Meet Our Team
Welcome and thank you for your interest in The Retired Mindset! We believe true longevity is not merely about adding years to life. It is about adding life to years and expanding healthspan—preserving physical vitality, mental sharpness, emotional resilience, meaningful relationships, and a deep sense of purpose.
Bob Preston, Founder & CEO
Bob Preston
Founder and CEO
Holistic Longevity Expert
Retirement has opened my eyes in ways I never imagined. My experience in retirement reminds me of the Death Cab for Cutie song ‘Soul Meets Body.’ If you’re not familiar with the song, try searching for it on Google or iTunes and give it a listen. It feels like I’ve stepped into a new version of myself—let’s call it Bobby P 2.0! I’ve rediscovered my passions and embraced the joy of living in the moment, adopting lifestyle-driven practices to maintain vitality, balance, and quality of life as I’ve grown older. As an expert in Holistic Longevity, my
mission is to empower both men and women to embrace longevity and holistic aging, unlock their full potential, and thrive as they transition into a new phase of life. Most people prepare financially for retirement—but few prepare physically, mentally, emotionally, or socially. Together, we will build a personalized longevity trailmap for you, focused on maximizing your healthspan—the years of life lived with strength, cognitive sharpness, mobility, purpose, and independence. Here’s a glimpse into my
retired mindset, and thesecan apply to every person, regardless of financial resources and health status:
- I’ve got renewed mental clarity and focus.
- I remind myself daily to be in the moment, present, and engaged.
- I’m committed to my nutrition for metabolic health and regular movement for strength & mobility.
- I’ve rekindled my spirituality and connections with family & friends.
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The insights I’ve shared above are the foundation for the TRM Momentum model and framework, The Seven Trails to Holistic Longevity. While retirement for me has indeed been transformational, it was not immediate bliss. I describe it as a “free fall” while asking myself: “Who am I without my career?” Through intentional work on mental clarity, physical health, relationships, purpose, community, and spiritual grounding, I’ve been reinventing my life from the inside out. Retirement is not simply a financial milestone or extended vacation. It is a profound life transition – one that can bring both freedom and uncertainty. I believe retirement can become our most meaningful and fulfilling chapter of life, but only if approached with intention. I want to help people not only thrive in retirement but truly thrive within it. Because The Retired Mindset is more than a concept or philosophy – it’s an invitation!
Bob’s Background
Bob is a certified Holistic Longevity Professional (ICAHP) with a specialty in physical vitality, cognition, and neuroscience for ages 50+ (soul meets body). He is an experienced entrepreneur, former Silicon Valley Chief Marketing Officer, Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (164532), ACSM Personal Trainer (in progress, specialty 50+ adults), consultant, podcaster, storyteller, and mountain-life enthusiast.
Bob is also the founder of The Retired Mindset, helping people redefine retirement and design a more meaningful next chapter through the lens of holistic longevity. He earned a BA in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara; an MA in Professional Psychology from Alliant University; an MBA in Marketing from the University of California, Irvine; and completed The Executive Program for Growing Companies from The Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.
Bob has spent decades operating in high-performance professional environments. His career includes executive leadership roles in Silicon Valley with publicly traded companies, followed by successful real estate entrepreneurship and consulting. Like many ambitious professionals, he spent years pursuing growth, achievement, financial success, and external validation. He has transformed himself through retirement and wants to share that journey with others. As an expert in Holistic Longevity, he is on a mission to empower both men and women to embrace holistic longevity, unlock their full potential, and thrive as they transition into a new phase of life. Bob can be followed on LinkedIn and Gravatar.
Kathryn Linehan, Executive Director Health & Longevity
Kathryn Linehan
Executive Director
Health and Longevity
I’ve joined The Retired Mindset as the Executive Director of Health and Longevity to help our clients and members pursue the interconnected trails of body, vitality, and nutrition. Early in life, I was an avid swimmer and loved all forms of dance; however, by the age of 30, my athleticism had taken its toll, and both my feet and hips needed corrective surgery. The recovery periods were long, and physical therapy didn’t help me regain the athletic edge to which I was accustomed. Through my dance community, I was introduced
to Pilates reformer routines, which became key to my full recovery. This led to being introduced to the circle of Joseph Pilates’ lineage of original teachers known as the “Pilates Elders”. They played a crucial role in preserving and spreading the true Pilates method, and a decade of study with them helped refine my Pilates practice. This sense of wholeness and integration now brings greater discernment to all other aspects of my life. Here’s a glimpse into my retired mindset and pursuit of holistic longevity:
- I have greater clarity and focus because my feet are now stronger and more pliable
- My entire body feels calmer, which translates into a quietude of inner joy.
- I focus on skeletal muscle development, core strength for balance/agility, and stretching for increasing range of motion.
- I love sharing this life-giving path that brings hope to so many.
Kat’s Background
Kathryn “Kat” Linehan is a certified personal trainer with the American College of Sports Medicine, ACSM®. She works at the intersection of technology and wellness, collaborating with experts in strength training, recovery, and meditation. In creating and honing the practice of FORM® over the past 20 years, she consults with both corporate and individual clients, often collaborating with medical professionals to develop customized health programs for their patients.
At Pepperdine University, Kathryn was a sports medicine faculty member in the Natural Science division for more than a decade. She contributed extensively to ongoing research in the field of movement, cognition, and longevity. Kathryn’s courses and programs had measurable positive impacts on participants’ well-being, with research showing improvements in areas such as cognitive performance among senior populations, as well as significant increases in empathy, equanimity, and body image among younger adults.
With a Master of Arts in Cinematic Media Production from Pepperdine University and a degree in Communication Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara, Kathryn has produced numerous documentaries and built strategic partnerships across the entertainment and nonprofit communities. She brings storytelling expertise along with creative vision to The Retired Mindset platform. Kat can be followed on LinkedIn.
About The Retired Mindset™
The Retired Mindset exists for high-functioning adults who have spent decades building careers, raising families, leading organizations, and fulfilling responsibilities—only to discover that retirement presents a challenge few people truly prepare for.
Not the financial challenge. The human one. Retirement can create extraordinary freedom, but it can also surface profound uncertainty. Without the structure of a career, title, routine, or external achievement, many people quietly struggle with questions of identity, purpose, relevance, health, and meaning.
This is where The Retired Mindset is different. We provide psychology-informed, holistic longevity coaching that integrates a biopsychosocial-spiritual approach with biomarker hard-science data for adults navigating retirement and reinvention. Our work sits at the intersection of longevity science, wellness optimization, behavioral psychology, mindset coaching, and purposeful living.
Through our proprietary TRM Momentum™ framework, we help guide clients along the
Seven Trails to Holistic Longevity:
- Soul.
- Body.
- Vitality
- Nutrition.
- Purpose.
- Connection.
- Spirituality
Retirement is not the end of the story. For many, it may be the first chapter they finally get to author fully on their own terms. At The Retired Mindset, we help ensure that the chapter is written with intention, vitality, courage, and momentum.