The Retirement Wisdom Podcast

Jan 03 2025 100 ep. 28 mins 263
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This retirement podcast covers the changing nature of retirement today. Our guests offer useful insights on how to retire as well as the non-financial aspects of a successful retirement transition including retiring early, working longer and making a career shift in pre-retirement.

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The Very Best of 2024 – Retirement Wisdom

Jan 03 2025 33 mins  
Thinking of retiring? Start here with our Best Books on Retirement summaries. _____________________ Before we move on to a new season of the podcast, let's catch up on our best conversations with a question in mind: Which one of these retirement lessons can I apply in 2025? Click the links below for the full conversations: How Not to Age – Dr. Michael Greger The Portfolio Lif

Your Money Matters in 2025 – Larry Kotlikoff

Dec 30 2024 28 mins  
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 Money Magic: An Economist’s Se

Spiritual Aging – Carol Orsborn, PhD

Dec 23 2024 30 mins  
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 pra

Slow Living – Stephanie O’Dea

Dec 16 2024 25 mins  
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

Best of the Retirement Wisdom Podcast 2024 – Part 3

Dec 09 2024 30 mins  
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 ______________

The Pursuit of Wisdom – Ben Lytle

Dec 02 2024 40 mins  
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

Best Of – On Gratitude

Nov 27 2024
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 l

Turning the Page in Retirement – Stephen Riggio

Nov 25 2024 25 mins  
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

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

Nov 18 2024 25 mins  
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

The Second Fifty – Debra Whitman

Nov 14 2024 20 mins  
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 F