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Barbara Abramowitz, Certified Body-Mind Life Coaching™ Specialist, Licensed Mental Health Counselor;
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Optimal Living Now
158 Upland Road
Waban, MA 02468
617-527-5561
E-mail: babramowitz@comcast.net
Barbara is a Certified Body-Mind Life Coaching™ Specialist and licensed psychotherapist in private practice who helps stressed professionals rejuvenate and create healthy and satisfying work / life balance. With over 30 years of experience in both the management and clinical practice worlds, she brings first-hand knowledge of the challenges of being a professional in a high paced environment.
She specializes in the use of mind-body techniques that assist clients to make heart, mind, and body connections for renewal. Her clients report increased abilities to rapidly reduce stress, clarify priorities, make decisions, and boost resilience and personal energy.
Barbara is a dynamic workshop leader and speaker on topics such as building resilience, spirituality, happiness, and conscious breathing.
Barbara S. Babkirk, Founder, Heart At Work Career Counseling
25 Middle Street
Portland, ME 04101
207-775-6400
E-mail: barb@barbarababkirk.com
Website: www.barbarababkirk.com
Barbara Babkirk is a Master Career Counselor with a record of success guiding satisfying career transitions for individuals ranging from executives and attorneys to artists and entrepreneurs.
Her business, Heart At Work, provides career counseling primarily for people in second half of life transitions to reassess values and priorities in light of this significant life stage. She also designs and delivers customized outplacement programs and services.
An engaging communicator, Barbara writes a work-related blog for MaineJobs.com, a website for Maine's largest newspaper.
Patricia Bloom-McDonald, Attorney
1017 Turnpike Street, Suite 23
Canton, MA 02021
781-713-4709
E-mail: McBloomLaw@McBloomLaw.com
Website: www.McBloomLaw.com
Attorney Patricia Bloom-McDonald is a licensed attorney in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has been in private practice since 2003. She is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, 1st Circuit; U.S. Bankruptcy Court; and all courts within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Attorney Patricia Bloom-McDonald has extensive knowledge and experience with the preparation of Wills, Trusts, Health Care Proxies, Durable Power of Attorneys, and other Estate Planning documents. Additionally, Attorney Bloom-McDonald possesses exceptional knowledge of Probate law and procedure as it is applied to Estate Administration, Elder Law, Guardianships, Conservatorships, Adoptions, and Name Change procedures.
Attorney Patricia Bloom-McDonald's outstanding experience with Real Estate procedures relating to loan and refinance documentation, including but not limited to Reverse Mortgages, affords her the ability to counsel all those who are entering into a loan and/or real estate transaction, including those over 62 years of age who wish to age at home with dignity. Attorney Patricia Bloom-McDonald is able to communicate clearly and concisely with people of diverse backgrounds, age, and levels of authority and is available for in-home consultations.
Gene Burnard
Workforce50.com
P.O. Box 508
Marlborough, MA 01752
617-314-7617 x111
E-mail: publisher@workforce50.com
Website: www.Workforce50.com
No pastures here!
Workforce50.com, www.Workforce50.com, is an online job site focused on finding employment opportunities for job-seekers over 50. This over-50 talent pool is the most underutilized in the U.S. today and our passion is promoting cultural change in hiring practices to further opportunities for this group. Our goal is to become the go-to service for employers interested in reaching and tapping into this mature, experienced and dependable workforce.
"We are connecting our nation's employers with today's energetic over-50 workforce."
Rose M Cain, BSN, MPH, JD
Spirit Financial LLC
75 Boston Post Road
Wayland, MA 01778
508-545-2500
E-Mail: rcain@finsvcs.com
Website: www.Spiritfin.com
I help individual and families plan for life and career transitions, concentrating on issues around retirement and estate planning, with a focus on wealth accumulation, protection, distribution, legacy and relationships. My background as a nurse practitioner, attorney and financial services enable me to guide my clients through many life stages, developing practical plans to achieve goals.
Elizabeth (Betsy) Cole, Ph.D in Human and Organization Systems, MS Education, BA Sociology
Cole Coaching and Consulting
281 Bishops Forest Drive
Waltham, MA 02452
781-899-0480
Email: betsy@bcolecoaching.com
Website: www.bcolecoaching.com
Loneliness and confusion often accompany major life transitions. Betsy, who has reinvented her life several times, is both compassionate and passionate about helping you clarify your life goals, and find purpose and meaning for this time of your life. Using coaching conversations, assessments and various life planning tools, she provides support and guidance to help you gain clarity, move through your transition and step into this next phase of your life with confidence.
Betsy's background includes years of study in human development as well as 22 years in a global corporation developing managers and leaders.
Doug Dickson
Vice President, Discovering What's Next, Inc.
330 Homer Street
Newton, MA 02459
617-755-7715
E-mail: dougdickson17@gmail.com
Website: www.discoveringwhatsnext.com
New Discovering What's Next™ is an innovative community-based model for guiding midlife adults as they explore and embark on their next life stage. Serving the Greater Boston/MetroWest area, DWN offers one-on-one guidance from Transition Navigators™, small group Transition Talks®, extensive resources, and numerous workshops, forums, author talks and meeting-ups on a variety of transition topics.
Previously, Doug was Vice President at New Directions, a career management firm for business executives and professionals, where he counseled more than 300 clients and led initiatives in entrepreneurship and alternatives to traditional retirement. His background in corporate communications, consumer affairs, environmental policy and community preservation informs his work.
Sara Dickman, M.S., ATR-BC
63 Grafton St.
Newton, MA 02459
617-641-9421
E-mail: Sbdickman1@aol.com
Sara Dickman, M.S., ATR-BC, is a new member of LPN and a registered, board certified, internationally experienced art therapist. She has a private practice in art therapy in Newton and works with children, adults and families dealing with divorce, school problems, abuse, eating disorders, chronic illness, special needs and geriatric issues. She also consults with schools in the surrounding areas.
After moving to Newton from Jerusalem, Israel, in 1998, Sara was the founding executive director of Gateways, a Jewish educational program for children with intensive disabilities in the Greater Boston Area.
