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Reinventing Retirement: Encore Careers for the 21st Century
It seems like only yesterday that everyone looked forward to retirement as the âgolden years,â a time of relaxing, playing golf, some travel and visiting grandkids. I remember leading an early retirement workshop at IBM 15 or so years ago when a 55 years old man, eagerly accepting the early retirement option, said he planned to sail around the world in his boat with his wife. When I asked him what he would do after that, he hadnât even thought of the future. The thought
September 9, 2011
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Making a Successful Career Transition
By Allie Roth A successful technology consultant facing a mid-life search for meaning in his work goes back to school for a masterâs degree in counseling psychology and is excited about building his family therapy practice An automotive detail engineer, bored and frustrated after twenty years in his field, follows his love of nature and takes a job in a rural area, writing an environmental newsletter for a non-profit agency. A high-level international banker, yearning for a
August 26, 2011
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Coaching the Whole Person: From Spiritual Roots to Medical Bills
Coaching supports people in living creative and resourceful lives. The idea that freedom and wholeness are our birthrights are two of the Core Principles that the Coaching for Transformation* method uses in supporting people in realizing their creative potential. In this article we will explore a spiritual luminaryâs thoughts on freedom and wholeness and a story about a coaching client taking small steps to become more whole and free. The first core principle of Coaching fo
August 15, 2011
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Better Choices for Anxiety with Natural Remedies
by Peter Bongiorno, ND, LAc Would you start taking a high blood pressure medication without having a doctor check your blood pressure to see if you indeed had high blood pressure? Well, when it comes to anti-anxiety medications, it seems millions of patients are given these medications every year without having an actual diagnosable anxiety. According to research published in the April 2011 edition of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, about 25% of people who are given these
July 22, 2011