Why do high achievers find it so difficult to adjust to life in retirement?

Elizabeth Zelinka Parsons was a high achieving lawyer in a big firm, until the day she decided that she didn’t want to be. Moving into retirement was hard work. Once settled into a new lifestyle Elizabeth wrote the guide for transitioning from work to retirement.

That book is Encore A High Achievers Guide to Retirement.

In their conversation Elizabeth and host Michael Millward discuss

• Why high achievers at work find it difficult to adjust to life in retirement
• How life changes more dramatically for high achievers when they no longer have the structure of work
• Adjusting from using quantitative measures to qualitative assessments
• Moving from a team-based environment to flying solo
• Defining the who, what, why, when and how of retirement activities
• Transitioning from reacting to a work-related event to being the creator of your own events
• The difference between retirement planning and preparing for retirement

You can find more information about Elizabeth Zelinka Parsons and Michael at ABECEDER.co.uk

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Dylan Garcia, uses funk and neo-soul music and his smooth vocals to tell stories about the emotional side of being a man

Dylan Garcia is a successful singer and songwriter of songs that tell the emotional rollercoaster of life from the perspective of a man’s man. His lyrics evoke the inner strength of an honest man who is not afraid to show his vulnerability as he deals with the highs and lows of life.

For Dylan the ups and downs of life have included managing serious mental health challenges

In this episode of Rest and Recreation, the work life balance podcast from Abeceder Dylan explains describes to host Michael Millward how his music career started and how as he was learning to be an artist, he was also learning how to manage his mental health.

Dylan explores how the lucky connections he made helped his music career, and how finding effective mental health treatments for many people is also down to good luck.

Having battled bipolar disorder and lost loved ones to suicide, Dylan uses his platform to advocate for change and support for people struggling with mental health challenges.

You can find more information about Dylan Garcia and Michael at ABECEDER.co.uk

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Exploring a user's guide to your life, with lessons from the life lived by Peter Samuelson.

Peter Samuelson is a successful Oscar winning film producer and founder of seven not-for-profit organisations including the Starlight Children’s Foundation and First Star. Peter is also the author of Finding Happy.

In this episode of Rest and Recreation, the work life balance podcast from Abeceder Peter describes to host Michael Millward how his career in film started, and the influence that had on his passion for helping others.

Peter discusses the challenges of communicating with young people in general and especially young people who are disadvantaged in some way.

He then shares some of the stories from Finding Happy that he uses to explain the growing pains about assessing risks and increasing luck. Pater and Michael conclude their conversation by discussing the secret to living a happy life.

You can find more information about Peter Samuelson and Michael at ABECEDER.co.uk

Watch Michael in his feature film debut The Magician.

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Sometimes the most difficult thing you can do is working out how to be you

G Scott Graham-Stephens is an author of more than 30 books, a career coach, business coach, and psychedelic support coach based in Boston, Massachusetts. Scott volunteers as an EMT instructor, firefighter, and Master Gardener in his community.

Scott also runs a farm animal rescue centre.

In this episode of Rest and Recreation, the work life balance podcast from Abeceder Scott and and host Michael Millward explore what the tough stuff in life really is. Scott describes his experience of doing tough physical stuff like Tough Mudders. But they agree that the real tough stuff is the psychological stuff.

Paramount amongst those psychological challenges is working out who you really are and how you need to live to be the real you.

They also discuss the role other people play in defining us as individuals and what it means to be authentic within a group, and the process of coming-out as ourselves.

You can find more information about Scott and Michael at ABECEDER.co.uk

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Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because creating podcasts on Zencastr is so easy, you can as well by visiting Zencastr and using our offer code ABECEDER.

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Me First Darling – a conversation with author Cheri Darling

Meet Cheri Darling the author of Me First Darling A Sacred Guide to Healing, Boundaries, and Becoming Your Own Rescue.

Cheri Darling is the hostess of the Ta Ta Darling, a one-of a kind wellness Airbnb nestled in the heart of Temecula Wine Country in California, USA.

Cheri is also a military spouse, professional photographer, wellness advocate, entrepreneur. Every stage of her journey to achieving a balanced life has been poured into the creation of Ta Ta Darling to create a space that is as luxurious as it is healing, and documented in her book Me First Darling

In this episode of Rest and Recreation, the work life balance podcast from Abeceder Cheri and host Michael Millward discuss the philosophy that inspired Cheri to create Ta Ta Darling.

