After the Honeymoon

About the Book

After nineteen years, author Virgil L. Brady is still learning how to retire. He’s concluded that successful retirement results from continual and honest introspection. By accepting the challenges of this new stage of life, the retiree can arrive at a liberating state of gratitude. In After the Honeymoon, Brady gives tips and advice for ensuring that retirement brings positive growth. By naming and examining mental and emotional barriers such as mortality, the retiree can confront aging as an opportunity for self-determination. Four keywords shape Brady’s approach to making lifestyle changes in full maturity: difficult, different, work, and enjoyable.

About the Author

Virgil L. Brady has forty years of experience as a pastor and family counselor. He served First United Methodist Church, Lawrence, Kansas, for sixteen years and retired in 1999. After living in Kansas for seventy-five years, Virgil and his wife, Elaine, moved to Laguna Woods, California, to be near their three children and seven grandchildren. Brady continues to conduct workshops on each of his four previously published books.