Overview
Rethink Retirement is a fresh, compassionate, and thought-provoking reexamination of one of life's most misunderstood transitions. While our culture portrays retirement as an escape into leisure and freedom, the reality for many is far more complex. Losing professional identity, routines, community, and purpose can be jarring, even destabilizing. Dr. Andrea ""Andi"" Simon-corporate anthropologist, award-winning author, and expert in culture change-invites readers to see retirement not as an ending, but as a profound opportunity for reinvention. Drawing on anthropology, neuroscience, and more than a hundred interviews, Simon explores how cultural myths shape expectations about aging and work. She reveals why so many people feel lost when the familiar structure of employment disappears-and how they can create new rhythms, relationships, and sources of meaning. Through rich personal stories, including her husband Andrew's journey after selling his company, readers witness the diverse ways people reshape their identity and purpose in later life. This book offers a roadmap for personal transformation, covering identity shifts, rebuilding social connections, creating structure, renewing purpose, and redefining contribution. Simon provides reflective exercises, readiness profiles, and practical tools to help readers design a fulfilling and intentional next stage. Whether preparing for retirement, navigating it now, or supporting a partner or parent through the transition, readers will find empathy, insight, and possibility on every page. Rethink Retirement reframes aging as growth, contribution, and reinvention. It is a powerful invitation to craft a life not defined by what you leave behind-but by what you are ready to become.
Full Product Details
Author: Andi Simon
Publisher: Aviva Publishing
Imprint: Aviva Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.481kg
ISBN: 9781636184265
ISBN 10: 163618426
Pages: 170
Publication Date: 23 February 2026
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Dr. Andi Simon's new book Rethink Retirement: It's Not the End-It's the Beginning of What's Next offers a dynamic look at how countless people are reimagining what retirement can mean for them. Tyler R. Tichelaar, PhD and award-winning author of The Nomad Editor: Living the Lifestyle You Want, Doing Work You Love
Author Information
Dr. Andrea ""Andi"" Simon is a corporate anthropologist, award-winning author, and CEO of Simon Associates Management Consultants (SAMC). A pioneer in applying anthropology to business and leadership, she has helped hundreds of organizations rethink strategies and cultures. Host of the acclaimed On the Brink with Andi Simon podcast, she writes about change, human behavior, and life transitions. Her newest book, Rethink Retirement, explores how people reinvent themselves after full-time work.
