About Roberta Taylor

I came to life-planning and coaching in my mid fifties. After many years as a psychotherapist working in both non-profit settings and in private practice, I was becoming restless, thinking about, "What's next?" Continuing to work with people was a given, but I wanted to do it in a way that satisfied my need for growth, creativity and challenge. In retrospect, I was going through a developmental process which was calling me to work with people who want the next chapter of their lives to be purposeful, meaningful, and fulfilling.

As "third-agers" we can expect to live decades longer, and healthier, than our parents. We have opportunities and choices that were inconceivable to previous generations. Traditional retirement is no longer the goal for many of us. People are becoming more interested in using their experience, creativity and skills in life enhancing and generative ways by starting new careers, making contributions, and stepping out of their comfort zones. Leaving a career has become an opportunity for a new beginning rather than being the end of a rich and varied work life.

My passion is helping people to know themselves more deeply, clarifying what it is they really want to create in the next chapter of their lives. By exploring needs and values, tracking life threads that reveal meaning and purpose, and reconnecting with long forgotten dreams, we begin to see who we have been and who we really want to be moving forward.

Coaching is not about healing the past. Coaching is about helping people grow into their true selves. It is a strength-based approach for identifying our talents and abilities, clarifying what needs must be met for us to thrive, challenging limiting beliefs that are holding us back, and setting and reaching goals that are congruent with our values. As a result we live healthier, more satisfying and meaningful lives.

I offer my clients a passion for learning and growth, the wisdom and experience of my own journey, and the belief that realizing who we were meant to be comes with the desire and courage to step into our full potential.

Background

Roberta received her professional training through the Institute of Life Coach Training. She leads Reinventing Retirement workshops based on the book Too Young to Retire by Howard and Marika Stone. She was trained by, and is affiliated with, the Purpose Project™, a joint project of the University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing, and Richard Leider of the Inventure Group. She is an affiliate coach for Vocation Vacations, founded by Brian Kurth.

Roberta is a former board member of the New England Chapter of the International Coach Federation. She currently serves on the board of the Life Planning Network, an organization committed to advancing life planning for the post mid-life bonus years.

She has a Master's Degree in developmental psychology, is a licensed psychiatric nurse clinical specialist, and marriage and family therapist.