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What happens when the career that shaped your identity, your routine and your relationships suddenly comes to an end?

In this episode of Walking Into Retirement, Peter and DAS are joined by Louise from Australia to explore the reality of life after work.

They talk about preparing for retirement, finding new purpose and structure, replacing workplace connections, discovering a new identity, and the unexpected freedom of having time without feeling guilty about how you use it.

Louise shares how writing became her new passion, why staying socially connected matters, and why having a plan for retirement is important, but remaining open to whatever life brings next may be even more important.

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What actually makes us wise?

Is it simply getting older and collecting a few more scars, stories and questionable decisions along the way?

In this episode of Walking Into Retirement, Peter Taylor and DAS take a stroll through the idea of wisdom, exploring what experience teaches us, how our perspective changes as we get older, and whether we really become wiser or simply better at pretending we know what we are doing.

Along the way, they reflect on the lessons that matter, the things we wish we had known earlier, and why perhaps one of the greatest benefits of growing older is having something useful to pass on.

Oh and DAS is unhappy about a new word he has found and there is also some Lego involved.

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What happens when retirement is still several years away, but you start imagining life without work?

In this episode, Chris shares her hopes, concerns and expectations, from more time for travel, volunteering and family, to the unexpected pressures of becoming more available to ageing parents.

Exploring the loss of structure, recognition and measurable achievement, and asking whether retirement really means freedom or simply finding new ways to create purpose, meaning and balance.