TRANSITION WORKSHOPS

•    Are you transitioning out of your midlife or primary career?
•    Are you looking forward to full or phased retirement?
•    Do you need to craft a new work/life identity?
•    Do you need to revive your sense of purpose?

Navigating major transitions, especially in the second half of life, can be difficult, but it can also be joyful and rewarding. If we see transition as a good, satisfying place to be for a while, our journeys become positive and purposeful, offering time and permission for review, rediscovery, retooling, and re-emergence.

No matter where we are in our journeys, Transition Workshops from LearningLife help us prepare for the next stage of life by allowing us to take a step back, rekindle our sense of purpose, make new connections, explore options, move toward meaningful “encore” work, and embrace community engagement in personally satisfying ways.

Workshops feature lively interaction with a community of learners, practical strategies and tools, and relevant, meaningful outcomes. LearningLife's outstanding teachers are seasoned practitioners and experts in their fields, as well as effective, committed facilitators and educators.

Meet LearningLife's educators.

Transition workshops are held on weekday evenings or Saturday mornings to accommodate your scheduling needs. Most are held at the Continuing Education and Conference Center, conveniently located on the U of M’s St. Paul campus. Modestly priced parking is immediately adjacent to the Center. Evening workshops include a box supper and Saturday morning workshops held at the Conference Center include continental breakfast.

Here's a sampling of what participants in recent Transitions Workshops had to say:

Financial Planning for Life with Mark Fischer:

Wonderful overview of financial planning for life. I much appreciated the emphasis on life. Very responsive to individual questions.

Mark is an excellent teacher. His knowledge of the topic is excellent. The best $65 I've spent lately!

Blueprint for a Successful Retirement with Katherine Hirsh: 

I loved the process that Katherine guided us through, and I gained tremendous perspective from the openness of the group.

Katherine set a relaxed, informal, and enjoyable tone. Respectful and encouraging toward all participants. The class was stimulating and well worth attending.

Your Next Chapter: Exploring Life/Work Options with Donna Bennett:

A great first step to finding a job after retirement. Enjoyed the small group work with others who have the same motivation as me.

I greatly enjoyed the process that Donna took us through! I will lean into her framework often as I pursue my next chapter.

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Overview and schedule of Summer 2009 Life Skills Workshops

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Upcoming Workshops

Networking for Everyone (10/5)
Experiment with the critically important, yet widely feared skill of networking. Find your own definition of networking, explore your drivers and points of resistance, create versatile questions, and laugh your way to confidence in your networking abilities.

Blueprint for a Successful Retirement (10/17)
Using a special tool, rate and build upon 52 factors that affect satisfaction, meaning, and happiness during retirement. Then create a blueprint for an authentic retirement that meets your goals.

Your Next Chapter: Exploring Life/Work Options (10/24)
Is there a life/work transition in your future? Learn how to proactively manage the transition from "status quo," through the uncertainty of change, to new sources of satisfaction and meaning.

Financial Planning for Life (10/29)
Financial planning should center on how we want to live. Now, take a holistic approach to financial planning in which you'll use your life situation, goals, and human and financial resources to create a financial plan for the life you want.

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®: A Tool for Taking Charge of Change (11/9)
Take the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI) for the first time or after a long time to learn how it can help you take charge of changes and transitions. Explore resistance to change, levers to get unstuck, methods for staying with new commitments, and more.