Every once in a while, I\u2019ll pick up a passenger where one of my \u201csuperpowers\u201d (reading people) will kick in at an ultra-high level, and as soon as Rachel popped in and clicked her seatbelt, I could feel her extremely high level of positiveness.\u00a0 Rachel immediately locked into my sign offering life coaching options to passengers and we soon connected in a conversation on being of service to others.<\/p>\n
RACHEL<\/strong><\/p>\n One of my options is for my passengers to tell me their story because let\u2019s face it, we all have one and Rachel\u2019s story inspired me. Rachel (who certainly looked nothing like her age), was retired from years of working in the Waltham, Massachusetts school district as a behavioral specialist for grades K-8.\u00a0 Having taught elementary school myself, I can tell you her job had to be tough. The part of teaching elementary school that is the hardest is the \u201cbabysitter\u201d role teachers must play in order to be able to actually teach.\u00a0 Waltham, MA must be fairly progressive to have hired Rachel for this role as many districts have no role available like this.\u00a0 So, Rachel mainly worked with disruptive students whose behavior needed to change.\u00a0 After her years in this field, Rachel hit her retirement goal and was ready to leave her career\u2026 but for many who hit retirement the big question is\u2026 what now?<\/p>\n FOLLOWING A PASSION<\/strong><\/p>\n Rachel decided to follow one of her passions and probably her biggest which is her love of cats. She thought, why not apply her skill set in behavior modification to the mysterious world of cats? So, Rachel went back to school and although she had already obtained a ED.D (similar to a PHD) in behavior modification, she needed a certification to apply her skills to cats. Rachel is currently certified as a: \u201cCat Behavior and Retention Specialist, Humane Education Specialist, Pet Chaplain\u00ae, Fear Free Shelter Specialist, American Association of Feline Practitioners Cat Friendly Veterinary Advocate and RedRover Reader. She is currently a cat behaviorist for cat\/animal shelters all over the world, including working with adopters, training shelter volunteers and instituting surrender prevention programs. She also provides individual cat behavior help to cat parents. Rachel is the Founder and President of All Cats All the Time, Inc. which is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to promoting the adoption of cats and preventing their surrender and abandonment by helping cat\/animal shelters \u2013 and cat owners who cannot otherwise afford to do so \u2013 access cat behavior counseling free of charge for the cats in their care*.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Whew, and if that\u2019s not enough, Rachel has presented for many animal welfare groups, her work has been recognized by numerous media outlets, she sits on many boards, an author, (Book- \u201cSaving the World, One Cat at a Time\u201d) and a speaker. Her website for Cat specific behavior modification is \u00a0https:\/\/drrachelcatbehavior.com\/<\/a> .<\/p>\n A PLAN FOR RETIREMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n I mean talk about passion\u2026 one can feel it oozing from her pours, Rachel\u2019s excitement, and energy when she talks about what she does is thru the roof. What is even more impressive is that at her level of expertise she offers her services at no charge.\u00a0 And as I do the same in most of my life-coaching, I immediately related to her passion for being of service to others. I talk to people every week who can\u2019t wait to retire and when I ask what will they do in retirement? I often get answers stating they have no idea.\u00a0 In reality, going from a life working 9-5, 5 days a week to full retirement can be quite the adjustment. \u00a0I often respond to these folks that if they have no plan then, they should work in their current job for as long as they can or until they know or in many cases they connect to one of their passions in life. Retirement gigs should be fun and excite you each day\u2026 and as a result it never feels like work!<\/p>\n Rachel\u2019s inspiring story shows how one can thrive in retirement and in some cases can achieve your highest level of life satisfaction.\u00a0 Retirement is the time to have fun and try new interests or expand on existing ones\u2026 and you never know where you will end up.\u00a0 Having had my last cat for 21 years, I\u2019ve kind of been stalled in getting my next one (for a few limiting beliefs).\u00a0 I wonder if I might need some sort of human or cat behavioral consultation with Rachel myself?\u00a0 In any case, Rachel shows how connecting with one\u2019s passion and having a plan for retirement can be a total relaunch in your life\u2019s purpose and a purrrfect retirement plan.<\/p>\n *\u00a0 Taken from Rachel\u2019s Bio on her website, https:\/\/drrachelcatbehavior.com\/about-dr-rachel\/<\/p>\n \u00a9 Jim Stern Coaching 2024, All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every once in a while, I\u2019ll pick up a passenger where one of my \u201csuperpowers\u201d (reading people) will kick in at an ultra-high level, and as soon as Rachel popped in and clicked her seatbelt, I could feel her extremely high level of positiveness.\u00a0 Rachel immediately locked into my sign offering life coaching options to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimsterncoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3722"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimsterncoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimsterncoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimsterncoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimsterncoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3722"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jimsterncoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3731,"href":"https:\/\/jimsterncoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3722\/revisions\/3731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimsterncoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimsterncoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimsterncoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimsterncoaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}