Reed Dewey | Retirement Coaching

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Reed helps clients address challenges and seize opportunities - especially during times of transition.  He specializes in coaching those over age 50+ who want to explore and prepare for what's next after a main career.   Reed provides companies/organizations with customized workshops and individual coaching to help employees determine their readiness to retire by using a life planning approach. 

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    Retirement Coaching

    Explore thoughts, feelings, and expectations about retirement and how to productively and positively chart a way forward.  Get support on how to reduce anxiety and look at opportunities for life fulfillment.  Coach Reed knows everyone's situation is different and has the tools and approaches to being concrete results.  He also helps couples adjust to being better together.  Meeting are done by ZOOM or phone.

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    Retirement Readiness Assessments

    Reed is a certified Retirement Options™Coach and administers two individual online assessment tools that assess retirement readiness across 20 lifestyle and attitudinal dimensions in six life arenas. Both tools were developed by Richard Johnson, Ph.D., a world expert in non-financial planning. 

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    Presentations (Virtual)

    Geared for company/community/civic groups, Reed provides an engaging and informative 20-30 minute presentation on retirement, life transitions and tips for later life success and happiness.  

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    One-Shot Life Planning Retirement Seminar

    Reed offers virtual seminars of variable length that cover the basics of non-financial retirement and life planning.  Customized programs can include the Life Options Profile that assesses participant retirement readiness in 20 key arenas and assistance in interpreting the results.   This seminar is a great addition to any retirement planning program.

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    Set Sail With The Explorer Course

    This five-week live video program provides a cost-effective way for participants to learn about midlife and retirement transitions that culminates in the creation of Encore life action plan.  Participants take a retirement readiness assessment, and learn what their results mean, along with reading the insightful book What Color Is Your Retirement? by Richard Johnson, Ph.D., a leader in the field.

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Video Introduction from Reed…

By Reed Dewey | Feb 26, 2021
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Three Questions to Ask During Times of Transition…

By Reed Dewey | Feb 23, 2021
Sometimes transitions are anticipated – and other times, like with COVID or being let go from a job, they happen suddenly.  In either case, change isn’t easy and often brings up feelings of self-doubt and questioning.  It’s how we respond to the challenges that arise that helps us come out the other side stronger – …

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Check Out Oprah’s Personality Quiz for Insights

By Reed Dewey | Feb 18, 2021
Two thumbs up for Oprah’s very cool personality quiz that I think is totally worth your time to complete – and you don’t have to give your email address to take it – to get the results!  The process of figuring out what’s next in your life is a journey that takes time and insights. …

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A Good Time to Think about the Future…

By Reed Dewey | Feb 15, 2021
Maybe the key these days is to think more about the future.  Here the world is, caught up in the horror of covid-19. It’s hard to get away from all the chatter from friends, media social media and even in our own homes. But research suggests that it’s a good idea to think about the …

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There’s A Happiness Curve For Those 50 and Over!

By Reed Dewey | Feb 1, 2021
Perhaps you’re familiar with the book, The Happiness Curve by Jonathan Rauch.  It’s a fun read and basically says life gets better starting around age 50.  He writes that as we get older the research shows we shift away from competition and striving for success toward compassion and reframing how we look at life.  We change our …

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From Happiness To Well-Being…

By Reed Dewey | Dec 29, 2020
As we go through life transitions what is a good way to look at how we want our life to look like?  For me, as I get older, I think more about how I can live my life as fully as possible, but what does that mean?  I’m reading Martin Seligman’s book Flourish and it’s about this …

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Are You on the Learner Path?

By Reed Dewey | Dec 29, 2020
We all know Robert Frost’s “Two paths diverged in the wood” poem. He takes the one less traveled. For me it’s been more about being intentional about the path I want to take. To put it positively, when I’ve focused on what I want, more opportunities come my way. Marilee Adam’s book, Change your Questions, Change …

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Ways to Grow, Stay Connected & Get Stuff Done!

By Reed Dewey | Dec 28, 2020
The pandemic has certainly forced us all into a major life transition that calls for coping strategies. Here are some ideas I’ve found helpful to adjust to the new normal that you may not have considered: Try new stuff. What hobbies or interests might you explore? You probably are already walking and jogging a lot …

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Could An Encore Career Be In Your Future?

By Reed Dewey | Dec 26, 2020
Did you know that American workers are retiring at about the same age as in the 1970s, yet are living longer and healthier lives?  At the same time, defined pension plans are mostly a thing of the past.  And our 401Ks, especially now with the market – bring new uncertainty to our financial future.  For …

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Is Volunteering in Your Future?

By Reed Dewey | Dec 17, 2020
Clients often come to me initially because they want to figure out what kind of volunteer or paid role they’d like to have after leaving their main career.  While it may sound easy, finding the right business or nonprofit that is a good fit takes time. For example, with nonprofits the opportunities to serve range from …

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Keys to Making the Transition to What’s Next…

By Reed Dewey | Dec 1, 2020
We all know family members and friends who seem to step into retirement or major later life challenges with apparent zest and excitement.  But, based on my own experience and working with clients, it’s more common to have fears and limiting beliefs about the future.  Life planning is the antidote to simply reacting to life.  …

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Tips Getting Through the Hard Times

By Reed Dewey | Oct 18, 2020
Change is hard enough when we intentionally decide on a career or life change.  If you’d like to see my summary as a video click HERE. When change is forced on us – like losing a job or having to spend countless months on end working from home, it’s even tougher. The well-known Bridges Transition Model …

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