Our Studio
A place to think clearly about what comes next.
Steadyway is built around the belief that the years before and after retirement deserve the same careful thought as any other major chapter of adult life.
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How Steadyway began
Steadyway was established in Kota Kinabalu in 2018 by a small group of adult educators and community facilitators who had spent years watching people arrive at retirement with no clear framework for what followed. The paperwork was unfiled. The family conversations had never happened. The assumptions had never been tested.
The founders wanted to create a place — a proper studio, not an online course — where adults in Sabah could come on a weekend, sit with others who were thinking about the same things, and leave with something printed and tangible: a workbook that could sit on the kitchen shelf and be returned to over months.
That first workshop in 2018 was attended by eleven people. Today the quarterly calendar fills steadily, and the Family Conversation Toolkit has reached households across Sabah and beyond. The studio has not changed its approach: small groups, printed materials, no pressure, no financial products, no personal advice.
Our Mission
To give every household in Sabah a clear, structured way to think about retirement — covering records, conversations, and routines — before the transition arrives.
Our Values
- Patience: Good preparation takes time. We move at the pace of the participants.
- Honesty: We do not sell advice, products, or quick answers.
- Community: Retirement is a household transition, not an individual one.
The People Behind the Studio
Our team
Three facilitators with backgrounds in adult education, community organising, and household advisory work.
Roslan Bin Bakri
Studio Director & Lead Facilitator
Former adult education coordinator at a Sabah community college. Has led household transition workshops across the east coast of Sabah since 2015.
Linda Toh
Programme Developer
Designed the Family Conversation Toolkit and oversees the workbook series. Background in written materials for structured learning environments.
Mohd Asyraf
Session Facilitator & Studio Coordinator
Facilitates the group workshop days and manages participant bookings. Trained in group facilitation and adult learning methodology.
How We Work
Studio standards and commitments
Educational framework only
All sessions and materials are structured as general education. No personal financial, legal, or medical advice is given at any point.
Small group sizes
Group workshop sessions are capped at 18 participants to ensure every attendee has space to ask questions and work through the material.
Printed workbooks, not slides
Every programme includes printed materials that participants take home. The studio does not rely on projected slides as the primary learning tool.
Privacy first
Participant details are stored securely and never shared with third-party product or service providers. We collect only what is needed for session management.
No sales, no commission
Steadyway earns from programme fees only. Facilitators do not receive commission and are not permitted to recommend third-party products during sessions.
Content reviewed annually
All workshop content and printed workbooks are reviewed each year to reflect current context and community feedback from past participants.
Context and Approach
Retirement preparation in East Malaysia
The transition away from full-time work looks different for every household. In Sabah, that transition often involves extended family, multi-generational households, and financial arrangements that do not fit neatly into generic planning templates produced elsewhere. Steadyway's programmes are written and facilitated with Sabah specifically in mind.
The studio works with adults at the point where they know they need to think about retirement, but have not yet found a comfortable structure for doing so. Some participants are within twelve months of stepping back from work. Others are ten years away but want to begin the household conversations early. The programmes are designed to be useful at any of these stages.
Steadyway does not compete with financial planners, lawyers, or government services. It sits alongside them — helping individuals and families arrive at those conversations better organised, with clearer questions and a shared household understanding of what the next chapter might look like.
Start with a conversation
Whether you are curious about the Day Pass or ready to begin the full year programme, the studio team is glad to talk you through the options.
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