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Love
Your Third Act
A workaholic's guide to not freaking out after retirement.
If your job has been your identity for thirty years, the last day isn't a finish line — it's the start of the chapter nobody prepared you for. Corinne Winter-Rousset writes and speaks about building a third act with shape, purpose and a lot less panic.
Paperback & Kindle on Amazon UK. Read a free sample on the book page.
About
Thirty years of "what do you do?" — and a new answer
Corinne Winter-Rousset spent her career in rooms where being busy was the point. Then she stopped — and discovered that the hardest part of retirement isn't the money or the diary. It's the identity.
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She wrote Love Your Third Act for the people who loved their work a little too much: the ones who thrived on deadlines, who were the go-to person, who measured a good day by what got done.
Since then she's turned that experience into a book and a podcast — honest, practical conversations about what comes after the job title. No toxic positivity, no endless golf. Just a clear-eyed look at rebuilding a week that means something, on purpose.
She writes for anyone standing at the edge of their third act and wondering whether they're allowed to feel relieved, terrified and lost — all at once. (Spoiler: you are.)
- WroteLove Your Third Act: A Workaholic's Guide to Not Freaking Out After Retirement
- HostsThe Love Your Third Act podcast
- Writes aboutIdentity, purpose and life after a demanding career
- Talks aboutRetirement transitions, for teams and organisations
- Based inUnited Kingdom
The Book
Love Your Third Act
A Workaholic's Guide to Not Freaking Out After Retirement
The last day at work arrives, the card is signed, the desk is cleared — and then the house is very quiet. This book is the reassuring, straight-talking companion for that moment, and for every week that follows.
- Why the first six months feel strange — and why that's completely normal
- How to separate who you are from what you did
- Building a week with shape, without a calendar full of meetings
- What to say when someone asks what you do all day
- Keeping your ambition without burning out all over again
Retirement isn't the end of your working life. It's the first time you get to design it.
Available in paperback and Kindle · Free sample available on Amazon.
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The Podcast
Conversations for the third act
Short, practical episodes about the stuff nobody warns you about — the empty Mondays, the identity wobble, and the surprisingly good bit that comes after.
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