Passport to Retirement: Charting Your Own Course on Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at Maumee Senior Center
Short description: The journey through retirement is different for everyone but there are some common elements to consider steering you towards success and satisfaction.
Presented by: Patrice Powers-Barker, CFLE, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension, Lucas County, email powers-barker.1@osu.edu
Resources from presentation:
Wellness Wheel Worksheet Self Assessment & Action Plan
- Name the present, look forward to the future – Rose, Thorn, and Bud
- Use your data and your dreams
- Connect with others and utilize resources
Handout: Charting Course_Handout_2025
Additional articles:
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- Preparing Your Marriage for Retirement
- What Happens When Old and Young Connect
- Taking the Mystery Out of Retirement (financial booklet with worksheets)
OSU Extension, Lucas County:
- Strong Couples Project
- Master Gardener Volunteer waitlist for February 2026
References:
- Gonzalez, A. (2018, May 24). A mindful way to reflect: Rose, thorn, and bud. Mindful Schools. https://www.mindfulschools.org/
- Kumar, A., Killingsworth, M., and Gilovich, T. (2014, August 21). Waiting for merlot: Anticipatory consumption of experiential and material purchases. Psychological Science. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614546556
- Lieberman, M., Eisenberger, N., Crockett, M., Tom, S., Pfeifer, S., and Way, B. (2007). Putting feelings into words: Affect labeling disrupts amygdala activity in response to affective stimuli. Psychological Science. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17576282
- Mirgain, S. (2020, April 7). The surprising benefit of going through difficult times. UW School of Medicine and Public Health. https://www.uwhealth.org/news/surprising-benefit-going-through-difficult-times
- NCFR Report: Non Normative Transitions, Winter, 2019, National Council on Family Relations, https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-report/winter-2019
- Neff, K., Rude, S., & Kirkpatrick, K. (2007). An examination of self-compassion in relation to positive psychological functioning and personality traits. Journal of Research in Personality. Volume 41: 908-916.
- Polk, M.G., Smith, E.L., Zhang, L.-R., & Neupert, S.D. (2020). Thinking ahead and staying in the present: Implications for reactivity to daily stressors. Personality and Individual Differences.
- Praharso, N., Tear, M., Cruwys, T. (2017). Stressful life transitions and wellbeing: A comparison of the stress buffering hypothesis and the social identity model of identity change. Psychiatry Research. Volume 247: 265-275
- Manage Stress: Strengthen Your Support Network. (2024). American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/topics/stress/manage-social-support
- Wellness Wheel Worksheet, Work Week, NYC, https://www.nyc.gov/assets/olr/downloads/pdf/wellness/wellnesswheelworksheet.pdf
- Your Wellness Wheel, J. Flowers Health Institute, https://jflowershealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/jflowershealth.com_wellness_wheel_worksheet.pdf