Shalom Retirement: Shaping Your Next Chapter

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Retirement is more than the end of a career—it’s the beginning of a new rhythm of life. For some, this transition brings delight and possibility; for others, it may feel uncertain or unmooring. Wherever you find yourself, you are not alone.

In this four-session, highly participatory workshop, we will pause together to explore how life’s transitions invite us into reflection, growth, and renewal. Guided by wisdom from spiritual teachers, transition consultants, and our own lived experience, we will:

• Explore our personal images of “retirement”
• Reflect on the process of letting go, moving through the unknown, and beginning anew
• Consider how our identity and life balance continue to evolve
• Cultivate steps toward peace, purpose, and meaning in this next chapter

Through teaching, contemplative exercises, and meaningful small-group sharing, participants will create a supportive learning community and discover fresh possibilities for living—and aging—with wholeness.

FACILITATOR: Audrey Seidman. I am a certified Sage-ing Mentor®, sharing the work of Sage-ing begun by Reb Zalman and others, as well as a spiritual director and volunteer chaplain. I am now in my November years (72); what I bring to our group is many years of experience as a group facilitator, listener and questioner –along with the hope of learning from you.

Congregation Ohav Shalom, 113 Krumkill Rd. Albany 12208

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Tuesdays, May 19 and 26, June 2 and 9

Sliding scale- pay what you are able: $36/ $54/ $72