Preparing Positively For Retirement Programme (5 x 90 minute - virtual - 7, 14, 21, 28 May & 4 June 2026, 7pm-8:30pm)
5 x 90 minute per week programme to transform your psychological planning for retirement
This 5 week programme will help you prepare psychologically for your retirement. It will allow you to think clearly about what you will do, become, and how you will operate, once you retire. It will enable you to plan when and how you will transition into retirement.
This course will take place over 5 sessions on Thursday 7, 14, 21, 28 May and 4 June 2026, at 7pm-8:30pm and will be delivered Virtually on MS Teams
The cost for this 5 week programme is £497 Use the coupon code VIRGINSALE to get £200 off
Retirement Changes More Than Your Schedule, It Changes Who You Are
You may have prepared for retirement financially but no one prepares you for the psychological shift.
If you’re approaching retirement – or are already there – and are feeling uncertain, restless or unsure of who you are without your work, this programme is for you.
After the first 3 months: You’ve done up your kitchen, gone travelling, spent more time with family & friends – now what?
This Powerful, Hands-on Programme Will Help You To:
Understand the psychological impact of leaving work
Examine your current work-based identity and explore who you will become in retirement
Explore what "purpose/meaning" and "achievement" might look like in retirement
Explore how you will engage with family, friends and community
Move forward with confidence rather than drifting
Create a life that feels intentional, not accidental
What You’ll Gain:
A clear sense of who you are now, who you would like to be and how you will get there
Relief from confusion, guilt and self-doubt
A meaningful vision for the next stage of life
Confidence in how you will spend your time and energy
Strategies to maximise your experience of retirement
•You’re nearing retirement and want to prepare psychologically for this important life event
•You’re not sure who you will become in retirement
•You’re already retired and feel unsettled or unsure of your direction
•You want your retirement to be meaningful
What This Programme is NOT
This programme is not about money or staying busy.
It is about re-anchoring your identity and purpose after your career has tapered down or ended – so that the next phase of life feels intentional rather than diminished.
A Different Way to Think About Retirement
Retirement is often framed as withdrawal.
This programme reframes it as a transition of identity:
•From role-based value to self-defined meaning
•From external demands to internal direction
•From accumulation to contribution in new forms
This is not the end of relevance. It is a chance to live from wisdom rather than obligation.
The question is not "What will I do now?"
The real question is: "How do I want to live the years that remain — as myself, not my former role?"
This programme helps you answer that question.
Retirement isn’t the end of who you are. It’s the beginning of who you will become. It’s the start of a meaningful, self-directed chapter.
Retirement Can Be More Than You Imagined
This programme:
guides you to reimagine yourself, your life and your relationships
helps you navigate the transition into retirement with clarity, depth and purpose
Take The First Step Today, Towards The Retirement You Want.