She is interested in offering her services as a consultant in a creative capacity to LPN members to help make their work more expressive and visual.
Please contact her at Sbdickman1@aol.com if you are interested to hear more about her Right Brain consulting services and how they might benefit you.
Joan Ditzion MSW, LICSW, C-ASWCM
Educator, Social Worker
6 Bellevue Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
617-864-9305
E-mail: jditzion@comcast.net
Joan is a Founding Member of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective and co-author of all eight editions of "Our Bodies, Ourselves" including the 2005 edition"Our Bodies Ourselves: A New Edition for a New Era" as well as "Our Bodies Ourselves, Menopause" (2006). In addition, Joan is a geriatric social worker who has counseled elderly individuals and their families and an adjunct faculty member of Lesley University. She conducts in-service workshops for professionals who work with aging families and mid life and older women, as well as community workshops for adult children of aging parents and midlife and older women.
Joan is committed to raising awareness about women's issues through the second half of life, positive aging, family caregiving and fostering intergenerational connection, communication and mutual understanding in families as they age. She brings her knowledge and passion to teaching and speaking and is a frequent presenter in a variety of settings- University, professional and community- wherever these vital issues are being discussed.
Peg Doyle, M.Ed., CHHC
Holistic Health Counselor
Wellness and You
1 Lenox Street #210
Norwood, MA 02062
508-359-6804
E-mail: peg@wellnessandyou.com
Website: www.wellnessandyou.com
Locations: Westwood, West Roxbury, Norwood
Peg Doyle is a holistic nutrtitionist and Shiatsu & Reiki practitioner. She supports women aged 45+ by providing comprehensive health counseling, addressing each women's unique needs, whether it's recovering from illness, weight issues or disease prevention. A great listener, she is non-judgemental and extremely supportive.
She believes the old adage "you are what you eat" is true. Food creates your blood, your organs and your cells. Proper nourishment is transformative, and Peg shows clients the way.
Says one client: "Thanks to Peg's knowledge, compassion and wisdom, I come away from her sessions refreshed and renewed."
Robin M. Dziuba, CFP®, CIMA®, CRPC®
Vice President, The Dziuba Group at Merrill Lynch
One Citizens Plaza, Suite 1000
Providence, RI 02903
800-769-3053
E-mail: robin_dziuba@ml.com
Website: www.fa.ml.com/dziuba
Robin has been helping clients in the financial services industry since 1983, and joined Merrill Lynch in 1991. She specializes in providing tailored solutions for the complex lives of business owners, corporate executives and individuals.
It is her practice to provide a clear plan, based on fundamental principles executed with discipline. Robin examines your total financial picture and develops customized strategies and solutions. Her mission is to bring order and purpose to your financial life.
As a Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®), a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), and a Chartered Retirement Plan Counselor (CRPC®), Robin is proficient in providing a wide array of financial and investment solutions including retirement planning, estate planning, college planning, debt management, and investment portfolio analysis.
Kal Edwards, M.A.
National LPN Member, California
Renewal Management
470 Trout Court
Napa, California 94558
707-255-8671
E-mail: kal1@pacbell.net
Website: Click here for more about Kal's book.
Kal Edwards, M.A. is a Renewal Management specialist, author, and seminar leader. He assists individuals whi have completed their major working years and choose to plan renewed life strategies and work structures for their lives.
Kal is the author of the award-winning book Grandmother's Wise Recipes for Success: Times Tested Wisdom for Directing Your Work and Personal Life and has served as Professor of Life Legacy Studies at the Fromm Institute, University of San Francisco. He is the Community Presence Team Leader for AARP/Napa, which represents seminars addressing the timely work needs of folks fifty plus.
Natalie S. Eldridge, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Coach, Educator
EldridgeWorks
1415 Beacon St., Suite 305
Brookline, MA 02446
E-mail: Natalie@EldridgeWorks.com
Website: www.EldridgeWorks.com
Natalie is a seasoned guide and companion through life's many transitions. Whether serving as a life coach, a therapist, or an educator, she collaborates with clients to clarify purpose, deepen relationships, and inspire action toward lifestyle health and balance.
Natalie is passionate about helping those in midlife rediscover dormant dreams and weave new meaning into their present and future lives. Guidelines for key practices she uses in her work can be found in her popular newsletter, Action on Purpose.
Natalie is on the faculty of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at Wellesley College, where she trains helping professionals in the use of mindfulness practices to enhance relationship development and growth. She is a Certified Facilitator of the 2Young2Retire program, a graduate of the MentorCoach Coaching Foundations program, and a Licensed Psychologist in Massachusetts.
Judy Elkin, M.Ed, CPCC
Certified Coach
74 Park Lane
Newton, MA 02459
617-332-0536
E-mail: jelkincoach@gmail.com
Website: www.judyelkin.com
Judy Elkin, a certified coach, received her training from The Coaches Training Institute, and The Center for Right Relationship, and holds a master's degree in education.
Judy works primarily with people in transition who are contemplating a change in career, or looking to move beyond their careers into a new phase of life. She also works with couples seeking greater alignment and professional teams looking to improve their performance and see themselves as vital to the operation, regardless of their position in the organization.
With all her clients Judy challenges them to take action that leads to their desired outcomes, and she holds them accountable for results.
Andrea Gallagher, Certified Senior Advisor (CSA)
National LPN Member, California
Rethinking Your Future™
1146 Stoneshead Court
Westlake Village, CA 91361
805-390-3633
E-mail: andrea@rethinkingyourfuture.com
Website: www.rethinkingyourfuture.com
Rethinking Your Future Life Planning Tools™ are a valuable and affordable benefit for your employees and clients that is both easy to use and effective.
Our comprehensive life planning products include everything you need to immediately equip your employees or clients with effective, well balanced, life planning strategies, plus the tools, the game plan, and the accountability necessary for imagining the imaginable and achieving health, wealth and satisfaction in life.
Rethinking Your Future™ is a catalyst that helps pedople take control of their lives and realize their goals at every stage of life.
