ABSTRACT

How can you make the most of retirement? How should you plan for retirement? What are the challenges of retirement and how can they be dealt with?

 

The Psychology of Retirement looks at this life stage as a journey that involves challenges, opportunities, setbacks, periods of disenchantment and, often, exciting new beginnings. Taking a positive approach, the book explores how retirement provides opportunities to cultivate new friendships, interests and hobbies, consolidate and renegotiate long-held ones, and even re-invent oneself in a post-work environment. It also emphasizes the value of pre-retirement planning, and the importance of establishing new goals and purposes. 

 

Retirement can be a period of significant psychological growth and development and The Psychology of Retirement shows how it can herald the beginning of a vibrant and active stage of life.

chapter 1|15 pages

The New Retirement

chapter 2|14 pages

The Journey

Transitioning from Worker to Retiree

chapter 3|14 pages

Financial Security or Financial Stress?

chapter 4|16 pages

Retirement, Health and Wellbeing

Is Retirement Good for Your Health?

chapter 5|16 pages

Renegotiating Social Relationships

chapter 6|12 pages

Re-shaping Identity in Retirement

chapter 7|12 pages

Making the Most of Retirement