Julie is a life coach who thrives on helping mature women prioritize their needs and gain confidence so they can stop worrying about “being enough” and start living life. She’s a self-proclaimed “feel-good junkie,” and she has personally experienced decades of struggling with people-pleasing, over-giving and low self-esteem. She has learned to accept, trust and love herself, and she’s helped hundreds of other women do the same. She shares her belief that it's possible to be happy & healthy a...
Sep 12, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 144
Making the tough decisions in one's life is what makes life worthwhile - anybody can float along following their whims! It takes some courage and spunk to do the "right thing" and stand up for your own beliefs when others think you're wrong.
Sep 05, 2021•10 min•Season 3Ep. 143
Jesus "Eddie" Campa was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. After 27 years of law enforcement experience, Eddie retired from public service and transitioned his experience and expertise to the private sector as a mentor, consultant, and sounding board. He is an internationally and nationally accredited speaker on leadership development, strategic planning, culture change, culture diversity, customer service, community engagement, law enforcement, and security. Eddie is using his experience and sk...
Aug 29, 2021•32 min•Season 3Ep. 142
In this episode, Jacquie delves into the ideas that Matt Franklin brought up about planning for retirement - having a business plan, taking a practice run at retirement while you can still make some adjustments, and generally getting your ducks in a row.
Aug 22, 2021•9 min•Season 3Ep. 141
Matt Franklin is a marketing professional, a video producer, and a serial entrepreneur. Producing corporate sales/training/marketing videos is his bread and butter, and he has been fortunate to work all over the world with smart people and great companies. Matt has invented and co-invented multiple products, including PostureNOW, which earned a Shark Tank appearance and has become a multi-million-dollar selling product. He's been studying retirement for a while now and has come to the resounding...
Aug 15, 2021•33 min•Season 3Ep. 140
Something that Carol mentioned in the interview last week was about the Law of Attraction . This is something that I never used to put a lot of stock in – the idea that “what you think about, you bring about”. It was a bit too “woo-woo” for me originally. Of course, I’ve seen the movie The Secret, and read a lot about the idea. And depending on who you follow, there are between 3 and 7 sub-laws to the law of attraction. The general idea behind the law of attraction is that it helps you manifest ...
Aug 08, 2021•11 min•Season 3Ep. 139
In July 2012, Carol founded WoW – World of Women – in the greater Montreal, Quebec, area, to help women work towards a better and stronger future both for themselves. WOW has expanded through Quebec and Ontario since then, now including Ottawa, Toronto, Kingston, Rive-Sud and Gatineau, and early in 2021 to Western Canada. Carol understands the difficulties, as well as the pleasures, of running a business and is eager to share her experiences with other women. She believes in commerce, philanthro...
Aug 01, 2021•27 min•Season 3Ep. 138
Hi everyone, and welcome to episode 137 of Beyond Retirement. Thanks for taking the time to hang out with me today! If you recall, I spoke with Eric Brotman last week and he talked about how life can be compared to an undergraduate program, with activities to be carried out in your freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior years of life in preparation for retirement. And he calls it graduation , not retirement, for a very good reason. If you haven’t listened to Eric’s interview yet, I recommend th...
Jul 25, 2021•8 min•Season 3Ep. 137
Eric believes completely in the idea that retirement isn't the end of the road. He's so adamant about this that he's written a book that treats retirement planning and execution like the years of university. There are certain activities that delineate the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior years...and when you've done all those activities (and the associated extra credit activities!) you can rest assured that you've done what it takes to be prepared for the next stage of life. In his words, ...
Jul 18, 2021•24 min•Season 3Ep. 136
As I say each week, if you haven’t listened to last week’s interview, stop here and go back to listen now. I was talking with Radon Stancil, a financial planner who focuses on preparing people for retirement. Radon believes that financial planning needs to be both financial and intellectual, so his firm, Peace of Mind Wealth Management, focuses on 3 key concepts – your financial needs, your legacy and your lifestyle – because they all play a role in how your retirement works out for you. I think...