We are committed to providing:
- Expert information based upon lates research
- Systems, tools and resources to help make smart choices
- An accessible approach for people at all life stages
- And the highest level of satisfaction for both clients and participants
Amy Grossman, MBA
Boomer Business Launcher
1337 Massachusetts Ave. #102
Arlington, MA 02476
617-489-3911
E-mail: smallbusinesscoach@gmail.com
Website: www.boomerbusinesslauncher.com
Amy works with people who want to start a business, a practice or a non-profit organization as a "retirement" career that brings them additional income and a greater sense of purpose.
Her role is to be a guide at the side of her clients, helping them to use proven business methods and to make good business decisions.
Amy is a small business coach, successful business owner, social entrepreneur and former business professor. She was the catalyst for a business plan forum that was awarded a prestigious Kauffman Foundation Grant.
She is a contributing author to "30 Day Total Business Makeover."
Joanne Hadlock
Life/Career Transitions
223 Sandy Pond Road
Lincoln, MA 01773
781-259-3752
E-mail: joannehadlock@comcast.net
Website: www.joannehadlock.us
Joanne is a psychologist and a nationally certified career counselor with over 30 years experience working with individuals in all stages of career exploration and transition. Her special interest is in facilitating discovering meaningful and authentic pursuits for those in mid life, and pre and post retirement living.
She brings a wealth of experience using individual and 360 personality, interest and skill measures to help clients clarify purpose and find optimally satisfying engagement throughout their lives. She believes strongly that tapping core strengths and finding work/live balance leads to enriching and sustaining lives. Her work helps people discover their passions and strengths and engages them in the service of expressing individual values through satisfying and fulfilling activities. Joanne has worked with individuals and groups and has taught, presented and facilitated workshops on all aspects of career development and the life planning process. Joanne has also been a long-term caregiver to family members and is familiar and committed to helping people balance these challenges with their own personal development.
Anne Hartman, MEd
Working Differently LLC
PO Box 425
Truro, MA 02666
508-349-7921
E-mail: anne@workingdifferently.com
Website: www.workingdifferently.com
Working Differently is a network of organizational and career planning professionals who help boomers and their older siblings define and implement a custom tailored portfolio of work opportunities, which allow for greater flexibility and personal satisfaction. Our experts work with professional service firms as well, creating programs that help their clients sort out their personal, financial and work needs. In addition, we work with academic, corporate and public sector employers, helping them design workforce programs that respond to their organizations' changing demographics.
Kit Harrington Hayes, MEd
Harrington Hayes & Associates
2 Glenbrook Lane, Unit 19
Arlington, MA 02474
781-648-0373
E-mail: kithhayes@comcast.net
Kit is a LifeWork Transformation Consultant. She and her clients are reinventing later-life careers and retirement, creating rich and balanced lives of engagement, purpose and passion. Kit uses the Personal Catalyst™ as a tool for developing a vision and choosing goals that will drive the next chapter of your life. She guides you to make specific plans, setting priorities and timetables. Kit will continue to work with you to stay on track and maintain momentum as you move to create the life you want to live. With 25 years of experience counseling and coaching adults in transition, Kit has worked with people redirecting careers following corporate downsizing, individuals initiating career changes or exploring retirement options, and those seeking a different balance between work and the rest of their lives. Certified to administer the Personal Catalyst™ and Myers Briggs Type Indicator™ (including Step 2).
Nicholas "Nick" Head, MA Psychology, Naropa University
National LPN Member, Arizona
Specialized Coaching Services
5401 E Everett Drive
Scottsdale, AZ 85254-2359
602-314-4571
E-mail: anhead@cox.net
Websites:
www.plansandpassages.com
www.specializedcoachingservices.com
Nick teaches life planning; lifework planning and Inner Relationship Focusing.
He has particular interests in helping individuals at mid-life and later plan for more life satisfaction and helping individuals of any age find their calling(s).
He coaches professionals, managers and leaders adults on personal productivity and work life satisfaction.
Qualifications:
Nick brings thirty years of experience counseling, consulting and coaching to helping others make life-enhancing, self-affirming changes.
He learned Life Work Planning from RN Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute? and was mentored by Rick Carson, author of Taming Your Gremlin.
Nick is a certified life coach, certified teacher of William Bridges transition model, certified Focusing trainer, licensed Third Age Coach and professional AD/HD coach.
Nick is actively planning his next chapter with his wife Carrie and dogs, Murray and Lily and input from his son, David. So far it looks like moving to the country, eating a lot of peaches, building on the family farm and watching the flux of life. Living small with presence and a large spirit.
Trish Herbert, PhD Psychology and Gerontology
National Member, Minnesota
3720 Arbor Lane S.
Minnetonka, MN 55305
952-933-8727
E-mail: therbjourneywell@comcast.net
Website: www.trishherbert.com
I am a retired licensed psychologist. I have specialized in gerontology my last 22 years. I have counseled older adults, their adult children and facilitated many different types of support groups… grief, caregiver, general support, women without husbands, women with husbands adjusting to retirement.
I wrote a book The Vintage Journey: A Guide to Artful Aging in 1995 and have just published a new one, Journeywell: A Guide to Quality Aging. They are both in workbook form, full of exercises, questions, information, and stories.
There are many decisions to be made that can help make the last part of your life better and congruent with your values. I wrote these books to serve as a conversation catalyst and to facilitate an individual to look more deeply into her experiences and values and decide for herself how to make this time of life as good as it can be.
Jan Hively, M.A., Ph.D.
National Member, Minnesota
210 West Grant St, #302
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612-379-4124
E-mail: HIVEL001@umn.edu
Website: www.ShiFTonline.org
I am a social entrepreneur who has co-founded several networks for people in midlife and beyond to develop and share their strengths through meaningful work that contributes to the common good. (Examples: Vital Aging Network, Mn Creative Arts and Aging Network, and the SHiFT Network.) My work as a teacher (presenter, group facilitator, writer, coach, learner) is to promote and support self-determination, community participation, and vocation for and with older adults.
Gary R. Jay, MCC, CPCC, CRC, CTM
National Member, New York
Remarkable Resource, Ltd.