You can find more information about Cheri and Michael at ABECEDER.co.uk

People mentioned in this episode Greg Saunders

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Health – York Test provides an Annual Health Test. An experienced phlebotomist will complete a full blood draw at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests covering 39 different health markers are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

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Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because creating podcasts on Zencastr is so easy, you can as well by visiting Zencastr and using our offer code ABECEDER.

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Looking back on twelve months of Rest and Recreation

Michael Millward the founder and managing director of Abeceder marks the first year as host of the Abeceder work life balance podcast Rest and Recreation.

Find out more about Michael Millward at Abeceder.co.uk.

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Travel – Holidays can play an important part in preventing burn out. So take a break to anywhere in the world and pay trade prices on trains, flights, hotels, and holidays as members of The Ultimate Travel Club.

Health – York Test provides an Annual Health Test. An experienced phlebotomist will complete a full blood draw at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests covering 39 different health markers are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25.

Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because creating podcasts on Zencastr is so easy, you can as well by visiting Zencastr and using our offer code ABECEDER.

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Matchmaker.fm introduce many guests to Rest and Recreation. Matchmaker.fm is where great hosts and even greater guests are matched, and fantastic podcasts are hatched. Use code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

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A faith-based self-improvement book that defines four truths that can help us be successful, and the dangerous lie that can stop anyone from succeeding.

By any standards Terry Tucker has had an extraordinary life. He has been a family carer, police hostage negotiator, and high school sports coach, amongst many other things. So, Terry was destined to deal with being diagnosed with a rare cancer in an extraordinary way as well.

In this episode of Rest and Recreation, the work life balance podcast from Abeceder Terry and host Michael Millward discuss the Four Truths.

Terry starts by explaining the research that he did to identify the Four Truths

Michael explains how the Four Truths connect with the four hobbies that he tries to live his life by.

They discuss how people develop the values that we chose to structure our lives around, and how we make decisions about our behaviour.

Without really trying the two men show how a good book can prompt meaningful discussions about how we all have the potential to live better and create a positive impact on the lives of others.

You can find more information about both Terry and Michael at ABECEDER.co.uk

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Health – York Test provides an Annual Health Test. An experienced phlebotomist will complete a full blood draw at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests covering 39 different health markers are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25.

Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because creating podcasts on Zencastr is so easy, you can as well by visiting Zencastr and using our offer code ABECEDER.

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Matchmaker.fmintroduce many guests to Rest and Recreation. Matchmaker.fm is where great hosts and even greater guests are matched, and fantastic podcasts are hatched. Use code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

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Children of immigrants can be caught between cultures, or they can embrace both and build a business that is inspired by their heritage.

Wendy Jensen was a corporate executive who became an author, artist, and the founder of Scandinavian Hearts.

What started as a passion for sharing her family’s Scandinavian traditions has grown into a business built on meaningful stories, handmade gifts, and cultural connection. I’ve written four Amazon best-selling children’s books and created a line of home décor that celebrate Nordic heritage.

In this episode of Rest and Recreation, the work life balance podcast from Abeceder Wendy describes host Michael Millward how she built Scandinavian Hearts.

They explore Scandinavian culture and the values that underpin it, and the elements that have influenced the world.

You can find more information about both Wendy and Michael at ABECEDER.co.uk

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Travel – Holidays can play an important part in preventing burn out. So take a break to anywhere in the world and pay trade prices on trains, flights, hotels, and holidays as members of The Ultimate Travel Club.

Health – York Test provides an Annual Health Test. An experienced phlebotomist will complete a full blood draw at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests covering 39 different health markers are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25.

Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because creating podcasts on Zencastr is so easy, you can as well by visiting Zencastr and using our offer code ABECEDER.

Tech Problems? – Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote our referral code WPFNUQHU.

If you have liked this episode of Rest and Recreation, please give it a like and download it. To make sure you do not miss future editions please subscribe.

Remember, at Abeceder we don’t tell you what to think, but we do hope to make you think!

Being a Guest

If you would like to be a guest on Rest and Recreation, please contact Abeceder.

Matchmaker.fmintroduce many guests to Rest and Recreation. Matchmaker.fm is where great hosts and even greater guests are matched, and fantastic podcasts are hatched. Use code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

We recommend potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

Thank you to you for listening.

We appreciate every like, download, and subscription.