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5 Retirees Find Purpose in Their Second Act Careers

By Kerry Hannon — 2020

AARP recently spent time with five retirees to learn how their post-retirement work is bringing meaning to their lives and making a difference in the world, even as the coronavirus pandemic rages. Here are their stories.

Read on www.aarp.org

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It is Critical to Find Your Purpose First

The process to uncover your purpose after a career in military service takes great introspection.

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Emotion Coaching: Helping Kids Cope with Negative Feelings

Emotion coaching is the practice of talking with children about their feelings, and offering kids strategies for coping with emotionally difficult situations. The goal is to empathize, reassure, and teach. Does it make a difference? Yes.

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Existentialist Psychologist, Auschwitz Survivor Viktor Frankl Explains How to Find Meaning in Life, No Matter What Challenges You Face

Frankl’s thesis echoes those of many sages, from Buddhists to Stoics to his 20th century Existentialist contemporaries: “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

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Once More Unto the Breach...

Many of the mornings on many of the days in the lives of many of the people on this planet, it’s not very easy to find a very good reason to throw back the covers and get out of bed.

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Meaning Is Healthier Than Happiness

People who are happy but have little-to-no sense of meaning in their lives have the same gene expression patterns as people who are enduring chronic adversity.

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An Ex-Monk’s Advice on How to Follow Your True Path

Jay Shetty is focused on helping people pursue what's meaningful rather than what “makes sense.”

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4 Secrets to Finding Purpose and Community After Retirement

Structure and community are things you may be surprised to miss.

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Viktor Frankl on the Human Search for Meaning

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

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3 Keys to Living the Life You Want

As I travel around the globe speaking and training, I have consistently found that most people ask me the same question, “How do I discover my purpose in life?”

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An Introduction to Rest

Some people harbor the illusion that rest is a luxury they do not have time for, but the reality is that rest is a necessity.

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