About me
Diane Wilbur
Founder, Retirement Fitness™
Former Head of Leadership Development, Fidelity Investments
Over 20 years coaching senior executives
Former Registered Financial Advisor & CPA
Certified Professional Retirement Coach-CPRC
Certified Clifton Strengths Gallup Coach
Diane Wilbur
Founder, Retirement Fitness™
I’ve spent more than two decades working with senior leaders at moments of significant transition — promotions, restructures, reinvention, and change. What experience has shown me is this: the most complex transitions are rarely professional. They are personal.
Retirement is one of them.
While retirement is often framed as a financial milestone, it is equally a psychological and identity shift. Stepping away from long-held roles, structure, and recognition can create uncertainty that few high achievers anticipate.
Earlier in my career, I worked as both a CPA and financial advisor. I have deep respect for financial preparation — and a clear understanding of its limits.
Retirement Fitness™ supports accomplished professionals through the non-financial side of retirement — the part no one talks about. We create space for honest reflection, challenge limiting patterns, and build a clear roadmap so this transition becomes intentional — strengthening health, relationships, and purpose for what comes next.
I work exclusively with high achievers who are ready to approach this chapter with the same thoughtfulness and discipline that defined their careers. My role is not to reinvent you — it is to help you redeploy your strengths, redefine identity beyond title, and design a life structure that sustains clarity, engagement, and meaning.
Retirement isn’t an ending.
It is a life redesign — and it deserves preparation.