Jul 11, 2021•6 min•Season 3Ep. 135
Radon explains how POM Wealth focuses on helping people prepare for retirement in terms of financial and lifestyle planning. They work to help their clients make the plan they need and get into the mindset required to really be "retired". Financial preparation is fairly straightforward, and provided by most financial planners, to make sure that the funds are in place to allow retirement (remember that this is when you start to SPEND the money you've been SAVING all these years!) Lifestyle prepar...
Jul 04, 2021•24 min•Season 3Ep. 134
TRANSCRIPT: As you know, if you’ve been listening along, after each guest episode, I reflect a bit about what we discussed, trying to figure out how to relate the information or ideas to retirement life or preparation for retirement. Today is no different. Last week I talked with Joseph Hogue, who discovered early in his 9-5 career that he didn’t really want to spend the next 30+ years doing a job that he hated. It wasn’t so much that he didn’t want to work; he simply wanted to do work that he e...
Jun 27, 2021•10 min•Season 3Ep. 133
Joseph Hogue is an investment analyst and an online entrepreneur. He travelled the same road as many people, getting a good education and starting to work in a solid job. He figured that's the way life goes - get an education, get a job, work till you've saved enough to retire, then retire. But then he decided that this couldn't be all there is to life... there are other ways to make money that allow one to avoid working as an employee at a job you don't like, just to save money and get out of i...
Jun 20, 2021•23 min•Season 3Ep. 132
In this episode, Jacquie does a little deep-dive into the ideas that were brought up last week by Mitche Graf during their conversation. She discusses the Time-Value Pyramid and the overarching idea of "working smarter" instead of "working harder" to get where you want to go.
Jun 13, 2021•10 min•Season 3Ep. 131
Mitche Graf is a best-selling author, a public speaker and an amateur gardener. He has been a passionate serial entrepreneur for over 3 decades; from selling used bicycle parts out of his garage in the seventh grade to running three companies today, he prides himself on knowing how to squeeze every drop of potential out of his endeavors. He also knows that life is short - too short not to make every minute count. He's figured out how to work with what he calls the 24/7 Mentality ... not the 24 h...
Jun 06, 2021•30 min•Season 3Ep. 130
In this episode, Jacquie talks about affiliate marketing and some of the ways it can be a useful sideline in retirement.
May 30, 2021•9 min•Season 3Ep. 129
Hannie Mommers is a Dutch pensioner and she was a graphic designer in the Netherlands for 35 years. After retiring, she and her husband emigrated to Spain. For a year they lived the laptop life while traveling from southwest Spain to the southeast, where they found their dream house. During her career, Hannie was an entrepreneur with her own business, so she had to spend time networking and talking to people to get work. That wasn't really what she enjoyed doing, so as retirement time approached...
May 23, 2021•31 min•Season 3Ep. 128
The idea of working for part of the year and travelling for the rest of it isn't new and many people dream of being able to do it successfully. Some even manage to do it for awhile. But there are a lot of things to consider when you're deciding to take on this lifestyle. One of the biggest considerations, of course, is how you're going to fund it. Saving up for a number of months - and being disciplined enough to hang onto those savings even in the eye of a "really cool" toy you see along the wa...
May 16, 2021•8 min•Season 3Ep. 127
France decided early in her career that the regular 2 or 3 weeks of vacation that the usual 9-5 jobs offer simply isn't enough time to do all the travelling she wanted to do! So she set about figuring out how to get more time off. She knew there were a few options for her: ask for extra time off from her employer (probably without pay) save up and quit her job and hope the job would be there when she returned from travelling save up and quit her job and find new work when she returned continue w...
May 09, 2021•39 min•Season 3Ep. 126
There are many ways to "live your best life"; it's important to find the ways that suit you best. We all have hopes and dreams throughout our lives... don't get to the end of your life and have regrets over things you haven't done. As Mark Twain said, "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines! Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover!" po6arGnImoqRz0oO7at...