254 Bay Village Drive
Rochester, NY 14609
585-288-3747
E-mail: GaryRJay@aol.com
Gary Jay coaches remarkable people with remarkable expectations of remarkable results for themselves and people they care about. Who are they? They're proactive, success bound financial planners, entrepreneurs, coaches, and managers as well as 3rd Agers...people like you!
His coaching focuses on a balanced blend of leadership and management aimed at the desires of his clients...remarkable people with remarkable expectations of what they truly, really want...to live more, to love more, to learn more, to laugh more, and to leave more of a lasting legacy!
What more can Gary Jay, as your coach, do for you or be for you?
Catherine Jessup, Senior Trainer/Counselor
National LPN Member, Oregon
Labor Management Committee Center
MNP, Room 1312, MC: UHN49
MNP, Room 1312, MC: UHN49
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, Oregon 97239-3098
(503) 418-0211; (503) 418-0275 (fax)
E-mail: jessupc@ohsu.edu
Specializing in Adult Career and Life Transitions, Catherine has over twenty years experience training, advising and counseling adults in transition and transformation, including issues of self-assessment, career exploration and job search strategies, and in giving placement assistance through proactive employer outreach in the profit, not-for-profit, and public sectors.
In addition to her current position as Senior Trainer of the Labor Management Committee Center at OHSU, Catherine provides assistance to clients one-on-one as a career development and work/life coach.
Catherine has had abundant experience as a career change professional, lived and studied abroad, and has had an extensive background in management, supervision, program development, training, counseling, and fund raising in a variety of work environments.
Catherine has published numerous articles in her field, belongs to a number of professional associations, and has received several awards for outstanding service to the career development field.
Cyndi Jones LICSW
Innovations: Creating New Visions for Retirement
42 Washington Street, Suite 210
Wellesley, MA 02481
781-235-5301
E-Mail: cyndi.jones@verizon.net
Website: www.innovativeretirement.com
As a life planning consultant with over 25 years experience helping clients navigate change, Cyndi has expertise in providing a guided process to individuals and groups to bring creative thought, reflection, and personal planning to Third Age life transitions. She believes that thoughtful attention to decision-making can result in endless life possibilities, impacting individual lives and even generations to come. She specializes in the redesigning of lives at times of major life transition such as midlife, loss, retirement, career change, small business start-up and family business succession. She has particular passion for bringing intention and vision to the development of personal legacies.
Cyndi is Vice President of the Life Planning Network, and President and founder of the Wildflower Camp Foundation, providing scholarships for summer camp and enrichment programs to children who have suffered the loss of a parent.
Karma Kitaj PhD
Life Spring Coaching
PO Box 67273
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
617-731-6170
E-mail: karma@lifespringcoaching.com
Website: www.lifespringcoaching.com
I am a life coach, psychotherapist, author, and motivational speaker. As a coach and therapist, I partner with people who are facing life changes, such as retirement, loss of life partner through widowhood or divorce, leaving employment and starting a new venture in later life. In 2002 I published Women Who Could.and Did, a book based on inspiring stories of women over age 65. I am working on my next book, Women Riders Who Could.and Did, based on stories of top equestriennes, many of whom are women in the Third Age and still competing.
Cissie Klavens, MBA
Career Strategies in a Changing World
1101 Beacon Street, Suite 7W
Brookline, MA 02446
617-731-1169
E-mail: cklavens@aol.com
Cissie has over 25 years experience as a visionary entrepreneur, corporate staffing manager, executive search professional and career advisor. She provides executive and leadership coaching, career management consulting and coaching services for people at all stages of their life and careers. Her work focuses on guiding her clients through a process which helps them recognize their value and uniqueness, define their "top of the mountain", and find satisfaction in their work. Her passion is helping executives, professionals and business owners to think creatively, explore and embrace new possibilities, make connections and achieve their goals. Cissie's clients include individuals in transition, small groups and organizations.
Cissie was President and Founder of The Pickwick Group, Inc. (TPG), a "boutique" firm specializing in placing highly qualified professionals in interim and part-time positions. She is considered to be an authority on Career Strategies, Executive Temping and Flexible Work Arrangements. She is on the board of Discovering What's Next (DWN), a Massachusetts organization engaged in creating resource centers for people seeking new options for later life.
George S. Klavens, MD, PC
Psychotherapy and Executive Coaching
1101 Beacon Street, Suite 7 West
Brookline, MA 02446
617-731-4884
E-mail: gklavens@verizon.net
George has been in the private practice of psychotherapy for over 30 years, working with individuals and couples to face and creatively master life's challenges. He is recognized for his expertise in assisting people to recognize and overcome roadblocks, and find pathways to their personal and professional success. This has found additional expression in his coaching work, as he helps high profile business executives, artists, and musicians to harness their talents and energies in order to reach greater heights and work satisfaction.
In recent years, George's interest has increasingly included individuals and couples over 50, who are in work and life transitions, and who want and need to deal with the obstacles and opportunities of aging and retirement.
Donna Krone, CPCC, CFP®
Sacred Conversations™
8 Jamies Way
Lakeville, MA 02347
508-923-0126
E-mail: Dkrone1@comcast.net
Website: www.sacredconversations.com
Donna is the founder of Sacred Conversations™, an organization focused on transformational coaching and workshops in the area of Life Purpose, Leadership and Legacy. Donna works with clients in the second half of life who are seeking the freedom and fulfillment that comes from knowing and living their purpose and leaving an impact for future generations.
Formerly a registered nurse and a financial advisor, Donna received her coaching certification through The Coaches Training Institute. Her programs have been presented at notable venues such as the Positive Aging Conference in Florida and the ASA/NCOA Aging in America Conference in Washington D.C.
Amy Lampert
WomensWorth/PeoplesWorth
154 Wells Avenue
Newton, MA 02459
617-462-2503
E-mail: alampert@womensworth.com
Goals and values-based approach to wealth and life planning for individuals. Our disciplined process empowers our clients to make informed decisions as they explore and experience transitions where life and money intersect: Career re-direction, divorce, widowhood, birth, death, marriage, inheritance, etc. Services provided one-on-one or in small group educational forums; asset allocation and fee or retainer-based asset/investment advice and management.
