What Happens Next | Day One
About this Event
You spent decades getting good at your job. The harder question is who you are when it stops.
Most people approach the end of their working life with a detailed financial plan and almost no plan for the actual life. The diary empties. The identity that came with the role quietly disappears. And the question you have been putting off for years arrives whether you are ready for it or not.
What Happens Next: Day One is one focused day to stop avoiding that question and start building a real answer.
In a single day, working alongside a small group of people thinking through exactly the same things, you will use a structured coaching framework to get clear on who you are beyond your work, what you actually want from this next chapter, and the first practical steps to get there. You will leave with a plan that is yours, not a generic picture of what retirement is supposed to look like.
This is not a lecture and it is not a conference. There is no stage, no slides, and nobody at the front telling you how this part of your life should go. It is a facilitated day built entirely around you and the people in the room. Honest, practical, and genuinely useful.
By the end of the day, you will have worked out:
- What you genuinely want from the next chapter, in your own words
- Your purpose and values, and what drives you once the job title is gone
- Why change feels so hard at this stage, and what actually helps
- One area of wellbeing to focus on first, chosen by you from a structured menu
- The small, low-risk experiments that move you from thinking about it to doing it
- Your personal commitments, and the people who are going to hold you to them
The setting
We are holding the day aboard Britain's biggest houseboat, moored at St Katharine Docks right beside Tower Bridge. It is one of the most distinctive spaces in London. Warm wood interiors, floor to ceiling windows, and a calm private deck looking out over the marina and the Thames. No strip lights, no airless meeting room. A genuinely different space for a genuinely different kind of conversation, and a short walk from Tower Hill station. The setting matters more than you would think. Stepping somewhere out of the ordinary makes it far easier to think differently about what comes next.
The details
- Date: Saturday 26th September 2026
- Time: 9am to 5pm
- Location: St Katharine Docks, Central London
- Group size: 12 to 15 people, small by design
- Price: £249 per person (usual price £499, book launch offer, not repeated)
Who this is for
- People in their fifties or sixties starting to think seriously about what comes after work
- Those who have built a successful career but are not sure who they are without it
- Anyone who knows something needs to change but cannot yet see what
- People who do not want the conventional retirement picture, and know they have plenty left to give
Who is leading the day
The day is led by Chris Daems FPFS, Chartered Financial Planner, director of Cervello Financial Planning, and author of What Happens Next.
alongside Ruth Hughes MSc, leadership and career coach, educator, and founder of Curious Human Limited. Between them they bring more than fifty years of experience guiding people through some of the most significant transitions of their lives.
Is this right for me?
If you are approaching or even just considering a move away from work, and you want clarity on the life and not only the finances, this day is for you. You do not need to arrive with the answer. Working it out together, in good company, is the entire point of the day.
Our money-back guarantee
We want this to be one of the most useful days you give yourself, and we are confident it will be. So here is our promise. Come along, take part fully in the day, and if by the end you do not feel it was worth your time and your money, tell us and we will refund your place in full. No awkward questions, no quibbling. All the risk sits with us, not with you. The only thing you have to lose is the chance to finally answer a question you have been carrying for years.
Spaces are strictly limited to 15 people, and at this price for the launch they will not last. Once they are gone, they are gone.
Book your place now at the launch price of £249.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 249.00
