Retirement Transition

There are many aspects involved in making a decision to retire from a career of any type. Consultation with accountants, bankers, financial planners, and other retirement specialists generally tends to focus on the physical, concrete and objective aspects of retirement planning (the physical change). Quite often, insufficient time is spent focusing on the psychological, emotional, and more subjective aspects of retirement planning (the transition).

Ripple Dynamics coaches individuals through the three transitional stages involved in transition identified by William Bridges in Managing Transitions, Making the Most of Change (DeCapo Press, 2003). We help individuals develop practical, step-by-step strategies to:

• Clearly recognize and prepare for the Endings stage of retirement.
• Effectively prepare for the uncertainities, creativity, and reorientation of the Neutral Zone stage.
• Successfully identify and understand external and internal signs leading to the New Beginning stage.