Susan M. Larson, M.Ed. Counseling, College Student Personnel
National Certified Counselor NCC
Trained Coach- Coach Training Institute
Open The Door To Your Future
4 Winding Wood
Pittsford, NY 14534
617-462-2503
E-mail: susan@openthedoor-future.com
Website: www.openthedoor-future.com
Susan M. Larson, M.Ed.,NCC, partners as a Life Planning Coach with individuals and couples seeking to write a new life chapter, question the givens and engage in meaningful activity in the exciting 3rd quarter of life. As a nationally certified counselor and transition coach, Susan blends her background in adult development, counseling and coaching to customize sessions that navigate the losses and successes of the life journey, accompanying clients through elected and unelected transition(s), using the reinvention process.
Susan is known for her ability to "zero in", pose the right questions, provide valuable insight, tools and resources to forward the action. Current initiatives include spearheading the formation of a Rochester, NY LPN Affiliate and Trusted Advisor Consulting and Coaching with financial institutions.
Gail Liebhaber, M.Ed.
Your Career Direction
40 Cottage St.
Lexington,MA 02420
781-861-9949
E-mail: gail@yourcareerdirection.com
Website: www.yourcareerdirection.com
Gail is a Master Career Counselor and EQ and MBTI consultant with 25 years experience guiding adults in the art of responding to change in their lives. By listening deeply with wisdom and caring, she has helped hundreds of individuals find clarity, gain momentum and develop strategies to attain fulfillment in their re-invigorated lives.
Drawing from her professional training in spiritual psychology, career development, and the body/mind connection, Gail uses her warm and confident holistic style to guide mid-life adults through their unique journey, whether it be life/work planning, finding purpose and meaning in later years, exploring alternative work options or finding hope and support. I welcome your inquires.
Julie Lopp, BS Language Arts
National Member, California
Internshop™
2506 State St
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
805-569-5252
Email: J-Lopp@cox.net
Career consulting for internships in mid and later life
Raymond J. Lucas
Integrated Financial Partners
100 North Parkway, Suite 201
Worcester, MA 01605
508.926.1458
Email: rlucas@ifpadvisor.com
Website: http://ifpadvisor.com
As Senior Vice President of Financial Planning, Ray Lucas has helped hundreds of families gain control of their complex financial challenges.
By working with clients' tax and legal consultants, and his team of experienced colleagues, Ray creates comprehensive and personalized plans that
assure clients receive the best solutions to meet their specific goals.
Ray is a Certified Financial Planner™ with Integrated Financial Partners, an affiliate of the registered investment advisory firm, Lincoln Financial Advisors,
and helps with retirement planning, estate planning and wealth accumulation goals.
In addition to his Accounting degree from Bentley College,
Ray is a graduate of the Boston University Program for Financial Planning, and received his Certified Financial Planner™
and Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor certifications from The College of Financial Planning in Denver, Colo.
Ray has contributed to the Boston Herald's "Money Manager" column as well as financial planning guides of the Army Times, Navy Times and Air Force Times.
He is currently listed in the National Register's Who's Who in Executive & Professionals and the Madison Who's Who in Registry of Executives.
He also has served on the faculty of the Boston University Program for Financial Planning.
Most recently, Ray was named a 2010 Five Star Wealth Manager in the February 2010 issue of Boston Magazine.
Legal notice: Ray Lucas is a registered representative of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. Securities and advisory services offered through Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp., a broker/dealer (Member SIPC) and registered investment advisor. Insurance offered through Lincoln affiliates and other fine companies. This information should not be construed as legal or tax advice. You may want to consult a tax advisor regarding this information as it relates to your personal circumstances.
Fred Mandell, EdM, PhD
HotHouse Innovation
26 Otis Street
Needham, MA 02492
781-444-4554
E-mail: fmandell@hhinnovate.com
Website: www.hhinnovate.com
HotHouse Innovation helps organizations, teams and individuals generate innovative solutions to the challenges they face. Working with the 7 Creative Competencies ™, we utilize a unique portfolio of assessment tools, workshops, coaching strategies and processes to unlock the creative energies of individuals and organizations. For individuals and teams the outcomes include stronger personal effectiveness and dynamic collaborative results. For businesses the outcomes include improved top- line revenues, streamlined costs and a highly energized work force. For non-profits the outcomes include re-energized focus, creative solutions, resourceful team members. We are committed to accelerating personal and organizational growth.
Liz Markson
Transition Counseling Solutions
46 Kendal Common Road
Weston, MA 02493
781-696-3173
Email: Hezikih@bu.edu
Liz
guides individuals, couples, and groups through the passages
of midlife, both professional such as reassessing career
goals or preparing for retirement, and personal, such as
caring for elderly parents and relatives or coping with
adult children returning home. Author of numerous books
and journal articles on the personal and societal issues
that we face at midlife and beyond, she brings both
analytical and practical perspectives to navigating midlife
issues. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Yale University,
is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America where
she has served as a member of its Committee on Women, a
Clinical Member of the American Association of Marriage
and Family Therapy, and a board member of the Massachusetts
Gerontology Association. She has conducted workshops and
training sessions on a variety of midlife and third age
issues both in the USA and abroad. Her book, Older Women,
won the Books of the Year Award from the American Journal
of Nursing.
Alex Mezey, LICSW
Life Clarity Coaching
48-2 Kent Street
Newburyport, MA 01950
E-mail: alex@lifeclaritycoaching.com
Website: lifeclaritycoaching.com
If our 20s were about our physical peak, and our 30s and 40s about work and productivity, in our "Third Age" —midlife and beyond-- it's about being you. As a personal coach, my passion is working with people who want to redefine “retirement” and create fulfilling and meaningful lives. I'm a graduate of Michigan State University, hold a Master's in Liberal Studies from New York City's New School for Social Research, and a Master's in Social Work from the University of Kansas. I'm also a graduate of Coach University and a Certified Too Young To Retire coach.
Mark Mitchell, MA Counseling Psychology, MFT
National Member, California
8055 W . Manchester Ave #229
Playa del rey, CA 90293
E-mail: Mark.Speaks@verizon.net
Website: www.Markspeaks.com
Mark Mitchell provides training and coaching in Managing Financial Stress, Retirement Planning, Positive Aging, and organizational challenges.
