The Retirement Journey Series
Retirement isn't one moment. It's a process that unfolds in stages, each with its own challenges, discoveries, and growth.
The Retirement Journey Series is designed to walk with you through every phase of that journey: from the shock of the initial transition through building a meaningful life, discovering genuine purpose, mastering the long-term realities, and finally cultivating lasting happiness and emotional fulfillment.
Each book stands alone and can be read when you need it most. But together, they create a complete roadmap for moving from stabilization to active engagement, long-term mastery, and deep emotional well-being.
Book 1
What You'll Find Inside:
The assessments and frameworks to understand your actual retirement readiness across all five pillars: Financial, Identity, Social, Purpose, and Relationship. Real, day-by-day guidance for the first three months of retirement. Honest conversations about the panic, anxiety, loss of structure, and identity questions that nobody prepares you for. Research-backed explanations for why even financially secure people fall apart in early retirement. Tools and exercises to help you understand where you're vulnerable and how to prepare before the transition hits.
Key Themes:
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The Five Pillars of Retirement Readiness
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Why Financial Planning Isn't Enough
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The Identity Crisis When Your Job Becomes Your Self
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Creating Sustainable Routines (Not Rigid Schedules)
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Understanding The First 90 Days As Stabilization, Not Reinvention
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Building Your Support System Early
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Financial Anxiety vs. Financial Security
Who Should Read This:
Anyone approaching retirement or already struggling in the first three months. People who feel emotionally unprepared despite being financially ready. High achievers and professionals whose identity has been tied to their career. Anyone who needs permission to stabilize before trying to thrive.
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Look Inside
Before you commit to the full book, see for yourself what readers are experiencing. Download the free first chapter and explore the assessment frameworks Cheryl uses to help people understand their actual retirement readiness. Simply submit the request below.
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Ready to Begin Your Transition?
The first 90 days of retirement are the most critical. This guide gives you day-by-day frameworks, assessments, and practical templates to navigate them with clarity instead of chaos. Get your copy today and start reading immediately.
The book is available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other major retailers globally. Choose your preferred format and begin your transition now.
The Series Continues
Books 2 - 4
The Complete Journey
The Retirement Journey Series is a multi-book roadmap that walks with you through every stage of retirement, one phase at a time.
The Journey Ahead (launching throughout 2026)
Book 2
Thriving in Retirement:
Building a Life Beyond Survival
You've survived the first 90 days. Now comes the deeper work.
Book 2 picks up where The Hidden Side of Retirement leaves off, guiding you through months 3-24—the period when the initial shock begins to fade, but new challenges emerge. This is where you move from simply getting through the transition to building a life that actually feels meaningful again. Drawing from the same research-backed, practical approach as Book 1, this book continues to address the psychological and emotional dimensions of retirement that most guides overlook.
Books 3 - 4
The Retirement Journey Continues
As the series develops, future books will explore the longer arcs of retirement—from sustained long-term living to discovering lasting purpose and fulfillment. Each book stands alone, yet together they form a complete guide through every stage of the retirement transition and beyond.
All grounded in the same honest, practical approach that defines Cheryl's work.
Launching Throughout 2026
All books in the series follow the same framework that makes The Hidden Side of Retirement effective:
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Research-Backed Insights on Retirement Psychology and Transition
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Real Stories From People Navigating The Same Challenges
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Practical Tools, Templates, and Exercises You Can Use Immediately
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The 5 Pillars of Retirement Readiness Are Applied at Each Life Stage
Rather than rushing through reinvention or promising a perfect retirement, the series walks alongside you as retirement actually unfolds—one phase at a time.
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