The Unfolding of Your Next Chapter
Retirement isn’t just a change of schedule. It’s a change of identity.
Becoming You is a gentle, reflective guide for women navigating the quieter, often unexpected emotional landscape of life after work. Rather than rushing you toward reinvention or productivity, this book invites you to pause, reflect, and reconnect with who you are becoming in this next chapter.
Becoming You is a digital reflective guide for women navigating life after retirement. Available now as a digital book, with an optional companion workbook for deeper reflection.
A Gentle Place to Start
Retirement often begins quietly—not with answers, but with questions. Becoming You was created for this reflective beginning.
The book offers space to explore who you are now, what has shifted, and what you want this next chapter to hold—without pressure to decide everything at once.
If and when you’ feel ready to move from reflection into gentle structure, the Simply Planned Digital Retirement Planner is there to support you, helping you shape your days with rhythm, flexibility, and calm.
There’s no right order and no rush. Begin where you are.
What this book offers
Drawing on reflection, neuroscience-informed insights, and lived stories, Becoming You explores five essential pillars of wellbeing in retirement:
- Reflection
- Gratitude
- Planning (without pressure)
- Purpose
- Identity
Each section includes:
- Gentle explanations of why this matters now
- Real-life stories from women in retirement
- Thoughtful prompts and space to reflect at your own pace
Who this book is for
This book is for you if:
- Retirement feels quieter than you expected
- You’re unsure who you are without work’s structure
- You want meaning and calm, not hustle or reinvention
- You’re ready to reflect, gently, honestly, and without judgement
How to use this book
There’s no right way to move through Becoming You. You can read it straight through or return to sections as your needs shift. Some readers reflect mentally; others journal alongside the prompts. The book meets you where you are. Becoming You.
When you’re ready to add gentle structure to your days, Becoming You pairs naturally with the Simply Planned Retirement Planner—but it stands fully on its own.
✨ Available now as a digital download
Read on a tablet, or print at home.
Already have the guide? Get the Companion Workbook →