Article – FT Adviser
The concept of retirement dates back to 19th Century Germany, when it was conceived as a response to youth unemployment. Depressingly, thinking around the subject has barely progressed since. Pro-vision Lifestyles Founder Michael Middleton talks to the FT Adviser as to why it is time to rethink retirement. Read the article
Article – Global Banking and Finance Review
In this article ‘To retire or not to retire. The retirement challenge’ in Global banking and Finance Review, Michael Middleton explains why banks should be leading the charge in their businesses to redefining retirement for the new challenges of the 2020s and beyond. Read the article
Article – HR Director
In this article in the HR Director, Pro-vision Lifestyles Founder Michael Middleton, discusses how a less one-dimensional approach to retirement is needed. People need to think deeply about what they find fulfilling so they can find such roles in retirement. This needs to happen well ahead of retirement, say in your 40s and 50s. Often […]
Article – Training Journal
A controversial idea, but one more popular than you might think. Michael Middleton takes aim at retirement and asks why companies need to ‘retire retirement’ and start training their employees to work into their 80s. Read the article
Don’t Retire, Rejuvinate!
In this episode Beyond R Managing Director Michael Middleton talks with Chartered Psychologist Dr Jo Perkins about the concept of retirement. All Dr Jo Perkins’ work is underpinned by the robust, scientific, research-driven discipline of psychology and draws on the tools, techniques, models and frameworks of the science behind psychology. The coaching psychology approach can […]
Why Retirement is a Dirty Word
Ever since I began the R Word project, I have been searching for a word to replace retirement and frankly, so far, I have failed. This could be due in large part to the fact that the more I thought about it, the more it became apparent that it was the concept, rather than the […]
Dave and Karon Whenmouth’s Story
David and Karon Whenmouth were a couple facing an important juncture in their lives, with David fast approaching his retirement from the police force in April 2020. David was not inspired by the opportunities that seemed to be available after his retirement, while Karon, an experienced and highly sought-after massage therapist who is not looking […]
‘Time to Retire Retirement’ by Michael Middleton
The Time to Retire Retirement is written by the Biss founder Michael Middleton who has a vast depth of knowledge and expertise on the subject of retirement. The book explores why we should rethink how we view and plan for retirement and how to make the most of your later years. The book is free […]
Coping with Transition
In this episode Beyond R Managing Director Michael Middleton talks with eminent Psychologist Nancy Schlossberg about how we can cope with transition and in particular during the coronavirus lockdown. Nancy K. Schlossberg spent most of her career as a professor of counseling psychology. She taught at Howard University, Wayne State, and 26 years at the […]
It’s Your Future, Don’t Forget it
Are you preparing for life in retirement on someone else’s terms? I bet if I asked an audience for a show of hands on how many are working towards a future planned by someone else, few would move a muscle. Yet on a one-to-one basis, my experience is totally different. Think about the retirement age […]
