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

Karen Batchelor is a certified professional coach who provides inspiration, encouragement and support to 50 plus women and men.卡倫巴奇勒是一個認證的專業教練誰提供的靈感，鼓勵和支持婦女和男子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.經過 20多年的公司和法律職業，她完全徹底改造自己，開始後 50她真的得到了自己想要從生活中 - 個人和專業。

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.現在作為教練 50元加總理男女，卡倫結合她多樣和廣泛的技巧，她自然融為一體的創意，熱情，幽默，幫助他人使他們喜歡她的五十網關的最佳一半的生命。

OK — that's the official version.行 - 這是官方的版本。 Now, in her own words, this is how Karen got here:如今，在她自己的話說，這是怎麼來到這裡凱倫：

A few years back, I was sitting in my nice corporate office contemplating a career path that looked incredible on paper.幾年前，我正坐在辦公室考慮好企業的職業生涯，看起來令人難以置信的在紙上。 I had climbed the proverbial ladder of success, navigating through the practice of law and the executive ranks of corporate America.我已經爬到了眾所周知的成功的階梯，航行通過實踐的法律和行政職級的美國企業。 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!但正如我滾進我的五十多歲，我有這個揮之不去的感覺，畢竟我的努力去那裡，我是完全錯誤的階梯！

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.東西約 50幫我把重點放在如何我不是住在我生命的目的同步和價值觀，我的創造力被扼殺，我個人的生活推到一個角落裡，我只是簡單的不快樂。

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.如此的勇氣我不認為我有，我變成了什麼爬下梯子的錯誤和成功大舉進軍找到我真正想要出下半年我的生活。 Like you, though, major career change was only part of the roller coaster ride through my fifties.和你一樣，不過，改變職業，只是部分過山車通過我50多歲。 Ups and downs have included:跌宕起伏包括：

• The devastating loss of my father毀滅性的損失，我的父親
• Divorce離婚
• A serious health challenge一個嚴重的健康挑戰
• Becoming “parent” to 90 year old mother who suffers from dementia and is now in assisted living成為“家長”到90歲的母親患有老年癡呆症和誰現在在輔助生活
• My son's marriage (and a great new daughter-in-law)我兒子的婚姻（和一個偉大的新媳婦）
• Sad news that my best friend of 50+ years has early onset Alzheimer's Disease悲傷的消息，我最好的朋友，50歲以上有早發性阿爾茨海默氏病
• The “madness” of menopause “瘋狂”的更年期
• The adoption of my beautiful little niece採納我的漂亮的小侄女
• Being present at the birth of my godson分娩時在場的我的教子
• And writing my first book 50 Ways To Have An Amazing Life After 50 !我的第一本書，寫的50種方法有一個驚人的50後的生活 ！

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，我有我自己的生活教練為個人發展誰幫助我發現有成就感的事業作為一個認證的專業生活教練。 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.我現在 50多幫助婦女和男子越過中年危機症狀與集中的遠見和行動計劃的一個驚人的50後的生活。 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.我五十有時被顛簸的車程，但我可以誠實地說，在這一點在我的生活，我喜歡我在哪裡，更重要的是 - 我喜歡現在的我。

If you're ready to discover how to make your next 50 the best 50:如果你準備去發現如何使你的下一個最好的50 50：

• Get your copy of my new book讓您的副本我的新書 50 Ways To Have An Amazing Life After 50 50種與有驚人的50後的生活
• 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.採取逍遙遊解決此網站，閱讀文章，看看網上的個人或生活教練可以激發你重塑50後的生活。
• Subscribe to 50 Plus Magazine – my free twice-monthly newsletter. 50 +訂閱雜誌 -我的自由每月兩次的新聞通訊。
• 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拿到獎金與您的訂閱- 創建功耗目標的電源組 ，以幫助您設置SMART目標，以幫助你得到你真正想要擺脫這種生活和未來的一部分
• Visit me on我對訪問 Facebook註冊 Facebook！ and和 Twitter嘰嘰喳喳 . 。

Thanks so much for your readership:-)非常感謝您的讀者 :-)

Karen 卡倫