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You don’t need a new identity in retirement

You don’t need a new identity in retirement

You don’t need a new identity in retirementLori Harrow
Published on: 21/09/2026

The skeptics say retirement identity loss is oversold. They're half right. Most people do adjust. But the popular fix and the popular pushback share one assumption: that a role is what tells you who you are. That is the real problem.

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