Your career doesn’t define who you are.
Start your next chapter with clarity, purpose, and intention.
Most people plan their retirement finances.
Few plan their life after a career ends.
You’ve worked hard to get here.
Now comes the part nobody really prepares you for—figuring out who you are without a job title and what gives you purpose when the routine falls away.
introducing
Step Into Your Next Chapter
Rediscover your identity
Explore who you are beyond your career, and reconnect with the values and strengths that have always been yours.
Find purpose and meaning
Reframe what “retirement” means for you, and what will bring you fulfillment in this next chapter of your life.
Build your roadmap
Walk away with a plan that includes purpose, health, connection and daily structure—designed around YOU.
HOW IT WORKS
Step 1: Discovery Call
Meet Amy and share where you are on your journey.
Simple, thoughtful, effective.
Step 2: Choose Your Format
Group sessions (up to 10 people) or private 1:1 — whichever suits you best.
Step 3: Reflect & Prepare
A short worksheet before each session guides your thinking and planning.
Step 4: Discuss & Grow
Bring your reflections into a warm, guided conversation with Amy.
THE CURRICULUM
Eight sessions across four phases
Each phase builds on the last, from understanding who you are to designing how you want to live.
Phase 1: Discovery
Redefine your identity—who are you beyond your profession?
Reconnect with your core values and strengths—what matters now?
Phase 2: Evaluation
Reframe your retirement narrative—what will bring you meaning and fulfillment?
Nurture your social connections and emotional health.
Phase 3: Action Planning
Evaluate how you spend your time. What energizes you? What drains you?
Examine your health habits and create sustainable routines.
Phase 4: Implementation
Rethink your daily flow—structure days for purpose and balance.
Reimagine your next chapter and complete your roadmap.
“Moving into a new phase of life after an extended period of doing one particular job can be unexpectedly challenging even when it feels right and you are “ready”. Amy was brilliant at laying out a path for me to navigate those challenges ahead of time. For me, this work was invaluable.”
PRICING
Two flexible program formats to help you create a life with purpose.
GROUP PROGRAM
$999
8 sessions with group reflection + discussion
Next session begins in January, 2027
Small group size: only 10 slots available
Book a call with Amy and get on the waitlist
1:1 INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS
$1,399
8 private weekly sessions
Customized worksheets + reflections
plus BONUS FOLLOW-UP SESSION 6 weeks after completion
please note, a 4% credit card processing fee will be added to the price of any program
Your Guide,
Amy Nickerson
Helping people navigate meaningful life transitions – especially the journey into retirement – with clarity, purpose and confidence. As a credentialed Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), I’ve spent my entire career in a helping profession - helping people improve the quality of their lives through food and nutrition behaviors. While RDNs are known for their depth of nutrition knowledge, an often-overlooked aspect of our work is helping people make meaningful, lasting behavior change.
For more than 20 years, I have also guided students, alumni, and mid-career professionals as they explored career options and found paths aligned with their goals and values. Over time, these two threads of my work came together and sparked an “aha” moment about what was next for me after stepping away from faculty and program administration roles. I realized that helping people navigate transitions - especially career transitions - deeply resonated with me.
Then it became clear: while most people prepare financially for retirement, far fewer consider the non-financial aspects of this major life transition. I saw a gap - one where guidance, reflection, and intentional planning are just as essential.
Throughout my career, I’ve worked across diverse sectors - including academia, clinical practice, foodservice management, and public health - and have held leadership roles at the national, state, and local levels. Across all of these experiences, a common thread has been helping people move through change with clarity and confidence.
Most recently, I’ve navigated two transitions of my own: a career pivot from academia to entrepreneurship, and the early stages of retirement - two experiences that are closely intertwined. I bring a strong foundation in guiding people through meaningful change, grounded in both professional expertise and personal experience. I don’t just talk about transitions - I’ve lived them.
If you’re navigating a transition of your own, you’re not alone – and you don’t have to figure it out yourself.
“The structure and accountability made all the difference. Knowing I had regular check-ins with Amy kept me committed to the reflection work, and our conversations around identity, purpose, and values helped me think more intentionally about what comes next.”
Traditional retirement planning tends to focus on the financial aspects. But there’s so much more to it. Watch this masterclass replay to identify your biggest blind spot in retirement planning.
Still have questions?
If this section doesn’t address them, reach out anytime. If you’re feeling ready, I’d love to welcome you to the program.
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Retire & Rewire is a program designed to help you prepare for the non-financial side of retirement.
