Self-care in Retirement: Strategies for Wellness

Retirement is filled with both opportunities and barriers that will either enhance or inhibit your ability to enjoy a lifestyle filled with energy, vitality and a sense of overall wellness. In this short course we will discuss seven key wellness concepts, personal factors that create and inhibit retirement wellness, retirement stressors and self care. We will explore a variety of strategies to nurture your overall wellbeing. You will leave inspired and motivated with a personal wellness plan that will support you in your endeavour to enjoy a high quality of life in your retirement years. For more information connect with…

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How to Transition Successfully into Your Retirement

Creating a smooth transition from career to your retirement lifestyle may often lead to unexpected challenges, and feelings of uncertainty . I recently had the pleasure of speaking with journalist Karen Durrie for her Postmedia article. The key to a successful transition to retirement is to plan ahead | Calgary Herald Happy reading! For more information about our retirement transition services https://careervitality.ca/retirement-transition-calgary/

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Self-Identity in Retirement: What will you do when you retire?

Join us March 28th our Self-Identity in Retirement Seminar

Course Description The reality of getting up each morning and not going to work is both a joy and a concern for many people considering retirement. In this short course we will discuss self-identity in retirement, retirement transition readiness, as well as what you will do in retirement once you transition from your pre-retirement career. You will leave with an informed personal action plan that will get you started on your retirement lifestyle journey. Course Details By completion of the course, successful students will be able to: Broaden your appreciation of your pre-retirement selfidentityDefine roadblocks and key determinants necessary for…

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Stay Socially Connected in Retirement

Stay Socially Connected in Retirement
Making friends once we leave the workforce presents a cruel irony for most of us looking to stay socially connected in retirement because we now have the time to live life without the encumbrances of a work schedule and finally do the things that have been collecting dust on our rainy day lists, but we may not have the people around us that we want to have around us as we start checking off activities from our bucket lists because people may be still working.

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Professional Roles and Ethics for Career Practitioners Course

Career counselling and coaching

Professional Roles and Ethics for Career Practitioners Dates: February 12 – March 12, 2019 Course Description: The primary focus of this course is to broaden the awareness of the types and functions of career services being offered by Settlement Agencies, as well as the roles, knowledge, skills, and competencies of Career Practitioners working in the settlement sector.  

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Professional Roles and Ethics for Settlement Practitioners Course

Professional Roles and Ethics for Settlement Practitioners Dates: March 19- April 16, 2019 Course Description: The primary focus of this course is to broaden the understanding of the functions of Service Provider Organizations (SPOs) and the relationship between functions of SPOs and the functions of general community service providers. Also, the participants will explore the roles and responsibilities of settlement practitioners and examine guiding ethical principles for Settlement Practitioner practice and consider their applicability to settlement work.

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