, she went on to study conflict management and currently specializes in mediation...

The Wheel of Life is a common tool used to assess our current status in a variety of areas of life, including relationships with others, health, contributions, etc. By giving a rating from 1 to 10 for where you feel you're currently at in each category, you can get a visual picture of which areas of your life might need a bit of work to help you thrive.

Anna Harvey is a Certified Retirement Coach, and the creator of Retire Solo - a cohort-based coaching program and community dedicated to Canadian women who are, or will be, retiring and aging on their own. The idea of retiring solo isn't new - there are many services and programs available in the US for people who find themselves alone at this stage of life. But there weren't any in Canada... YET....

Full-time work after you retire may feel like a cop-out; after all, you're supposed to be "done working", right? Not necessarily! Lots of people like to keep their foot in the door, so to speak, and the social aspect of work is hard to give up. So what about part-time work? And maybe the service industry is the place to find it! There are many businesses looking for part-time help; you can pick th...

Barbara is a financial educator and the author of her first book, Tipped – the life-changing guide to financial freedom for waitresses, bartenders, strippers and all other service industry professionals . Barbara believes that positions in the service industry are perfectly designed for people who are in their retirement phase of life. These jobs offer flexible work hours, provide opportunities fo...