Retirement Map – why we need one

Retirement Map. Rethinking Retirement: Planning for a Meaningful Later Life As we move through life, there’s often a clear roadmap guiding us: school, career, family. But what happens when we reach later life? What does the transition to retirement look like, and how do we navigate it successfully? These were some of the questions I […]
Ageing Well Expert: When you become part of the story

A few weeks ago, Eleanor Peake, a journalist with The i (The Independent) contacted me. She was researching for an article on retirement and was looking for an ageing well expert for commentary. As we discussed retirement in general, I shared snippets of my life. She said she would use some of my quotes. When […]
Travels to stay with the Maasai

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11 days till Rethinking Retirement is on sale

Rethinking Retirement, my forthcoming book, is out in 12 days, you may have seen the video of me opening the box of the the paperback versions, I’ve now got the hardback copy as well but you’re not going to want to buy that at over £100. It’s coming out, a week on Wednesday – 8 […]
Where are you heading?

I was reading a job ad. It sounded really interesting, and you can work from home. But would I really want to return to full-time working? I love the flexibility of working for myself. After a successful career with Royal Mail, I started self-employment in 1997. Back then it was a good way to manage […]
Rethinking Retirement – my next book

Life has been so busy, 2 festivals on the run ( Minety and 2000 Trees) with a third this coming weekend (Electric Bay) and with every moment in between spent working on my book – Rethinking Retirement for Positive Ageing. Routledge have a slick process to publishing … last Wednesday I got 17 separate word […]
When there is too much going on …

Over the summer I co-lead 2 Vision Quests. These are highly intense events that take a lot of my energy. ‘Holding space’ is not an easy option and both were physically demanding. The heat with the August one and having to walk up and down hills with the September one. I had less than 2 […]
Welcome to the last 3 months of 2022

A week ago I was travelling back from Mexico, a long and arduous journey with the worst bit taking almost the full 3 hours to transit through LA. I’d been to Modern Elder Academy, at Baja, California Sur, Mexico. Learning about ancient wisdom but also plenty of time just to be. I wrote about one […]
I’m 65 and one day

Two weeks ago I wrote about celebrations for a big birthday https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/celebrations-big-birthday-dr-denise-taylor-mba/ I said that I planned to mark it in ceremony. To create my own, deeper way of recognising the passing of the years, rather than a big party with cake, candles and balloons. I did it. Sunday, late afternoon I went to my […]
Closing My Second Vision Quest
Yesterday I closed my second Vision Quest. This time I closed it in our own wood. That made it special. A year ago, I completed my second Vision Quest. This is a Rite of Passage where you spend 4 days, and nights out in nature. A vision quest is a ceremony to facilitate change and […]