by Hilary Henderson | Mar 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
I have struggled to find a topic this week. Partly because as the weather cools after the autumn solstice I am caught up in planting, but also because trawling online yesterday I kept coming up against really depressing articles about boomers being laid off during...
by Hilary Henderson | Mar 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
This week a friend invited me to a “Case Study Writing workshop” and all participants were instructed to arrive with a real case. I opted to tell my own story, and as I was retelling it I came to fully understand its powerful message. That is why I would like to...
by Hilary Henderson | Mar 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Last week a good friend was talking about shifting a really deep-seated belief she has held ever since she can remember. It came as a real surprise to her that this belief was getting in her way. In my coaching programme I spend at least one session dealing with...
by Hilary Henderson | Feb 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
I don’t know about you, but I have hit 2021 in introspection mode. After the roller coaster last year, I have felt a strong need to review where I am headed with my retirement. Maybe it is the 7-year–itch (I have now been “retired” 7 years!), but I have felt...
by Hilary Henderson | Feb 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Retirement doesn’t just happen. Retirement is a man-made phase of life and it is nothing until you put things into it. That concept stopped me in my tracks when I was reading an article in the Wall Street Journal with contributions from my colleagues in the US. In...
by Hilary Henderson | Jan 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Happy New Year everyone, I am back after a good rest. I trust that you have also taken some time to replenish your energy reserves. 2020 left most of us feeling depleted, whether we are fully retired or working. 2021 has been ushered in with more of the same,...
by Hilary Henderson | Nov 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
As I complete another year of my Retirement, I prepare to tick a HUGE item off my bucket list. Over the next couple of weeks, I will complete my new home in the country and settle in. I have been “in transit” for over a year since putting my city home on the...
by Hilary Henderson | Nov 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
As 2020 draws to a close, we look back and see it has been a difficult year for almost everyone. There has been much turbulence and change, some good, some terrifying. Tough economic times have seen many people laid off work and for some, it has meant...
by Hilary Henderson | Oct 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
This week I am going to break with form and send you a TED talk to mull over. Yes, I am copping out because I have a lot on my plate with my building site winding up to conclusion, but when I watched this clip yesterday it got me thinking. In our parents’ day there...
by Hilary Henderson | Oct 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Moving to a new community in retirement and building the dream home for my third act is a pretty stressful experience on the scale of stressors. I have mentioned previously how hard it is to integrate into a community of strangers from behind a mask, and I keep...
