Dr Denise Taylor, a Chartered Psychologist and double award winning Career Coach is coming to talk to Brave Starts members about her new book, ‘Rethinking Retirement for Positive Ageing’.  

​The session will cover:

1. ​As we age, it is important to critically reflect on our life, and review where we are now as we transition into retirement. There is no one way to retire and the book allows you to take stock before moving forward in a way that is right for you.
2. ​The easy option is to continue to work, but as we reach old-old age we can have regrets, missing out on the ‘golden years’ of our 60s and 70s where we can choose options that are meaningful to us when money is not the key driver.
3. ​The book challenges outmoded views of retirement and uses evidence to talk about the importance of a sense of purpose, and the need to maintain and grow friendships, to continue to learn and the importance of taking an optimistic view of life, it can help us live up to 7 years longer!

​About Denise

​Dr Denise Taylor has been involved in retirement planning for almost 40 years. At 64, she gained her doctorate having researched how people find meaning in life after full-time work. To share this widely, her latest book – Rethinking Retirement for Positive Ageing is now on sale, published by Routledge.

​Dr Denise is a Chartered Psychologist, and also a wilderness rites of passage guide combining her interest in transitions and ritual with a love of nature. Beyond her work, she gains great fulfilment through owning a private wood.

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