Retirement is often described as freedom, but freedom is not the only feeling that can show up.
In this mini episode of Shaping Your Retirement, Leslie Mizerak talks about the emotions many people do not expect in retirement, including grief, anxiety, loneliness, and the strange disorientation that can come when a long career ends.
These feelings do not mean retirement was the wrong choice. They may mean that your work, your relationships, your routines, and your identity mattered.
This episode offers a compassionate look at why relief and grief can exist at the same time, why anxiety can emerge even when everything seems fine, and why loneliness can appear even when you are not technically alone.
The emotions that surprise you in retirement are not permanent. They are signals pointing toward what may need to be rebuilt: structure, connection, belonging, and a new sense of self.
Remember, This is NOT your Grandparent's retirement!
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