Dorian Mintzer, Ph.D.
Dorian Mintzer, Ph.D.
82 Marlborough Street
Boston, MA 02116
617 267-0585
E-mail: dorian@dorianmintzer.com
Website: www.dorianmintzer.com
Dorian Mintzer has more than 35 years of experience as a therapist, consultant, group facilitator, speaker and Personal and Executive Coach. She has worked with clients from diverse industries including banking, financial services, health care, legal institutions, universities, and non-profits. She received her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley; her M.S.W. from University of Pittsburgh; and her Ph.D. from Smith College.
Dori is a Licensed Psychologist and LICSW in Massachusetts. She received her coach training though Mentor Coach, is a Licensed Third Age Coach, a 2Young2Retire Certified Facilitator, and a member of the International Coach Federation. In addition to speaking, coaching (with individuals, couples and in groups) and offering workshops, she also facilitates a Special Interest Group for coaches from around the world who explore together creative, positive, and successful aging. She loves helping people develop a fulfilling "Third Age" of life.
Margaret (Meg) Newhouse, PhD, CPCC
Passion & Purpose LifeCrafting
40 Whitney Tavern Rd.
Weston, MA 02493
781-893-4260
E-mail: m-newhouse@comcast.net
Website: www.passionandpurpose.com
Meg is a nationally-known pioneer in Third-Age LifeCrafting and a seasoned and gifted group facilitator, teacher, coach and program designer. As a catalyst for living with passion, purpose and grace after 50, she offers the following services to help people create a vital, fulfilling later life that expresses who they are and how they want to contribute:
- Interactive Workshops and Presentations
- Individual and Group Life Coaching
- Consulting to progressive academic institutions and non-profit and public organizations who want to help their mature employees, clients, and/or alumni navigate this challenging and exciting territory.
Meg is the co-founder and Past President of the Life Planning Network.
Tom Pinkson, Ph.D.
National Member, California
710 C St. #211
San Rafael, CA 94901
415-451-0192
E-mail: tompinkson@gmail.com
Website: www.tompinkson.ning.com
Dr. Tom Pinkson is a transpersonal psychologist and consultant who has played a significant role in three social movements of the 21st Century: establishment of Hospice in the United States, introduction of the Wilderness Vision Quest to mainstream America, and the importance of attitude and spirituality in emotional and physical well being. For over forty years, he has had a private practice while also working as a clinical consultant to The Center For Attitudinal Healing, helping children and adults deal with life threatening illness.
As an international Keynote Speaker, Spiritual Guide, Sacred Story Teller and musician, Author, Retreat and Ceremonial Leader, Pinkson has touched thousands of lives throughout the world, helping people return to their soul paths. Tom is the author of Do They Celebrate Christmas in Heaven: Spiritual Rite of Passage Teachings from Children with Life-threatening Illness, and THE SHAMANIC WISDOM OF THE HUICHOL: ANCIENT MEDICINE FOR MODERN TIMES.
He is also the Founder of WAKAN, a spiritually based community and non-profit organization committed to restoring the sacred in daily life, and the founder & director of Recognition Rites for a New Vision of Aging - Honoring Elders.
Martha Plotkin, Lead Career Counselor, M.Ed., MBA; Qualified Administrator, MBTI; Certified Facilitator, 2young2retire
Career Moves at Jewish Vocational Service (JVS)
29 Winter Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
617-399-3110
E-mail: mplotkin@jvs-boston.org
Website: www.career-moves.org
I bring a wide range of professional experience (small business and nonprofit management, program development, event planning, and counseling) to my "retirement career," now in its tenth year. Mainly, I guide people through a career decision-making process informed by the belief that satisfying work can be found at any life stage. I also facilitate 2young2retire groups-small interactive classes for those boomers and above who want to plan pro-actively for their "bonus" years-as well as Success Teams for people at any stage of a career or life transition.
Mary Radu, MS, MSW, CPCC,
National Member, California
Certified Professional Coach and Philanthropy Mentor
707-824-8836
E-mail: Mary@PathmakerCoaching.com
Websites: www.PathmakerCoaching.com
www.RoadmapToMeaningfulMidlife.com
Positive Change Coach and Philanthropy Mentor, Mary Radu, helps midlife individuals and couples live a meaningful life by discovering how to share their unique gifts and resources to be positive change makers. Mary inspires and supports her clients to uncover their values and motivations that lead to fulfilling choices and greater impact in the world through their career, philanthropy and lifestyle.
She is the author of Roadmap to Meaningful Midlife® Audio/Workbook Program, the Philanthropy from the Inside Out Program and founder of Pathmaker Coaching. Mary is a pioneer in the emerging "Third Age and Midlife Transitions" field specializing in midlife career and lifestyle transitions, especially for those in the "baby boomer" age group.
Mary's own professional transitions have led her through 28 years in the fields of human services, manufacturing, health care and information technology. She has held training, program development, management and consulting roles, and developed a successful health care consulting business. Like many of her clients and professional colleagues, Mary has experienced career and lifestyle changes, divorce, and cared for aging parents. This has deepened her compassion, guiding clients to walk their unique path.
Terry Schaefer, MSW, MS, PCC
National Member, Maryland
Re-Discovery
1201 Bolton St. Storefront
Baltimore, Maryland 21217-4156
410-728-2522
E-mail: Terry@TerrySchaefer.com
Website: http://www.terryschaefer.com
Terry Schaefer is the President of Re-Discovery, a quality of life coaching program for highly motivated professionals, executives and family business owners who want more time, freedom and money on their bottom line. He helps clients articulate and utilize their unique talents and natural abilities to strive to their own excellence.
Terry has over 25 years working private and publicly held corporations and over eight years in the medical/mental health field working with individuals, teams and families on aging related issues. He holds three graduate degrees in the behavioral sciences and loves to look for the simple pleasures of life.
