The Conversation Before the Numbers
Practical guides to the part of retirement planning most people skip: deciding what the money is actually for.
Enjoy Retirement Together
The Couple's Guide to Designing a Retirement Life You'll Both Love
Gregory Damian & Debra Corey
You know your retirement number. Do you know what your partner wants to do with it?
Most couples plan the money in detail and leave the most important question unasked: what does each of you actually want these years to look like? This book is a practical guide to that conversation.
What's Inside
- A ten-dimension assessment to help each of you get clear on what you want, before you plan together
- A four-phase conversation framework for sharing your visions honestly without damaging your relationship
- The four most common types of retirement misalignment, and why the differences that feel most threatening are often the most workable
- Creative strategies for honoring both partners' needs instead of forcing either/or choices
- A one-page blueprint that turns your agreements into a plan you both built, and can keep revising together
Designing a Retirement You Will Love
The Guide to Living Well at Every Age
Gregory Damian
Retirement doesn't have to be a default ending. This book treats it as a distinct life stage you can design on purpose, working through the same ten dimensions of wellbeing on your own before you plan with anyone else.
What It Will Cover
- The ten dimensions of wellbeing, for individuals
- Self-assessment exercises
- Practical action plans
- Tools for designing your next chapter on purpose
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Read It, Then Do It Together
The book and the online assessment use the same Retirement Together framework.
Read the Book
Understand why couples who planned everything still collide, and how to talk about it without damaging the relationship.
Take the Assessment
Each of you works through the ten dimensions privately online, then you see a side-by-side comparison.
Build Your Blueprint
Use the book's conversation framework to turn what you learn into a one-page plan you both built.
Who These Books Are For
- Couples in their 50s who are just starting to plan
- Couples in their 60s making the transition
- Retired couples finding their plans need adjusting
- Anyone who wants more from retirement than financial security
These books are for educational purposes. They are not investment, tax, or legal advice, and not counseling or therapy. The couples and stories in them are composites created for illustration.
Start the Conversation
Your retirement together starts with the conversation you may have been avoiding.