An eight week live online course with Bani

Who am I beyond my work—and how do I want to live this next chapter?

Whether retirement is a few years away, you have recently retired, or you have been retired for a while and feel unsettled, this course offers space to explore those questions in a supportive community.

We often prepare financially for retirement while giving less attention to its emotional side. Changes in work can bring freedom and possibility, but also uncertainty, grief, or a loss of familiar identity. You may miss the structure you once wanted to leave, wonder how to spend your days, or fill your calendar without feeling fulfilled.

Through mindfulness, guided meditation, Internal Family Systems (IFS)–informed reflection, and meaningful conversation, we will explore how to navigate this season with greater awareness and compassion.

• People anticipating retirement in the next few years and considering their options.
• People who have recently retired and are adjusting to a new way of life.
• People who have been retired for a while and are seeking more meaning, connection, or ease.

You do not need to have your next chapter figured out. You are welcome to begin with questions. 

No previous meditation or IFS experience is needed. 

Across eight weeks, we will explore the following themes, with room for the questions 

and experiences that arise in our group.

Explore your hopes, concerns, and beliefs about aging and retirement. 

Discover language for this season that reflects your own possibilities.

Reconnect with your values and personal qualities beyond your professional role. 

Explore dignity and worth that do not depend on productivity.

Acknowledge what you may miss or have already lost, including colleagues, routine, recognition, and a familiar identity. Allow relief and sadness to coexist without rushing toward a positive outlook.

Through gentle IFS-informed reflection, meet the parts that push you to stay busy, fear becoming irrelevant, or long for freedom and rest.

Explore a supportive pace and practice spending time without automatically filling every gap. 

Notice what genuinely nourishes you. Allowing for a slower pace, more rest and less pushing without perceiving this as a weakness.  Discovering the richness in slowing down can bring to one's life more meaningful connections with the ones we love, enjoying simple pleasures, noticing what we used to rush past and allowing more space for presence.  The wisdom to realize how doing less can allow us to experience more.  Life doesn't need to get smaller, it can get deeper.

There is no one-size-fits-all approach and no single right way to navigate this time in our lives. You might choose to retire gradually, explore an entirely new direction, continue doing the work you love with more flexibility or step away from work altogether.  And what feels right today may change tomorrow and thats ok!  We'll explore how to navigate these options with curiosity and flexibility, giving ourselves permission to experiment and change course until we find a path that aligns with our own needs, values and sense of purpose.

Explore creativity, friendship, learning, play, and opportunities to share your wisdom. 

Remember that you do not need to take on another useful role to deserve worth.

Bring your discoveries into a flexible rhythm with space for meaningful engagement, connection, and rest.