Nancy K. Schlossberg 
Retire Smart, Retire Happy [EPUB ebook] 
Finding Your True Path in Life

Retire Smart, Retire Happy is one of the first books to provide guidance on the psychological and emotional adjustments we make in retirement. Nancy Schlossberg, a psychologist and experienced counselor, provides tips on coping with its ups and downs and reassures us that retirement can be one of the most fulfilling times of one’s life. Readers are introduced to some common personality types among retirees, including Continuers, Adventurers, Searchers, Retreaters, and Easy Gliders. Armed with this knowledge, the author shows us how understanding our retirement ’type’ can help us put our strengths and resources to work.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Demystifying Change

Looking Inward

Building Relationships

Discovering Your Path

Taking Charge

Learning Retirement Lessons

Looking Forward

Final Thoughts
Notes
Index
About the Author

Om författaren

Nancy K. Schlossberg, Ed D,  is Professor Emerita, Department of Counseling and Personnel Services, College of Education at the University of Maryland. She previously served on the faculties of Wayne State University, Howard University, and Pratt Institute. She was the first woman executive at the American Council of Education (ACE), where she established the Office of Women in Higher Education (1973). She later served as a senior Fellow at ACE’s Center on Adult Learning. She has published nine books, including Counseling Adults in Transition: Linking Schlossberg’s Theory With Practice in a Diverse World (4th ed., 2012, with M. L. Anderson and J. Goodman); Revitalizing Retirement: Reshaping Your Identity, Relationships, and Purpose (2009); Overwhelmed: Coping With Life’s Ups and Downs (2nd ed., 2007, with M. Evans); Retire Smart, Retire Happy: Finding Your True Path in Life (2004); Getting the Most Out of College (2001, with A. Chickering); and Going to Plan B (1996, with S. Robinson). Dr. Schlossberg has delivered more than 100 keynote addresses and has been quoted in cover stories in USA Today,  The New York Times,  The Wall Street Journal, Sarasota’s Herald-Tribune,  Reader’s Digest,  Family Circle,  Better Homes and Gardens,  U.S. News & World Report,  Consumer Reports. She was featured in a 90-minute PBS Pledge Special in June 2007, ’Retire Smart, Retire Happy.’ She has received awards from The National Career Development Association, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, and American College Personnel Association. She recently received the 2016 Teachers College Columbia University Distinguished Alumni Award.