Financial planning is an important part of preparing for retirement. But knowing that you can afford to retire doesn’t answer the bigger questions:
How will I spend my time?
Where will I find purpose?
Who will I be when my professional identity changes?
How might my relationships change?
What will I do with the freedom I’ve worked so hard to create?
Retire & Rewire helps you think through these questions and begin designing your next chapter intentionally.
Rewiring is about recognizing what you want and carrying that forward.
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Retire & Rewire is primarily for professionals who are approaching retirement, particularly those within a few years of leaving their primary career.
It may be especially useful if you:
Have spent much of your adult life focused on your career
Have a solid financial plan but haven’t given as much thought to what comes next
Wonder how you’ll fill your days once work no longer provides structure
Are thinking about how your identity might change when you leave your profession
Want to continue contributing, learning, or working in some capacity
Feel excited about retirement but also a little uncertain about what comes next
You don’t have to be ready to retire. In fact, starting these conversations before you leave work is the point.
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Because leaving work changes more than your paycheck. For many people, work provides structure, social connection, purpose, accomplishment, and a sense of identity. When that changes, those things don’t necessarily replace themselves.
Thinking about these changes before your last day gives you time to experiment, explore, and make intentional choices rather than figuring everything out after the fact.
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No.
Retire & Rewire does not provide financial planning or investment advice. Instead, it focuses on the questions that often receive less attention: purpose, identity, structure, relationships, and how you want to live your next chapter.
Ideally, Retire & Rewire complements the financial planning you’ve already done.
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Absolutely not.
Retirement doesn’t have to mean stopping all professional activity. You may want to work part-time, consult, start a business, volunteer, pursue a second career, or continue working in a different way.
The goal isn’t to tell you what retirement should look like. It’s to help you determine what you want your next chapter to look like.
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That’s okay. You don’t need to arrive with a five-year plan. Retire & Rewire is designed to help you explore what matters to you, recognize what may be missing, and identify possibilities for moving forward.
Clarity often comes through exploration—not before it.
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You don’t have to be approaching retirement to benefit from the ideas behind Retire & Rewire.
If you’ve already left your career and are finding that retirement isn’t quite what you expected—or you’re wondering what’s next—you may find the framework useful as well.
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Retire & Rewire is an opportunity to pause, reflect, explore, and make choices about your next chapter.
Each session focuses on a different aspect of life beyond your career. You’ll consider what you want to carry forward, what you may want to change, and what you want to explore.
The goal is not to create a perfect retirement plan, but to help you move from “I’m leaving work” to “I have an idea of what I’m moving toward.”
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The eight sessions explore themes such as identity, purpose, relationships, health and well-being, community, contribution, structure, and designing your next chapter.
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Retire & Rewire is available in two formats: a group program or individual 1:1 support.
In either format, you’ll work through the same eight sessions, with a weekly worksheet and prompts designed to encourage deeper reflection about what matters to you and how you want to design your next chapter.
In the group program, the weekly worksheet provides the foundation for a group conversation with others who are also thinking about their transition into retirement. A group chat provides an additional way to stay connected and receive support between sessions. Participation in the weekly group conversation is encouraged but not required.
With 1:1 support, the weekly worksheet provides the foundation for an individual conversation with me, allowing more opportunity to explore your questions, experiences, and goals in a private setting.
Both formats provide structure, reflection, and support as you work through the eight sessions. The difference is whether you prefer to explore your next chapter with a group or individually.
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Each week, you’ll spend some time reflecting on the week’s topic and completing the worksheet before the group conversation.
The goal isn’t to add another obligation to your schedule, but to create space for thoughtful reflection about what comes next.
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I’m Amy Nickerson, a career transition professional whose work has spanned academia, clinical practice, public health, and leadership. For many years, I’ve helped professionals navigate career transitions and think intentionally about what comes next.
After 15 years as a university faculty member and director of a professional graduate program, I experienced my own transition out of a long-term professional identity.
I wasn’t ready to simply stop.
That experience led me to explore what happens when we leave a career—and what it takes to create a meaningful next chapter.
Retire & Rewire grew from that experience and from the conversations I’ve had with professionals approaching this significant life transition.
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If you’re beginning to think about what life after your primary career might look like, Retire & Rewire is a place to start.
You don’t need to have all the answers. You simply need to be willing to think beyond the financial plan and consider:
What do I want my next chapter to look and feel like - and what will it take to create it?
That’s where Retire & Rewire begins.