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If one of our major life goals is to someday retire, how do we gain a level confidence going into retirement? After all, isn’t this why we have saved and invested so diligently over the years? Look at your confidence...

There is a lot of information about saving for retirement on tv, in magazines, on the web, and from financial advisory firms and financial advisors. Much of the focus in on the factors that affect a client’s financial well-being...

Having spent my entire career in the financial advisory industry, and now as a retirement coach and a member of the Retirement Coaches Association, a recent article in the Journal of Financial Planning titled Time Allocations and Self-Reported Happiness...

The current coronavirus pandemic is a time of unprecedented change, with things changing not only day-to-day, but hour-to-hour. It is causing us to question many areas of our live that affect us today, next week, next month, and years...

Recent research from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies titled 'Wishful Thinking or Within Reach? Three Generations Prepare for Retirement' provides some interesting findings for people planning for their retirement, employers offering employees benefits for saving for retirement, and...

The name My Life's Encore comes from one of the definitions of the word encore, which is "a second achievement that especially surpasses the first." (Merriam Webster). Our encore is the time during retirement to do what we want to,...

Seniors have a great deal to offer their families, friends and communities. Most importantly, they have a great deal to offer to themselves. It might feel selfish at any age to prioritize self-care, but for seniors it’s critical for...

Here are my top five blogs of 2019 according to the number of times the blog was read.  In case you missed any of the posts, here they are once again. 10 Questions With the Founder of the Retirement Coaches...

I talk with the founder of The Retirement Coaches Association (RCA), Robert Laura, about what the RCA is and does as well as what retirement coaching is and how it can help people make a successful transition into retirement. Listen: Watch: Read: The...

Many people view retirement like a cliff. It's a big decision to jump and it looks mighty tempting and exciting! But, once you get to the edge and make the leap, it's hard to turn back! Much of the...