Explore Your Future Workshops

This four session workshop series gives those 50+ a unique opportunity to consider “what’s next” in their lives. It is a hands-on learning experience that focuses on helping participants create a vision for making their future satisfying and rewarding.

Session I

What Has Influenced Me?

In this session, participants reflect on what has meant most to them in their lives and brought the greatest fulfillment. Through activities and discussions, they begin to plan for the future by exploring:

  • The people and events that have influenced them
  • Their lives’ themes and patterns
  • Strategies for managing transitions

Session II

Who Am I Now?
Through self-discovery and assessment, participants identify where they are in their lives and what skills and talents they have. In the session, they explore:

  • Passions and interests
  • Individual gifts and strengths
  • Dreams and aspirations not truly realized

Session III

How Can I Realize My Dreams?
Once participants gain more self-awareness, they address practical ways to align their values, passions and gifts by learning:

  • Creative techniques for generating life options
  • Strategies to fuse passion, purpose and personal strengths
  • Ways to imagine potential

Session IV

How Do I Create an Engaged Life?

In this final session, participants develop individual action plans based on:

  • Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely (SMART) goals
  • Real and perceived challenges
  • Resources to help them reach their goals

Explore Your Future is a program developed by Coming of Age.