A financial advisor shares stories from his practice and useful information on making retirement a smooth transition—and a rewarding experience. Helping someone plan for retirement is a very personal process. Having retired over a thousand individuals, Sid Miramontes has learned quite a few things along the way. Some situations are similar for each person. But others are unique to each individual—the personal, the exceptional, the human side of retirement. Retirement: Your New Beginning provides education on commonly confused retirement concepts and covers topics from taxes to Social Security to mutual funds, helping simplify the process with client stories that help the reader visualize their own retirement along with valuable tips on the dos and don’ts.

Inspiring and practical, "The New Retirementality" illustrates how readers can achieve the direction and financial security necessary to live the lives they really want, beginning now.

"Retirement as Spiritual Pilgrimage: Stories, Scripture, and Practices for the Journey" offers a Christian perspective on the personal dimensions of preparing for and living life beyond full-time work. First-person accounts of retirees, reflections on relevant passages of Scripture, and suggested spiritual practices provide insight and guidance for each phase of this journey. Questions for reflection and discussion at the end of each chapter make this book suitable for use by both individuals and small groups (e.g., adult classes, small group studies.)

“Your Faith, Your Finance, Your New Beginning” is a book that will inspire and encourage you to get on the path to financial freedom. It takes practical teachings and intertwines them with the word of God to help you achieve your financial goals. This book is designed for people who feel that they are at a crossroads when it pertains to their finances and need that push in the right direction to get back on track. It’s never too late for a new beginning, even if you have started and failed before, you still have what it takes to reach your financial goals. God never gives up on you, so you should never give up on yourself. You can achieve financial healing and reach your financial goals, and this book will help steer you in the right direction. Applying the simple principles outlined in this book will have you feeling better about your financial path, your faith and your financial future.

“This little gem of a book offers sage advice on everything from downsizing to diet and exercise.”—The New York Times With Americans living longer, healthier lives, the conventional idea of retirement is obsolete. Millions of Americans are working past the age of sixty-five—not because they have to, but because they want to. Many, like Marika and Howard Stone, discover second careers, start their own businesses, or go back to school. Too Young to Retire offers inventive and exciting retirement alternatives to help readers find their labors of love, inner activists, or how to make a home away from home. Enlightening exercises and workbook pages as well as a comprehensive list of publications, home exchange organizations, and websites are included to assist readers in making meaningful choices. For those who aren’t ready to throw in the towel, Too Young to Retire is the essential resource for discovering what comes next.

Baby Boomers are reinventing retirement just as they have so many other aspects of their lives. They will live longer and be healthier than their parents and grandparents, and they plan to remain relevant, be fulfilled, and leave legacies. Many will continue to work well into their 70s and 80s, some because they want to, others because they need to.The Retirement Boom is a practical roadmap for making your “retirement years” a time of reinvention, excitement, and fulfillment.The coauthors of this practical guide are four Boomer professionals who have walked the walk and transformed themselves from corporate executives, CEOs, consultants, and national security policy experts into a range of new careers that more closely hew to their passions. They interviewed more than 300 people and 30 organizations in the writing of this book.The Retirement Boom includes tips, stories, exercises, and techniques to help you:Design your own “retirement” and plan for it.Use your time creatively and well.Understand what's changing in the workplace and the workforce today.Make your money last.Renegotiate life at home.Improve and keep your health.Build and leave a legacy.Simplify your life.And much, much more.

Ready or not, here it comes: your retirement years! The third phase in your life. You can look forward to good and interesting times if you're prepared, and Love Your Retirement is packed with helpful, entertaining stories and lots of real-life advice from hundreds of retirees who are making the most of their golden years. Love Your Retirement lets readers learn about the NEW retirement: the un-retirement, Protirement, encore experience, from renewment trailblazers. It will introduce the exciting possibilities about how to think about and experience retirement and to hear from ‘hundreds of heads’ who are doing it in this new and satisfying way. Stories are: • Inspirational • Funny • Touching • Educational Among the topics covered: -How to pick the best time to retire -Home again: learning to live with your spouse 24/7 -A new life: starting fresh in business, love, and family -Back to school—it's more than being Old Person On Campus -Footloose: traveling your days away -Health: how to stay fit and beat the insurance system -Grandkids: how to be the best grandparent in the world -Volunteering and Working: staying busy and productive