Regardless of your age and stage, the best investment you can ever make is in yourself. It’s impossible to stretch yourself, change direction, or to be or have more, if you don’t step outside your comfort zone, take responsibility for the quality of your life, crystalize what it is you want, develop a plan of how you’ll get to where you want to go, and take massive action to make it happen. The good news is – you can do it! You can take control of your destiny, create your future, and live the life you want.

“We must do what scares us.

Will you take that plunge – leap that leap?

What will you do with you one wild and previous life”?

Mary Oliver, ‘The Summer Day’

Everyone has the potential to achieve their goals and aspirations and truly flourish. In addition to one-on-one coaching opportunities, scroll down to view details of a sample of the workshops and events that are available to you in the latter half of the year, and the schedule of confirmed public events.

Workshops – online or in person events

Changing Gears – What’s next for You?

Have you reached a stage where you want to:

Contact me if you’d like to host this 90-minute workshop in your area, or if you would prefer to participate online kiaora@angelarobertson.nz

Managing Your Mindset – Is your mindset working for you, or against you?

We all have a set of beliefs that influence how we:

• Think, question, learn and make sense of the world around us.
• Feel in various situations/circumstances.
• Identify, interpret, and respond to opportunities and challenges as they arise.
• Communicate with ourselves, about ourselves – our inner dialogue on just about everything, whether positive or negative.
• Interact with others – family, friends, and the wider community.
• Make choices on what we do, what we’ll learn, what groups we’ll join etc.

Inevitably there is a connection between our thoughts, feelings, and actions.  Clearly your mindset matters a great deal. In this thought provoking short course, you will have the opportunity to challenge your mindset and take a fresh look at possibilities for the future.

This 60-minute workshop can be conducted online or face-to-face. Details are available on request. Contact me kiaora@angelarobertson.nz

Write Your Story – series of five 2.5-hour community workshops

Interested in writing your memories, a life story or your family history but don’t know where to start?  Don’t wait until it’s too late! Join our new group.  Be inspired! See what’s possible. Get started and gain momentum on your writing project in a supportive, fun environment. All you need is an open mind, a pen, and a notebook.

• Getting started on your writing project
• Identifying topics and themes
• Developing your framework
• The importance of context
• Identifying and developing your main character
• Managing the process
• Selecting writing prompts
• Maintaining momentum
• Managing the process including your inner critic

This popular series of 5 weekly workshops is facilitated on a regular basis in the Kapiti and Horowhenua Districts. The next series commences on Friday 8th July and the final workshop will be held on Friday 5th August. Contact me to reserve your place kiaora@angelarobertson.nz If required, one-on-support is also available on request.

Retirement Reinvented – Community workshop

In your middle years, working, retired or somewhere in between? What’s next? Life is about much more than work or leisure, but most of us have given little thought to what “retirement” might mean.  It’s difficult to speculate what may happen in the future – but we can be proactive and take control.  This course offers insights into how to make the most of our time once we’re less focused on career and/or childrearing. It covers many of the issues people face when considering a move from current employment to a different lifestyle that includes more time to do the things, we’ve always promised ourselves we’d do – “when we retire”.

This popular 6-hour community workshop is held regularly as part of Wellington High School’s Community Education Programme. The next workshop is scheduled for Saturday 2nd July. To reserve your place register online Retirement Reinvented – Wellington High School Community Education Centre (cecwellington.ac.nz)

Reimagining Retirement

Globally the population is ageing. In New Zealand a fifth of the population will be aged 65 or over by 2034, and this number is growing. The potential to live extended, healthier, lifespans is creating new life stages and opportunities for everyone. This is changing our perspective on ageing. There is no official retirement age in NZ, although there are a few exceptions. One in four Superannuitants are currently choosing to remain in the workplace. Later life can be the most creative, productive and fulfilling part of your life. What does it look like to you? Take the time to refresh your mindset, reignite your life and re-envision the future and what that might hold?

These workshops are available to workplaces that genuinely value diversity and want their staff and their businesses to flourish into the future. Details are available on request. Contact me kiaora@angelarobertson.nz

Schedule of Events 2022

The following workshops and events are coming up. Contact me for more details, or to book an event for your organisation/community group Kiaora@angelarobertson.nz

Date	Event	Location	Time
1 July	Older and Bolder Guest Speaker presentation	Raumati Probus Club	10am
2nd July	Retirement Reinvented 1-day Workshop	Wellington High School	9.30-4pm
4th July	Older and Bolder Guest Speaker presentation	Waikanae Camelia Society	3pm
8th July	Write Your Story Community Workshops (5)	Paraparaumu Library	9.30-12noon
19th July	Older and Bolder Guest Speaker presentation	Paraparaumu Inner Wheel	6pm
12th Aug	‘Older and Bolder – Yes that’s Us!’ presentation	Porirua Go Go event	1-2pm
19th Aug	‘What’s Your Story’? Guest Speaker	Porirua Go Go event	1-2.30pm
26th Aug	Write Your Story Community Workshops (5)	Paraparaumu	9.30-12noon
1st Oct	Celebrating the International Day of Older Persons – Guest Speaker	Upper Hutt Library	2pm
1st Nov	What’s Your Story? Guest Speaker	Wainuiomata Garden Club	6pm