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Your Money Matters in 2025 – Larry Kotlikoff

Make 2025 your year! Free 2-part Workshop to build 3 new habits January 3 and 10th – 12 Noon Eastern – 1 hour via Zoom Sign Up here _________________________ While we focus on the non-financial aspects of retirement here, your money clearly matters. With a new year around the corner we check back in with economist Larry Kotlikoff, author of Mo ney Magic: An Economist’s Secrets to More Money,Less Risk and a Better Life , for his views on what may lie ahead, common mistakes to avoid with Social Se...

Dec 30, 2024•29 min•Season 7Ep. 322

Spiritual Aging – Carol Orsborn, PhD

Make the New Year Your Best Year Free 2-part Workshop to build 3 new habits January 3 and 10th – 12 Noon Eastern – 1 hour via Zoom Sign Up here _______________________ As the year winds down, it’s time to reflect – and look ahead. Carol Orsborn, author of the new book Spiritual Aging: Weekly Reflections for Embracing Life , explains why it’s a wise move to continue that practice with weekly reflections to tune into the spiritual side of aging. Carol Orsborn joins us from Tennessee. _____________...

Dec 23, 2024•30 min•Season 7Ep. 321

Slow Living – Stephanie O’Dea

Make the New Year Your Best Year Free 2-part Workshop to build 3 new habits January 3 and 10th – 12 Noon Eastern – 1 hour via Zoom Sign Up here _______________________ It’s a great time of year to slow down. But what about next year? Is it time for slow living? Stephanie O’Dea, author of Slow Living: Cultivating a Life of Purpose in a Hustle-Driven World , shares her personal experiences with slowing down, the benefits of living a different lifestyle and how to get started. Stephanie O’Dea joins...

Dec 16, 2024•26 min•Season 7Ep. 320

Best of the Retirement Wisdom Podcast 2024 – Part 3

It’s time to catch up on any of our best podcast conversations you may have missed this fall. Listen to any of the full podcast conversations below: Retiring: Creating a Life That Works for You – Teresa Amabile The Good Life – Marc Schulz The Art of the Interesting – Lorraine Besser, PhD Passion and Purpose – Jim Ansara How to Retire – Christine Benz __________________ Other Best Of Episodes: Best of 2024 – Part Two Best of 2024 – Part One Best of 2023 – Part Three _______________________ About ...

Dec 09, 2024•31 min

The Pursuit of Wisdom – Ben Lytle

Retiring? Don’t drift into the lazy river. Design Your New (active and interesting) Life. Learn More _______________________ In days gone by, people used to think they were done – and headed off to retirement. Not any more. Now, the questions to ask yourself are what’s my potential for the likely decades that lie ahead? And how can I live well – and wisely? Ben Lytle, former CEO of Anthem, and author of The Potentialist: The Pursuit of Wisdom, believes that wisdom and potential are our ideal ada...

Dec 02, 2024•41 min•Season 7Ep. 318

Best Of – On Gratitude

It’s Thanksgiving here in the US. And there’s always a lot we can be grateful for – if we’re paying attention. This Best Of episode spins through a few of our guests who shared their experiences, insights and wisdom about gratitude. Often they found gratitude to be extremely valuable in times of adversity in their lives. I think they just might inspire you to keep gratitude going long after your tryptophan-induced nap on Thursday. If any of the clips on gratitude intrigue you, click on the links...

Nov 27, 2024•Season 7Ep. 317

Turning the Page in Retirement – Stephen Riggio

Is 2025 your year? Join our Design Your New Life in Retirement Program – two new groups start in January. Early registration discount ends November 30th | Only a few spots left. Learn more ______________________ When you’re retiring, you think of what you’re leaving. Your work. Your paycheck. Your office. Your colleagues. But what’s next? There are many benefits to taking on something new. Something that’s challenging, and maybe even out of the box. Stephen Riggio shares his experience. Stephen ...

Nov 25, 2024•25 min•Season 7Ep. 316

Is Semi-Retirement the Best of Both Worlds? – Liz Weston

Your retirement? You could wing it, but that’s not you. Design Your Future. Join our Design Your New Life in Retirement Program – two new groups start in January. Learn more _______________________ To retire or to work longer? There’s another option that may be just right for you – semi -retirement. We catch up with Liz Weston, who retired from NerdWallet earlier this year on how its working for her – and what you can learn from her experience. Liz Weston joins us from California. ______________...

Nov 18, 2024•26 min•Season 7Ep. 315

The Second Fifty – Debra Whitman

Take Charge of Your Future. Imagine Possibilities with Design Thinking – and Test Them. Join our Design Your New Life in Retirement Program – two new groups start in January. Learn more _______________________ Getting older brings questions. Debra Whitman, PhD, the Chief Public Policy Officer for AARP, had questions, too. Her research led her to write the new book “ The Second Fifty: Answers to the 7 Big Questions of Midlife and Beyond .” You’ll benefit from her insights from interviews with exp...

Nov 14, 2024•20 min•Ep. 314

The Art of the Interesting – Lorraine Besser, PhD

Is it time to work on what you’ll be retiring to ? Join our upcoming Designing Your New Life Group Program Choose from two groups: Thursday (6pm ET) or Friday (12 pm ET) starting in January. 🔹 Limited Spots Available! Each group is capped at 10 participants. Don’t miss your chance to join at a discounted rate. Kick off 2025 with a supportive community of others designing their new life in retirement. Learn more ____________________________ Happiness and meaning have long been considered the fou...

Nov 11, 2024•32 min•Season 7Ep. 313

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