Episode 20: How to Navigate Beyond 'Shoulds' in Your Retirement with Marilyn Hintsa

Real Retirement

In this episode of The Real Retirement Show, hosts Yasmin and Kathleen delve into the evolving concept of retirement with guest Marilyn Hintsa. Marilyn shares her personal and professional journey, highlighting her pivot from a corporate career to becoming a retirement coach. She discusses the pressures and expectations surrounding retirement, emphasizing the importance of personal choice and rejecting societal 'shoulds.' Marilyn also introduces her initiative, Next Chapter Dialogues, which offers group sessions encouraging retirees to explore life after work. Through meaningful conversations and community support, Marilyn helps clients find joy and purpose in their post-career lives. The episode underscores the value of direct conversation, shared experiences, and stepping out of one’s comfort zone.

00:00 Introduction: Rethinking Retirement

00:51 Welcome to The Real Retirement Show

01:35 Meet Marilyn Hintsa: A New Path in Retirement

02:43 Marilyn's Journey into Coaching

05:17 Challenges and Insights in Retirement Coaching

06:24 The Importance of Group Dynamics

07:15 Mindset Shifts and Overcoming Fear

14:05 Purpose in Retirement

21:48 Creating Safe Spaces for Vulnerability

28:34 Final Thoughts and Farewell

About Marilyn Hintsa

Marilyn has been on her own retirement journey since late 2019 when she was unexpected “early retired” from a corporate career. Not ready to go out to pasture, she became certified as a leadership coach, decided to use her new skills to help her contemporaries lead themselves into their post-career lives, and set up her practice, ULeadU Post Career Pathing, in 2021. Since then, her practice has evolved and recently launched Next Chapter Dialogues, a weekly, Zoom-based, guided discussion group that people join on a monthly subscription basis. Next Chapter Dialogues is a powerful opportunity for people anywhere on a retirement journey to travel together in community and, with Marilyn’s guidance, explore topics related to life after work, aging and longevity.

Website: https://www.uleadu.ca/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hintsa/

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Chapters

1. Introduction: Rethinking Retirement (00:00:00)

2. Meet Marilyn Hintsa: A New Path in Retirement (00:00:00)

3. Creating Safe Spaces for Vulnerability (00:00:00)

4. Welcome to The Real Retirement Show (00:00:51)

5. Meet Marilyn Hintsa: A New Path in Retirement (00:01:35)

6. Marilyn's Journey into Coaching (00:02:43)

7. Challenges and Insights in Retirement Coaching (00:05:17)

8. The Importance of Group Dynamics (00:06:24)

9. Mindset Shifts and Overcoming Fear (00:07:15)

10. Purpose in Retirement (00:14:05)

11. Creating Safe Spaces for Vulnerability (00:21:48)

12. Final Thoughts and Farewell (00:28:34)