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Life Decisions Towards Retirement As they grapple with the sometimes overwhelming range of choices available to today's retirees, some baby boomers are seeking the assistance of life coaches. The term "self-help" might sometimes seem ironic, when it so often refers to a process of seeking outside assistance when working through life problems. The generation that popularized self-help has never been afraid to look for answers from books, therapists, and gurus. And now, as baby boomers move into later life (the eldest begin turning 60 in 2006), they have a whole new set of concerns that will be disentangled by whatever means necessary. Many baby boomers are feeling the need for direction as never before. Aging inevitably inspires sobering thoughts of mortality, and many boomers have lost one or both of the parents who so long served as their anchors in an uncertain world. While professionally the baby boomer is still largely in the swing of things, retirement looms – and with it, the fear of irrelevance and marginalization. Those who have been laid off, or feel their skills are outdated, suffer especially intense levels of angst in looking to the future. As they begin to grapple with the most troublesome aspects of aging and adapting, many baby boomers are seeking support from life coaches. A growing number of professionals are dedicated to providing this service, which centers on helping the client shift behaviors (and underlying beliefs) in order to better define and achieve their long-term goals. Baby boomers tend to be very adept and comfortable with various types of lifestyle management, and their response to the life coaching concept has been overwhelmingly positive. Life coaching is an appealing option to many boomers facing transition, whether it be a career change, a new business or a generally transformed outlook on life. Baby boomers are interested in living life to the fullest at all stages, and many are as full of questions now as they were in young adulthood. Many, in fact, find their seeking natures re-awakened as the pressing responsibilities of family and career begin to recede. As retirement comes into view, people must decide what their goals and motivating interests will be once work is finished. When exactly will they retire? Will they spend their wealth of free time on volunteering, entrepreneurial ventures, travel, continuing education, socializing, family? The freedom retirement affords healthy older people can be mind-boggling, and life coaching can helpfully bring the multiplicity of options into perspective. Baby boomers are set to redefine the retirement years, meaning there is little precedent for them as they face tough decisions about their later life and how it will take shape. Eight of ten baby boomers expressed their intention to continue working in an AARP survey, but they want to take retirement as an opportunity to connect work with dreams and do something that is personally meaningful. Life coaching can help conscious and aware boomers to achieve enhanced awareness, purpose, competency and a sense of well-being. Retirement can be the most fun and rewarding period in a person's life, for those who know what they want. Back To Mature Market News → Go To The GenerationTarget.com Mature Market Bookstore → |
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