A new week, a different rhythm. For some, the week begins with hustle and bustle, for others with silence.

Retirement. The work is done. The company is being sold.

The children are grown up. And then there's that awkward question:

Is our marriage over now too?

For many entrepreneurial couples, this is the most difficult transition of all. Not because something goes wrong, but because there is nothing left to fix.

The shared goals—career, family, home, future—have been achieved.

People's wishes have changed; some want to take it easier, while others finally want to get involved, for themselves.

What remains is a period that requires a different kind of attention: not planning, but finding meaning again.

Research shows that this phase in particular determines the quality of later life.

Couples who redefine their partnership, from functional to personal, from task-oriented to emotional, experience greater satisfaction, vitality, and peace of mind.

Often, the financial situation also requires attention and often a different distribution.

So the question is not whether it is ready,

But what remains to be built, consciously, maturely, without the self-evidence and pressure and obvious division of tasks of the past.