The Golfing Counsellor

After decades of measuring success through career milestones, retirement can feel like falling off a cliff. But thriving in retirement doesn't happen automatically - it requires intentional choices. Whether you're newly retired and feeling lost, years into retirement but stuck in survival mode, or planning ahead, there are practical strategies that can help you move from just getting by to living with genuine purpose and satisfaction

Remember how easy it was to make friends at school? You'd sit next to someone new, share your lunch and by afternoon, you were planning weekend adventures together. Fast forward to retirement, and making new friends can feel impossibly complicated. You might wonder where to even meet people, what you'd have in common or whether it's too late to form meaningful new relationships.

Volunteering is an opportunity to increase your friendship groups, get you out of bed in the morning, give you purpose and meaning

Making new friends in retirement requires a proactive approach, much like hitting the range to improve your golf game.