Retirement is more than leaving a job. It is a profound shift in identity, routine, and purpose. While the freedom is real, many are surprised by the quiet that follows when structure disappears and the calendar goes silent. This guide explores how to retire toward meaning, connection, and vitality so your next chapter becomes one of the most purposeful seasons of your life.
Category Archives: Inspirational
Why You Keep Ending Up in the Same Place And What Has to Change If You Actually Want Different Results
You change relationships. You change jobs. You change scenery. But the outcome feels the same. What if the problem is not the situation, but the thinking behind it? This article explores why patterns repeat and how to finally interrupt them.
The Subtle Saboteur
When we say “Why am I training my boss?” we may be telling ourselves a story that quietly undermines leadership, culture, and our own influence. This reflection explores the mindset shift that changes everything.
The Promises We Keep, and the Cycles We Break
If you’ve ever set a goal, moved a boundary, and blamed yourself when it didn’t stick, this reflection will feel uncomfortably familiar.
💔Acceptance vs. Resistance: What We Lose When We Refuse to Let Go
Resistance feels like strength, but it often robs us of peace. In this heartfelt reflection, Coach Jewel Quackenbush, MCC, shares what happens in the brain and body when we stop fighting reality, let the light in, and choose acceptance over control.
Our Differences Make Us Stronger: Embracing What We Often Avoid
When we surround ourselves only with people who think like us, we shrink. True leadership and personal growth require us to get uncomfortable, challenge our assumptions, and welcome difference. Here’s how to know when you’re unconsciously shutting out the very thing that could elevate your next breakthrough. The Discomfort of Difference Let’s be honest withContinue reading “Our Differences Make Us Stronger: Embracing What We Often Avoid”
Strokaversary
I Survived. Then I Rewired. And Now, I Thrive. In 2015, I had a stroke. It hit the left side of my brain , the side responsible for language, logic, reasoning, numbers, planning, sequencing, and executive functioning. In an instant, the entire right side of my body went silent. I lost my rhythm, my words,Continue reading “Strokaversary”
Suspicion
Have you ever found yourself being suspicious of everything and everyone? It starts with a raised eyebrow, a tightened gut, a voice that whispers, “Don’t trust it.” And for many of us, it doesn’t stop there. It becomes a pattern that is subtle at first, then constant. But here’s the real question: Is it suspicion,Continue reading “Suspicion”
What’s in your Go Bag?
A Guide to Staying Grounded When Life Won’t Let You Pause Have you ever heard of a “go bag”? In the world of first responders or in my case, as someone who once wore many hats during college, including the badge of an EMT, a go bag is a small backpack filled with essentials: aContinue reading “What’s in your Go Bag?”
The Storm
Last night was the first night of what meteorologists are calling a “1-in-1000-year rain event.” A severe thunderstorm blew through my little city, and it was only the beginning. Over the next few days, we’re bracing for relentless waves of wind, rain, hail, and even tornadoes. Entire areas are expecting four months’ worth of rainContinue reading “The Storm”
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