"I never expected that finding a new career would be easy but was a little surprised that it could be fun. I began to listen to my dreams again and realize that many things are possible and that life is too short to not be giving the best you have. This process has taken me down a path from which there is no turning back and has given me the tools to keep moving forward in the direction I need to go."

D.D. Upton, MA

When I first met Roberta, I didn't fully understand what a Life Coach could do for me. I was about to have a career change, but I had no idea how to make the transition or even what to do next. Now I know that a Life Coach was exactly what I needed. Roberta has been instrumental in guiding me through the difficult, but rewarding, process of setting out on a more fulfilling path.

M.S. Jamaica Plain (former lawyer)

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Ready for a change?
By MacKenzie C. Kimball

Meet two people who reinvented themselves—and now are helping others to do the same:
It wasn't a physical jolt that knocked Roberta Taylor's career for a loop, but the gut feeling that it was time for a change. After spending half her life as a psychotherapist, Taylor decided she "...needed to be growing in a different way."

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Bolles, Richard and Nelson John. What Color is Your Parachute for Retirement?: Planning Now for the Life you Want (Ten Speed Press, 2007)

Bridges, William. Managing Transition: Making the Most of Change (Da Capo Press- Perseus, 2003)

Cohen, G.D. The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life (New York: Quill/Avon Harper Collins, 2000)

Cohen, G.D. The Mature Mind: The Positive Power of the Aging Brain (New York: Basic Books, 2005)

Corbett, Dave. Portfolio Life: The New Path to Work, Purpose and Passion after Fifty (Jossey-Bass, 2006)

Freedman, Marc, Encore. Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life (Cambridge: Perseus Books, 2007)

Kurth, Brian. Test-Drive Your Dream Jo: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding and Creating the Work you Love (Business Plus, 2008)

Leider, Richard, Shapiro David. Claiming Your Place at The Fire: Living the Second Half of Your Life On Purpose (Berrett-Koehler, 2004)

Moody, Harry R. and Carroll David. Five Stages of the Soul: Changing the Spiritual Passages That Shape Our Souls (Double Day Anchor Books, 1997)

Ruffenach, Glenn and Greene, Kelly The Wall Street Journal Complete Retirement Guidebook: How to Plan It, Live It and Enjoy It (Random House, 2007)

Sadler, William and James Krefft. CHANGING COURSE: Navigating Life After 50 (Centennial, CO: The Center for Third Age Leadership Press, 2008)

Stone Marika and Howard. Too Young to Retire (The Writers' Collective, 2003)

Trafford, Abigail. My Time; Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life (New York: Basic Books, 2004)

Valliant, George, M.D. Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life (Boston: Little Brown 2002)

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