RETIREMENT TRANSITION & ENCORE LIFE COACHING
You’ve Built a Life. Now Build What’s Next.
What are you looking forward to in your next chapter?
Retirement is more than leaving a career. It’s an opportunity to rediscover what matters, strengthen your relationships, explore new possibilities, and create a life filled with purpose and joy. Whether you’re preparing for retirement, adjusting to life after work, or wondering what’s next, you don’t have to figure it all out alone.
Your next chapter deserves more than a financial plan. It deserves a life plan.
DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?
Are You Wondering What's Next?
You may be looking forward to retirement and still have questions about how you'll spend your time, find meaning, and feel connected.
Who will I be without my career?
When work has shaped your identity and routines for decades, it can take time to discover what comes next.
What will give my days meaning?
Without the structure of work, you may wonder what will motivate you to get up each morning and give your days a sense of purpose.
Will I feel connected and fulfilled?
Retirement can change your social connections. You may wonder how to maintain friendships, build new relationships, and continue feeling part of something meaningful.
What if retirement isn't what I expected?
Even with careful planning, retirement can bring unexpected changes. It's natural to wonder how you'll adapt and create a life that feels satisfying and rewarding.
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MORE THAN MONEY
Retirement Is More Than a Financial Transition
You've spent years building a career, raising a family, developing relationships, and fulfilling responsibilities. As retirement approaches, new questions often emerge: What will give my days meaning? How will I maintain friendships? What will I do with my experience and talents?
Retirement can change your sense of identity, purpose, relationships, routines, and personal fulfillment.
Financial planning helps you prepare for how you'll support your retirement. Life planning helps you decide how you want to live it.
That's where Build Your Encore Life comes in: a practical, personalized way to explore what matters most and develop a meaningful plan for your next chapter.
Meaningful work or volunteering. Deeper relationships. Better everyday rhythms. Learning, travel, creative pursuits, or something entirely new.
There is no one-size-fits-all retirement. Your next chapter should reflect your values, strengths, and hopes.
A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS WITH RETIREMENT
You Planned for Retirement.
Have You Planned for Your Life?
Financial preparation matters. So do your purpose, relationships, identity, and hopes for the years ahead.
You don't need every answer today. You need a thoughtful place to begin.
Rediscover Purpose
Who are you beyond your career—and what matters most now?
Reimagine Possibility
What have you always wanted to learn, try, create, or contribute?
Build a Real Plan
How will you turn good intentions into meaningful daily action?
A PRACTICAL PATH FORWARD
From Uncertainty to Your ENCORE Life Plan
Our coaching turns questions about the future into clarity, direction, and practical next steps.
WHERE YOU ARE TODAY
Questions and Possibilities
Purpose, identity, relationships, and what comes next
YOUR GUIDED JOURNEY
The Six Pillar ENCORE Method
Explore, design, and build a future that reflects what matters to you
WHERE YOU WANT TO GO
Your ENCORE Life Vision + 90-Day Plan
A personal vision, meaningful priorities, and concrete actions
THE E.N.C.O.R.E. FRAMEWORK
Six Pillars. One Meaningful Next Chapter
Like a mountain trail, your next chapter may have unexpected turns. These six pillars help you discover your own way forward.
E
Rediscover Purpose
Discover your values, strengths, and priorities.
N
Nurture Your Wellbeing
Care for your energy, health, learning, and growth.
C
Connect With Others
Deepen relationships, friendship, and belonging.
O
Offer Your Gifts
Contribute through meaningful work, mentoring, or service.
R
Reimagine Your Future
Explore new roles, adventures, and possibilities.
E
Enjoy Your LIfe
Create room for joy, gratitude, play, and everyday meaning.
CHOOSE YOUR JOURNEY
One Meaningful Next Chapter. Three Ways to Build It.
Grow with a supportive group, add personalized guidance, or work privately with your coach.
SHARED DISCOVERY
ENCORE Group Journey
Six weekly 90-minute
group sessions
Learn, reflect, and take action with others navigating a similar life transition
SIGNATURE HYBRID EXPERIENCE
ENCORE Guided Journey
Six group sessions +
two private sessions
Combine community learning with individualized planning and accountability.
INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION
ENCORE Personal Journey
Six private
60-minute sessions
Design your next chapter with personal support focused on your unique goals.
REAL EXPERIENCES. MEANINGFUL CHANGE.
What Clients Say About Coaching
With Steve
Henry
“Steve helped me better understand myself and focus on areas that are most important in my life. With his prodding and support, I have a renewed purpose to my life!”
Randy M.
“Steve was an incredible coach. He took me through an excellent assessment, stretched my perspective, and helped me construct a road map covering all areas of my life.”
Bill
“Steve helped me identify important areas in my life that I wanted to improve and suggested a game plan with measurable steps to accomplish my goals.”
DISCOVER · DESIGN · BEGIN
Your Future Doesn't Have to Be Left to Chance.
Turn reflection into direction—and direction into action
01
Discover
Understand your strengths, priorities, hopes, and current life transition.
02
Design
Create a personal vision for purpose, relationships, contribution, and joy
03
Begin
Take manageable steps with a personal 90-day ENCORE Life Plan.n.
MEET YOUR COACH
An Experienced Guide for Your Next Chapter.
I'm Steve Wrigley, M.A., BCC. For nine years, I've helped people navigate retirement and other meaningful life transitions.
As a Board Certified Coach, I help adults explore purpose, meaningful connections, and possibilities for the next chapter.
I also bring years of experience facilitating group learning through the University of Utah's Osher program.
My role is to listen, ask meaningful questions, share practical tools, and help you build a future that reflects what matters most to you.
IDEAS FOR THE JOURNEY
Explore What's Possible.
Purpose After
Retirement
Reconnect with what matters and explore new sources of meaning.
Encore
Careers
Find new ways to share your skills, experience, and gifts.
Relationships &
Belonging
Build connection as your daily routines and roles change.
GOOD QUESTIONS DESERVE USEFUL ANSWERS
Frequently Asked Questions
About Retirement Coaching.
Financial planning focuses on resources, savings, and income. Retirement transition coaching helps you clarify how you want to live: your purpose, relationships, routines, contribution, and goals. It does not replace financial advice.
That's a common starting point. We explore your values, strengths, interests, and possibilities before choosing manageable experiments and next steps. You don't need a finished vision to begin.
Yes. Retirement is an ongoing life transition, not a single event. Coaching can be helpful whenever you're ready to reassess your priorities, rebuild momentum, or create a new direction.
Personal coaching offers focused, one-on-one exploration of your goals. Group coaching adds shared ideas, encouragement, and connection. The Guided Journey combines group sessions with two private sessions.
You'll explore six interconnected life areas, clarify your ENCORE Life Vision, and develop a practical 90-Day Action Plan. The exact level of individual support depends on the coaching option you choose.
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PRACTICAL, PERSONAL, FLEXIBLE
Wondering What Coaching With Steve Is Like?
Reimagine Possibility
Explore virtual coaching, telephone sessions, and in-person availability by arrangement.
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Real Experience
Steve's own transition from state-government leadership into meaningful encore work shapes his practical, encouraging approach.
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Clear Expectations
Learn how sessions work, what coaching is—and isn't—and how we protect your privacy.
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BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY
What Will You Do With the Next Chapter of Your Life?
Join our free 45-minute ENCORE Summit. Reflect on what matters most and discover one meaningful next step.