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Follow your passions in an Encore Career

Looking to start the next chapter of your life with purpose?

(Mariangela Saavedra)

FOLLOW YOUR PASSIONS IN AN ENCORE CAREER

Wednesdays, October 16 and 23
2:00pm-4:00pm
$44 Two Week Session
Registration Required- Call Mariangela at 215-247-4654 or email msaavedra@chestnuthillpres.org to register today

!This two day course is for people approaching the conventional retirement age, or who have retired already, who want a more exhilarating and purposeful next chapter of their lives. An "encore" career - making a difference while making a living - can be that next chapter. People with a higher sense of purpose have been found to have half the mortality rate of those with a lower sense of it and are 2.4 times less likely to develop Alzheimer's.

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In this experiential introductory course, you will have an opportunity to learn a new way to appreciate your strengths and personal qualities and see how to re-purpose them in an encore career. You will learn about the enormous range of encore career opportunities and resources for exploring them.

Yosaif August, is an encore careers life coach. He has had several encore careers since turning 50, when he left his role as President and CEO of London August, an executive search firm, to chart the next chapter of his life. These roles have included social entrepreneur, award and patent-winning inventor of Bedscapes, keynote speaker, NIH/Small Business Innovation-funded researcher, research consultant to Johns Hopkins, published author of two empowerment books, songwriter and leader of men’s retreats.

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