Barbara Atkins is a Retirement Transition Life Coach, Author and Speaker. 70 is the New 40 inspires the Mid-life individual to create new visions and reorder priorities for the bonus years ahead. She shows them how to make a paradigm shift in their perception of chronological aging for a fulfilling life. She offers seventy life planning tips for a holistic approach to living a life that is self-rewarding, fulfilling and meaningful. The reader learns the value of servant leadership in the intangibles. The purpose driven mature adult desires to transition from success to a life of significance, engage in projects that will stimulate the mind, fire the heart and feed their spirit.

Barbara has over 30 years experience in leadership and management. After fifteen years of coaching professionals in career and business development she created a niche for a new career; coaching midlife individuals as they transition from success to significance. Barbara’s retirement readiness, life options’ and re-career programs offer directions to ‘What’s next’ after retirement.

Barbara’s business career have been published in Money Magazine, Essence, Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Washington Post, Ford Lincoln-Mercury Division Supplier Magazine and other publications. She has received numerous awards on a state, local and federal level as a dedicated corporate citizen. She is also the recipient of the ATHENA Award for her business acumen.