Kate Schaefers, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist
Certified Retirement Coach
National Member, Minnesota
Encore Life Planning
653 Birch Lane S.
Shoreview, MN 55126
617-388-1094
E-mail: encorelife@earthlink.net
Website: www.encorelifeplanning.com
Kate is a coach, facilitator, and organizational consultant specializing in life transitions at midlife and beyond. She brings a career coaching philosophy and a holistic lens, helping clients connect with meaningful work and a lifestyle of fulfillment in the second half of life.
Kate is a licensed psychologist, certified retirement coach, and adjunct faculty member at University of St. Thomas. She has a background in human resource development. She is a member of the Purpose Guild, and a founding board member of SHIFT, a community based nonprofit, and is past president of Minnesota Career Development Association.
Scott Schillin, Mus.M., Realtor (ABR, SRES, CNS)
Hammond Residential
826 Boylston Street
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
617-388-1094
E-mail: sschillin@hammondre.com
Website: www.scottschillin.com
Scott is a Realtor who focuses on 3rd Age clients. What distinguishes his professional approach from that of others? He understands that buying and selling residential real estate can be extraordinarily stressful and takes on assisting his clients fully as they grapple with familial, financial, logistical, emotional and spiritual challenges.
For thirty-five years, Scott was a concert pianist, university administrator, orchestra manager and producer with such organizations as Boston University, Boston Pops, and From the Top radio show. In recent years, he redefined his goals, changed his career, and grew a successful business. Scott is an active listener, a creative problem solver, and a skilled negotiator who encourages his 3rd Age clients to incorporate new possibilities into their lives.
Beverly Scott, M.A. and M.H.R.D.
National Member, California
The 3rd Act
166 Castro St.
San Francisco, CA 94114
415-863-2994
E-mail: bev@the3rdact.com
Website: www.the3rdact.com
I co-created and co-founded The 3rd Act, a program of workshops and coaching which offers new opportunity, renewed sense of purpose and the energy of connection to boomers and "mature" generations.
We support women and men and couples who reach mid-life and who are seeking balance, meaning, direction and what is next in their lives. In our workshops we create a comfortable, safe environment for participants to explore and support each other in creating the vision of their 3rd Act.
I have 35 years of experience as a consultant and coach to leaders, teams and organizations to support their goals of learning and development and personal and organizational change. I have successfully balanced a corporate and consulting career with family life, volunteering and personal interests. I am a published author, educator and speaker.
Bonnie Seider, LICSW
Professional and Personal Coach, Social Worker, Educator
184 Brookline Street
Needham, MA 02492
781-444-0049
E-mail: bonnieseider@gmail.com
Bonnie has arrived at her third age of life with a wealth of experience and wisdom. Her current passion is being a professional and personal life coach. Bonnie views herself as a "touchstone" for her clients, helping them to bridge the gap between where they are in their lives now and where they want to be.
Bonnie has had in-depth training, from the Coaches Training Institute in addition to Masters' Degrees in both Social Work and Counseling. As a licensed social worker and psychotherapist, Bonnie has worked extensively with people in all phases of life. Her current coaching specialties include children (biological and adopted), parenting, families in transition, and the elderly and their caregivers. As part of this work, she has led numerous parenting and support groups for women in the second stage of life.
Bonnie is committed to a healthy balance in her own life and enjoys the opportunity to partner with her clients to achieve their personal best!
Debra Shapiro, MPH
Communities With Purpose
53 Purchase Street
Newburyport, MA 01950
978-255-2366
E-mail: cwpurpose@comcast.net
Debra has worked in the field of public health and community-building for over 20 years. Shapiro consults to individuals and organizations to facilitate their renewal and development of strategies to build healthier and stronger communities. Her particular passion is helping organizations build their capacity to utilize volunteers (particularly older adults) and, by so doing, help older adults recognize their own potential and value to society. She is expert in developing and facilitating programs that bring groups of people together to identify common ground and create and implement sustaining strategies for solving problems.
Deb is the co-founder and President of the Life Planning Network.
Donna Singer, MS
Donna Singer Consulting, L.L.C.
2243 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton, MA 02466
617-641-9023
E-Mail: donna@donnasingerconsulting.com
Website: www.donnasingerconsulting.com
Donna is an experienced certified coach who works with individuals at all stages of their life to help them advance professionally, balance their lives, work through transitions, and/or improve relationships. As principal of Donna Singer Consulting, L.L.C., now in its 18th year, Donna has worked with over 10,000 individuals from first line workers to CEOs in almost every type of organization. As a result, she fully understands the world of work and the decisions and challenges people face as they consider leaving their full time or "first" career. Whether it's personal, retirement, or workplace coaching, Donna works with each individual to clarify and then get the best results. Donna received her Coaching Certification from Success Unlimited Network (SUN). Contact her for a 1 and 1/2 hour complimentary coaching meeting.
Sharon Sokoloff, PhD, MSG, MPA
Opus II
6 Casey Circle
Waltham, MA 02451
781 290-4777
E-mail: sharonsokoloff@comcast.net
Website: www.OpusIImidlife.com
Through their work in Opus II, Sharon and colleagues provide tailored presentations, seminars and multi-format programs to professional and trade organizations, corporations and institutions to: 1) inform and inspire individuals, in and approaching midlife and beyond, to create lives of meaning integrity and passion, 2) recognize, marshal and use the massive and unprecedented social capital to make the world a better place, and 3) change the workplace of the coming decades to adapt to demographics and social trends related to work and retirement, e.g., maximizing involvement of "older" workers in the aging workforce, facilitating coexistence and synergy of multiple generations in the workplace and ensuring mature workers' competence with developing technology.
Paula K. Solomon, M.S., Life Coaching and Consulting
The Seasons of Your Life Coaching and Consulting
88 College Ave.
Arlington, MA 02474
781 646-3384
E-mail: pksolomon@aol.com
Website: www.TheSeasonsofYourLife.com
Paula views life coaching as a kind of GPS system for your life; helping clients clarify where they want to go, and helping them get there. She is passionate about the importance of life having growth, meaning and enjoyment in every stage. Paula enjoys helping clients change the "crises" of life transitions into exciting opportunities and "adventures" with a focus of building on their inherent strengths. She is especially interested in life balance for caregivers, creating a "new-style" retirement, and helping clients pro-actively design their future.
