Do you sometimes feel inexplicably sad? Former grief counselor Mary Lou Payer Martino says that can be a normal reaction to any major life change, including retirement.
In this Kitchen Table Talk, Mary Lou joins Mary Helen and Carol to talk about how the loss of who you once were, along with all the benefits and status of your working life, can cause unexpected problems in retirement.
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This podcast was immensely useful. This podcast helped me acknowledge my grief.
I have been retired for four years and I’m still grieving. I found that having coffee with a retiree and hearing about all the office politics, failing hardware, poorly-designed software, unfunded mandates, etc., has helped me remember some of the things I didn’t like about the workplace. Some things just haven’t changed and I don’t have to deal with that mess any longer.
I still haven’t reached the point where I can honestly say I’m getting the most out of my retirement. I am waiting for my husband to retire so that we can set off on our next adventure (the climate at our current locale is not an enticement to stay here), but I still have at least three years to cope with very long, dreary, lonely, dark, cold northern Minnesota winters.
I am continuously trying to expand my circle of friends which is helping. A friend and I meet for coffee every week and I find that I am always looking forward to our hour together.
Thank you for the podcast. Thank you so much for helping me understand my loss. Really, I can’t thank you enough.
I am getting ready to retire and probably remarry, move away from Madison and become a step mother. This podcast was very helpful and I need to listen to it again and again. I intellectually know about grief but realize how much I will face if I do all these things,especially within a few months time. And I don’t want to get sick! Thanks again for this helpful discussion.