The Healing Journey Through Retirement: Your Journal of Transition and Transformation

by Dorothy Madway Sampson, Dale S. Fetherling, Phil Rich

Book Overview

Valuable guidance on adjusting to and managing this new stage ofyour life

When you retire, your emotions, lifestyle, and relationshipsundergo an enormous change. This comforting journal encourages youto examine the impact retirement will have on your life, invokingthe healing power of writing to allow you to reflect upon andinterpret your feelings.

The Healing Journey Through Retirement is designed to help you lookdeep within yourself...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471326933
• ISBN13: 9780471326939
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

"The Best"

For those who are planning for their retirement or who are already in the throws of it, this book is a must. If you want financial planning advice--frankly, go elsewhere. But if you want help in dealing with all of the emotional stresses of retirement, then this is THE book for you. I found it, by accident, on the first day of my retirement and it has been a God send for me. While the transition for me has not been easy, the approaches undertaken by the authors have helped me clarify my thinking on many occasions. Give it a try!

A REAL Guide for Retirement

I've been retired for nearly a year from a 34-year career -- and NO ONE prepared me for the depression that descended -- but if I'd read this book earlier, I'd have known how to ward it off --or at least know I wasn't losing my mind. It is NOT a "do this 1, 2, 3" book, nor is it a "let's all feel good" book -- it pulls no punches about a BIG transition in life. The clear text, pertinent real-life examples, and effective journal prompts give frameworks for me to look at lots of aspects of my life now -- including the changes retirement brings to marriage, to family relationships, to the way I view money -- to how I spend my time -- and to how I see myself. But it is not preachy or jargon-filled. The book always keeps the focus on the choices I have. It's realistic, accurate (the section on the stages is great--and comforting). The emphasis is on the person "doing" the book -- the retiree or soon-to-be retiree. For me, the only weak section was in the "feelings" chapter, especially the "mood analysis." The book is designed to be written in -- I don't think anything else will suffice. I wish I'd found it a year ago, but I think it's more powerful now. I might not have believed it then!