Should you get a life coach for retirement?

While the retirement dream may be to smoothly exit your full-time job and sail into the next phase of life, the reality is that the transition is often far from easy.

“We can often get overwhelmed, especially when facing changes,” says Lynell Ross, a life coach based in Auburn, Calif., and founder of Zivadream, a website designed to help people improve their lives.

Could hiring a life coach for retirement help?

Maybe so. It did for Val Walker, the Boston-area author of 400 Friends and No One to Call: Breaking Through Isolation and Building Community.

By Rachel Hartman, Next Avenue Contributor