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Life Coach | Author | Speaker生活教练|作者|音箱

Karen Batchelor is a certified professional coach who provides inspiration, encouragement and support to 50 plus women and men.卡伦巴奇勒是一个认证的专业教练谁提供的灵感，鼓励和支持妇女和男子50加。 After more than 20 years in corporate and legal careers, she completely reinvented herself after 50 and started getting what she really wanted out of life – personally and professionally.经过20多个公司和法律的职业生涯里，她彻底改造自己，后50开始得到她真正想要从生活中 - 个人和专业。

Now as the premier coach for 50 plus women and men, Karen combines her diverse and extensive skills with her natural blend of creativity, enthusiasm and humor to help others like her make their fifties the gateway to the best half of life.现在，作为妇女和男子50加总理教练，凯伦结合她多样和广泛的技巧，她自然的创造力，热情和幽默的混合，来帮助别人让他们喜欢她的五十门户的一生中最好的一半。

OK — that's the official version.行 - 这是官方的版本。 Now, in her own words, this is how Karen got here:如今，在她自己的话说，这是怎么来到这里凯伦：

A few years back, I was sitting in my nice corporate office contemplating a career path that looked incredible on paper.几年前，我正坐在我的漂亮的公司办公室考虑的职业轨迹是令人难以置信地看着纸。 I had climbed the proverbial ladder of success, navigating through the practice of law and the executive ranks of corporate America.我爬上梯子的成功众所周知，通过司法实践，美国企业执行行列导航。 But as I rolled into my fifties, I had this nagging feeling that after all my efforts to get there, I was completely on the wrong ladder!但我走进五热轧，我有这个唠叨的感觉，毕竟我的努力去那里，我是完全错误的阶梯！

Something about turning 50 helped me focus on how I wasn't living in sync with my life purpose and values, my creativity was stifled, my personal life was shoved into a corner and I just plain wasn't happy.约50个东西帮我把重点放在如何我是不同步的生活与我的人生目标和价值观，我的创造力被扼杀，我个人的生活推到一个角落里，我只是简单的不快乐。

So with a courage I didn't think I had, I climbed down what had become the wrong ladder of success and headed off to find what I really wanted out of the second half of my life.如此的勇气我不认为我有，我爬下了什么错误成为成功的阶梯，前往出发寻找我真正想要的是我生命中的下半年推出。 Like you, though, major career change was only part of the roller coaster ride through my fifties.和你一样，不过，只有改变职业，通过我的五十过山车的一部分。 Ups and downs have included:跌宕起伏包括：

• The devastating loss of my father我的父亲毁灭性的损失
• Divorce离婚
• A serious health challenge一个严重的健康挑战
• Becoming “parent” to 90 year old mother who suffers from dementia and is now in assisted living成为“家长”到90岁的母亲患有痴呆，谁是现在居住在辅助
• My son's marriage (and a great new daughter-in-law)我儿子的婚姻（和一个伟大的新媳妇）
• Sad news that my best friend of 50+ years has early onset Alzheimer's Disease悲伤的消息，我最好的朋友有50年以上的早发性阿尔茨海默病
• The “madness” of menopause “疯狂”的更年期
• The adoption of my beautiful little niece我的漂亮的小侄女通过
• Being present at the birth of my godson作为在我的教子出生时
• And writing my first book 50 Ways To Have An Amazing Life After 50 !我的第一本书，写的50种方法，让生活在50一个了不起的 ！

Along the way, I had my own life coach for personal development who helped me discover a fulfilling career as a certified professional life coach.一路上，我有我的个人发展谁帮助我发现作为一个认证的专业生活教练生涯充实自己的生活教练。 I now help 50 plus women and men get past mid life crisis symptoms with a focused vision and an action plan for an amazing life after 50.我现在50多帮助妇女和男子闯过生活中一个重点远见和50后的一个行动计划，一个惊人的生命危机的症状。 And yes it's possible!而且是有可能！ My fifties have sometimes been a bumpy ride but I can honestly say that at this point in my life, I like where I am and, more importantly – I like WHO I am.我五十有时被颠簸的车程，但我可以诚实地说，我的生活在这一点上，我喜欢我在哪里，更重要的是 - 我喜欢现在的我。

If you're ready to discover how to make your next 50 the best 50:如果你准备去发现如何使你的下一个最好的50 50：

• Get your copy of my new book得到你的我的新出版的书 50 Ways To Have An Amazing Life After 50 50种方法，让生活在一个了不起的50
• Take a leisurely tour around this website, read the articles and see if individual or life coaching online can inspire you to reinvent your life after 50.约需本网站的逍遥游，阅读文章，看看网上的个人或生活教练能激发你重塑后50你的生活。
• Subscribe to 50 Plus Magazine – my free twice-monthly newsletter. 50 +订阅杂 ​​志 -我的自由每月两次的新闻通讯。
• Get a bonus with your subscription – the Creating Power Goals Power Pack to help you set SMART goals to help you get what you really want out of this next part of life and让您的订阅与奖金- 创建功耗目标的电源组 ，以帮助您设定SMART目标，以帮助你得到你真正想要的生活中消失的一部分，这下和
• Visit me on我对访问 Facebook注册Facebook！ and和 Twitter叽叽喳喳 . 。

Thanks so much for your readership:-)非常感谢您的读者:-)

Karen 卡伦