Posts by Wendy
Bucket List or Compass? Design a Retirement You Love
People arrive at retirement for different reasons and in varying degrees of readiness. Often, the overarching goals are to spend time with loved ones and keep busy. But here’s the question worth asking: is that enough to build a successful retirement? Why We Retire Isn’t Always About Work According to the Ontario Securities Commission in 2024,…
Read MoreWhen the Future Feels Foggy: Start Dreaming Again
When the Path Ahead Feels Cloudy When the future feels foggy, start dreaming instead of getting busy! Have you ever looked ahead and felt like the way forward was covered in fog? Retirement can feel exactly like that. It’s exciting, but also unclear. After decades of working, raising families, and filling our days with endless…
Read MoreHow to Spend Your Time in Retirement?
Retirement Opens a New Chapter Retirement brings endless possibilities. With 20–30 years ahead, how will you use this precious time? For many, that question is exciting, and a little nerve-wracking. After all, you don’t want to waste your days, but it’s not always clear what a fulfilling retirement actually looks like. Many of us have…
Read MoreCreating Meaning in Retirement
Just how do we live meaning in retirement? In my last post, I left you with a question:“What would shift if your goal wasn’t to fill your days… but to feel them?” I like to think I’m bringing joy, intention, and meaning into each day. But truth be told, I’m also a bit like a kid in…
Read MoreBusy vs. Purposeful: Redefining Retirement
Retirement offers time. What we crave is a purposeful retirement. Staying busy isn’t the same as living with meaning. “I’m busier now than I was when I worked!” It’s one of the most common things I hear from new retirees. And at first, it sounds like a success story. After all, isn’t being busy a sign…
Read MoreInfinite Possibilities in Retirement: Rewriting the Rules
One of the things that fascinates me, as a retirement coach and as a woman at the tail end of the Baby Boomer generation, is how deeply our conditioning shapes the way we move through the world, even into retirement. It’s the stories we carry that can keep us small or open us up to…
Read MoreWhat Happens to Your Identity When You Retire?
For years, my identity was closely tied to my job title. It was how I introduced myself, measured success, and defined my worth. Sound familiar? When the Work Stops, Who Are You? When I left my corporate career, I knew that I was finished with a 9–5 (or more accurately, 8–6+) existence. Work had become…
Read MoreWhen Life Circles Back: Remembering to Choose Differently
The Truth I Forget Sometimes I firmly believe that we get to choose, in every moment of every day, how we show up.And sometimes, I forget that. It’s so easy to stay busy. But this time, the busy-ness wasn’t helping and it was hiding something I needed to feel. The To-Do List Trap In conversations…
Read MoreMy Anger Hit Quickly and Stewed
I got into a bit of a screaming match with my husband last weekend. Ultimatums do not sit well with me, and I fired back. Anger isn’t something that flares from me very often so maybe I was overdue. And when it hit, it hit fast and furious. I spewed sharp retorts, thought You are so wrong, and then…
Read MoreHelping Became An Overwhelming Habit – Reclaiming My Time
The Return of an Old Habit As a woman of a certain age, I have an elderly parent and adult children. Over the last month, I found myself in an internal battle about where my responsibility ends and theirs begins. I’m exhausted after going several rounds – well, with myself. No one has specifically asked…
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