Launching a New Chapter: Retirement

Friday, September 26th, 2025
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuition: $78 Materials: $20

What are you going to do when you retire? Fish, golf, quilt, entertain grandchildren? That’s lots of fish or quilts! Retirees today will live 18-30 years. Learn to look at retirement through a new lens. This class will discuss how people around the world are living longer, healthier, happier lives. Be prepared to discuss risks, opportunities, and choices for you to launch a plan to be who you want in this chapter of your life. Bonnie will facilitate conversations to identify choices that cultivate joy, meaning, and satisfaction especially tailored for you.   

This class is best suited for potential retirees and/or people who are retired and want new insights on thriving in retirement. Participants are encouraged to enroll with a life partner or friend with whom they can share perspectives, hopes, desires and concerns. Please come prepared with a notebook or journal and writing utensils, as well as a lunch or plan to go out for lunch; the class will have a one hour recess.  

About your instructor: Bonnie Henriksen is a Life and Leadership Coach and owner of Life Song Professional Coaching. She made a career leap to coaching in 2004 after serving as Director of Continuing Education at Itasca Community College for 28 years. She also served as coordinator for volunteers and adult programs at Grand Rapids Area Library from 2007-2018. She received coach training and certification from the Coaches Training Institute and has a BA from Gustavus Adolphus College. Bonnie served as a coach and program facilitator for LeaderImpact, a community leadership program of the Northwest Minnesota Foundation, has developed and facilitated leadership programs for adults and teens, and written a guide to coach prospective retirees into the Next Chapter of their lives. Bonnie is a northern Minnesota native. She and her husband live near Grand Rapids. They have four adult children and 8 grandchildren with whom they like planning adventures and spending time. The Henriksen’s enjoy travel, lake living, and a variety of individual hobbies. Bonnie is an amateur quilter and avid flower gardener.