At last – a retirement guide that deals with more than just the financial aspects of life after work!
The Beginner's Guide for Retirement will teach you how to live a happy, comfortable retirement. Written by renowned psychologist Michael Longhurst, it will show you in six easy-to-manage sections the best ways to prepare yourself for life-changing experience of retirement.
Many people live for their retirement, but many others dread it. There is no doubt that it can present an enormously stressful turning point in people's lives. Using the practical advice in The Beginner's Guide to Retirement, you can reduce that stress and turn your retirement into the time of opportunity you really hope it will be.
The Beginner's Guide to Retirement will take you through the six preparation stages for a long, healthy and happy retirement:

Achieving personal fulfilment

Maintaining happy relationships

Enjoying a healthy diet and exercise

Preserving psychological fitness

Learning about the importance of personality and cross-skilling

Managing your money

The Beginner's Guide to Retirement exposes the numerous myths that surround this time of our lives and explains why so many people are unprepared for it. It examines important areas of life usually overlooked when planning retirement, providing advice on relationships with partners and family, skills in conflict resolution, dealing with issues such as loss, and most importantly, living a full and happy life in retirement. The final chapter deals with one of the most powerful factors influencing retirement-based anxiety, that of maintaining financial stability and maximising existing financial circumstances.
Using a combination of checklists, personal anecdotes, question-and-answer sections and action plans, The Beginner's Guide to Retirement lays out exactly what you need to do to ensure a successful, stress-free retirement.
The Beginner's Guide to Retirement is an invaluable survival tool for coping with retirement – planning for it, getting the most out of it and enjoying it stress-free! Unlock the secrets to a happy, comfortable retirement and take control of the rest of your life.
'Longhurst's interest is in the total experience of retiring – physical, emotional and financial. It is the way he sows these disparate themes together that makes the guide a must-read for [anyone] approaching retirement.'
Bill Fenns, moneymanagement.com.au

The Beginner's Guide to Retirement: Table of ContentsIntroduction
SECTION I: Personal fulfilment and growth in retirement

Remaining challenged and involved

SECTION II: Maintaining and managing relationships

Communicating effectively within relationships

Assertiveness skills—getting your rights without stress

Resolving conflict and negotiating good deals

Maintaining close relationships with your partner and friends

Contributing and belonging

SECTION III: Enjoying a long, happy retirement

Regular exercise

A healthy diet

Medical check-ups—they may save your life!

SECTION IV: Maintaining psychological fitness

Anxiety, depression and stress

Building and maintaining self-esteem

Understanding grief and loss

Ending loneliness

SECTION V: The impact of personality and the need to cross-skill

How personality affects your life in retirement

Cross-skilling in relationships

SECTION VI: Managing money and...

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