Paula has worked more than 25 years as a self-employed coach and psychotherapist, and also as a trainer, account-manager and eldercare specialist at a major Boston employee assistance program. She brings ten-years experience as a caregiver, and personal qualities of optimism, creativity, big-picture perspective, practicality and personal warmth to her work with clients. She integrates these skills, together MentorCoach training and Positive Psychology, in her work with coaching clients.
Candy Spitz,MSW, LCSW, ACC, Certified Life Coach
National LPN Member, Virginia
CGS Group LLC
PO Box 2342
Falls Church, VA 22042
703-534-1128
E-mail: candy@boomerslifecoach.com
Website: www.boomerslifecoach.com
Is it time to follow your dream, but aren't sure how?
Candy is an ICF Certified Coach who specializes in helping Boomers make changes involving career, wellness, relationships, and purpose. Candy challenges clients to use strengths and curiosity to find their authentic path. As a Certified 2Young2Retire Facilitator, Candy gives workshops on re-careering, aging positively, and life planning.
Candy knows about re-invention. After 30 years as a licensed psychotherapist and educator, she retired, re-trained, and opened her business as a Career/Life Coach.
Candy is the Co-Founder/President of the Chesapeake Life Planning Network.
Howard Stone
National LPN Member, Florida
2young2retire Associates
1503 Vision Drive
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418
561-625-8753
E-mail: howard@2young2retire.com
Website: www.2young2retire.com
The book: Too Young to Retire: 101 Ways to Start the Rest of Your Life (Plume 2004); and website, www.2young2retire.com are all about life planning for mature adults who are not calling it quits. We also offer coach training to certify facilitators of the 2young2retire Course; a six-week program about 'what's next' based on our book. The training models the course along with marketing strategy to attract the Boomers & Beyond population.
Mino Sullivan
Career and Retirement Specialist
55 Chilton Street, Suite 3
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-945-2335
E-mail: coachmino@comcast.net
Website: www.careersuccesscoaching.com
Mino works with mature executives and professionals to create career and retirement transitions filled with vitality, productivity and fulfillment. Initially clients engage with Mino in a self-exploration to gain clarity around who they are at this time of their life. Using the Retirement Options Profile™ they identify their strengths and areas needing additional focus. With this information they create a vision for their "new beginning", develop a plan to manifest it and take action to achieve their goals. Through presentations, interactive workshops, individual and group coaching Mino inspires and supports people over 50 to create the life they truly want to live.
Mino is a Certified Executive Coach, a 2young 2retire Facilitator and has trained at several coaching institutes. She welcomes your inquiry and invites you to contact her for an exploratory telephone consultation free of charge.
Roberta Taylor, RNCS, Certified Life Coach
Pathmaking for Life
11 River Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
781-237-7979
E-mail: rkt@pathmaking.com
Website: www.Pathmaking.com
Roberta is a career/life transition coach, couples relationship coaching specialist, workshop facilitator and speaker. She is known for her expertise in helping individuals and couples create a vision and plan for "what's next" based on their unique definition of fulfillment and success in midlife and beyond.
She brings to her work a passion for learning and growth, the wisdom and experience of her own journey, and the belief that realizing who we were meant to be comes with the desire and courage to step into our full potential.
Roberta is certified through The Institute of Life Coach Training. She is a licensed Third Age Leadership Coach and is affiliated, with The Purpose Project™, a joint project of the University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing, and Richard Leider of the Inventure Group. She is a member of the National Speakers Association.
Janet Tucker, MEd
Certified Career Counselor
10 String Bridge
Exeter, NH 03833
603-772-8693
E-mail: jbtucker@comcast.net
I provide a complete range of career counseling services to adults of all ages who are in any stage of career transition. I work with individuals, groups and organizations, offering one-on-one counseling, workshops, classes and consulting. For "Third Agers" looking forward, I offer support and assistance around work and life choices and options.
Dianne H. Webster, CFP®, CLTC
Integrated Financial Strategies, LLC
108 Main Street
Amesbury, MA 01913-2809
978-834-9066
E-mail: dwebster@ifslegacy.com
Website: www.ifslegacy.com
Dianne H. Webster, CFP®, CLTC, works with retirees and pre-retirees who seek a life-centered financial planning approach, focusing on both the practical and emotional factors that can serve to enhance their quality of life and financial satisfaction.
To engage, enlighten, and empower clients, Dianne helps them clarify their values and priorities in order to align the financial plan with their life goals.
The process includes:
- Exploring what money represents to the client
- Defining tangibles and intangibles that clients expect their assets to provide for them
- Anticipating life events and transitions, and making financial preparations for those transitions
- Assisting the client to establish financial goals that facilitate their life goals
- Initiating awareness of the non-financial aspects of retirement preparation and retirement living
A graduate of Northeastern University with an MBA from Boston University, Dianne's experience spans over 25 years in the financial services field, serving both corporate and individual clients. She is Chair of the Financial Planning Association of Massachusetts and serves on the Advisory Board of Money Quotient, Inc. Securities and advisory services are offered through Commonwealth Financial Network, Member FINRA, SIPC.
This communication is strictly intended for individuals residing in the states of: CA,CO,DE,FL,GA,MA,ME,MI,NH,NM,PA,TX. No offers may be made or accepted from any resident outside these states due to various state regulations and registration requirements regarding investment products and services.
Chuck Yanikoski
RetirementWORKS, Inc.
69 Lancaster County Rd.
Harvard, MA 01451
978-456-7971
E-mail: csy@StillRiverRetire.com
Website: www.RetirementWorks2.com
Chuck's company provides comprehensive, integrated financial planning software for retirees and near-retirees. It is far more detailed and powerful - and therefore more useful and appropriate - than any other software for this audience, regardless of source.
Life planner clients can use it to do a financial reality-test. It can be licensed by individual clients at www.RetirementWorks2.com. The website includes more detailed information, and an explanatory video - which is useful, because this is truly one-of-a-kind software.
Chuck is currently working on ways to expand the software to include non-financial planning issues.