November 4, 2026

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Create your blissful retirement

 

5-step PROCESS to retirement

Are you ready to create a new phase of your life that allows you to live a purposeful life full of joy and prosperity?

Have you been working for thirty or forty years in a job that was interesting and exciting when you started, but through the years the challenges are creating instead more stress than fulfillment?

Do you want to harness your vitality and bring your awesome dream vision to fruition to make the after-career period exciting, empowering, and blissful? You’ll find the answer here on the Work-With-Me page.

By honing in on these five things, the details of what makes you feel truly alive come into focus.

ACTIVE: Moving your body and your days with purpose.

LOVING: Toward yourself, and the connections you build.

INTENTIONAL:Choosing your next chapter, not defaulting into it.

VIBRANT: Full of color, curiosity, and new experiences.

ENJOYING: Actually savoring the years you worked for. 

Your next chapter is yours to write — make it bold, joyful and fulfilling.

Below are a few ways how we can work together. As a Retirement Transition Facilitator and Lifestyle specialist I work with women who are anxious and worried about their next chapter of retirement and help them make time and feel safe to explore new possibilities.

As someone who’s been single all her life and moved to a new country several times, I had to adapt frequently to feel at home, build new connections, hence I know it takes effort, time and curiosity to create a joyful and fulfilling life.

Do you want to set aside time just for you to dream and plan your next chapter? Do you want to live retirement on your terms?

Book a 30-minutes FREE Next Chapter Jumpstart callto talk about your journey and how I can best support you.

Why you should meet me in St. Pete in November

Last Sunday I ran a 5K race for my favorite charity. This made me want to tell you about the half-marathon.

I had thought about doing one for years. Many times, actually. And every time, I quietly decided I couldn’t. Then I met a group of girlfriends at a leadership event in San Diego, and when the half marathon came up, one of them said, “You know, you can walk it. You have four hours to finish.”

It had never crossed my mind that you could walk it. Four hours? That’s totally doable.

Just like that, something I had put on the “not for me” shelf for years looked completely different. Nothing about the distance had changed. 13.1 miles was still 13.1 miles. But the way I looked at it had shifted, and that was all it took to sign up.

Of course, I didn’t walk it. I ran it. And I did it the unglamorous way: six months of short runs and longer runs, every week, on my own, because all of us lived in different states. We showed up together at the event, my friends walking and me running, and then each of us went our own way on the course.

Nobody was waiting for me at the finish line, and I loved it anyway. I sat down on the sidewalk, rested my legs, and watched person after person cross, each one reaching something they had once wondered about. It was one of the best afternoons I can remember.

I think about that day often when I talk with women about their next chapter. So many of us have an idea sitting on a shelf somewhere, the one we’ve thought about many times but never thought we could do. Sometimes all it takes is looking at it from a different angle, a little time to plan, and good company along the way.

That’s what Design Your Blissful Next Chapter Retreat is about. It’s November 13–15, 2026 at the Crystal Bay Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida. It’s a girlfriends trip with beach or pool time, fun activities, and space to think about what your 2027 could look like. (I chose a beach setting because of a certain week by the water last year. You might remember that story!)

A quick reminder of how it works:

Bring a girlfriend and she joins the retreat free. She books her own room, and you can register her by emailing me when you register.

Register at the full rate of $1400 and my 90-day group program, the Next Chapter Roadmap, is yours as a bonus.

Coming on your own? Use code FL-Beach150 for $150 off.

Reserve my seat now


If you’ve been thinking about it, I’d love to see you there. And if you’re not sure yet, just hit reply and tell me what’s on your mind. I’m always happy to talk it through.


Below Coaching Package is Available:

>>>YOUR Next Chapter Lifestyle VIP day

Create your blissful retirement during this private workshop at a local venue, and discover how to start living your dream today!

  • 1 sessions of 4 hours with Maria
  • Intensive coaching day to dream, explore and discover what you envision for your future
  • Interactive and customized to help you shift from a career into a fascinating, fun and joyful lifestyle

Get this $250 Next Chapter Lifestyle VIP day for just $97!

Send me an email to schedule this special event at [email protected]


Not sure if this is right for you or maybe you have questions?

Schedule your FREE Next Chapter Jumpstart session here.

Own your tomorrow and stay positive today.

Let’s talk!

Maria Lucassen

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