May 02, 2021•9 min•Season 3Ep. 125
Merri Macartney is a 70-year-young widow who is the founder of the Don't Die Before You're Dead Movement. Her message is that in order to avoid living in the Land of Regret, we need to live every day as fully as possible and not put things off till later. Later may never come. Live NOW as that is all we have for certain. Merri has published a couple of books that are in perfect harmony with both her witty personality and her straightforward message. Her first book is called " Thoughts from the T...
Apr 25, 2021•32 min•Season 3Ep. 124
The idea of "lifequakes" or "lightning-strike moments" is taken from the book "Life is in the Transitions", by Bruce Feiler. To summarize it, there are moments in our lives that cause upheaval and result in our taking a different path than we were originally taking. We can't see these moments clearly when we're experiencing them, but looking back on our lives, we can identify at least some of the moments that caused changes in our life trajectory. Retirement is one of those moments, for sure, an...
Apr 18, 2021•10 min•Season 3Ep. 123
Diana Place founded Third Act Quest to help reframe aging for individuals in the workplace and in society in general so they can reimagine lives of joy, meaning, and purpose for the decades to come. She shares with us the history behind Third Act Quest - which is designed to help people go on a journey of understanding & clarity about their llives - and describes the various programs that she offers. We've all got plenty of transitions in our lives and we've come through them all. Diana disc...
Apr 11, 2021•23 min•Season 3Ep. 122
In this episode, Jacquie takes a moment to talk about the importance of looking after yourself as you head into the "retirement" phase of life.
Apr 04, 2021•9 min•Season 3Ep. 121
Nelia Hutt is an employee in a medical office setting, a wife & a mother. She is also an author, a podcast host, a philanthropist...and a force to be reckoned with! Despite her mild demeanor and what seems like an almost introverted personality, Nelia has strong convictions and huge dreams, and she's not letting anything stand in her way on the road to achieving them! Time stamps: 4.09 - People say "Life is short", but most of us don't listen until something happens. 5:15 - A podcast gave he...
Mar 28, 2021•36 min•Season 3Ep. 120
In this episode, Jacquie digs a little deeper into the idea that Stu Massengill shared last week, as she discusses ways to discover your direction in life.
Mar 21, 2021•9 min•Season 3Ep. 119
Stu is a Peak Performance strategist for Tony Robbins and the founder of Finding Direction University. From an early age, he understood that being able to get along with people was the best way to be successful and happy in life. But he was a shy, introverted kid who was often overshadowed by others. Time stamps: 1:10 - A bit of Stu's background to put thing in perspective 4:34 - Finding Direction University - what it's all about 6:31 - How to figure out your life...Allow yourself to dream 9:24 ...
Mar 14, 2021•24 min•Season 3Ep. 118
Figuring out what your brand is going to be is tough... sorting out how to advertise it once you've got that brand is no walk in the park either. The best way to go about coming up with activities that interest you is to figure it out while you're still working. This eases some of the stress of finding new hobbies or pastimes. If you wait until you NEED to find something, the pressure is on and that isn't good for anyone. So, spend some time mulling over your interests and what you've been putti...
Mar 07, 2021•9 min•Season 3Ep. 117
Jeremy and his wife Brielle own Command Your Brand Media to help leaders use the power of podcasts to change the world. He's also the founder of Create Your Own Life , one of the top 26 podcasts for entrepreneurs to listen to in 2017 + 2018 by CIO Magazine, the top podcast to listen to by INC Magazine in 2019 and the Millennial Influencer to follow in 2018 by Buzzfeed. The Create Your Own Life Podcast has been downloaded over 2.5 million times. Time stamps: 4:48 - How to determine what your bran...
Feb 28, 2021•19 min•Season 3Ep. 116
The difference between financial freedom and financial independence may be subtle, but it's relevant to one's plans for the future. The idea that retirement doesn't necessarily mean "the end of work", but rather a change to "the desired work" is something that also causes some discussion between people at different times. Jacquie looks back over what Rachel has said - about preparing for financial freedom, as well as when and how to go about it.
Feb 21, 2021•8 min•Season 3Ep. 115
