The Retirement Success in Maine Podcast

Focusing on Emotional Wellness to Fully Enjoy Our Lives with Benjy Sherer

Ep 088: For this episode and we want you to think about the following. I’m nearing retirement and I’ve been working a job or career for my ENTIRE LIFE that doesn’t allow me to be an expression of my true self. We all have family priorities and bills that need to be paid. There are many of us out there that might be in this situation. As a result of working a job that doesn’t provide our purpose and align with our true selves, we’ve had to stuff our emotions deep inside of us to match who our job or career needs us to present ourselves as. So, that is exactly what this show is about. How do we use emotional healing to address the pain caused by a lifetime of misaligned purpose? And as a result, start moving forward as our true selves!
Our next guest is an emotional wellness coach and author of 'Feelings First Shadow Work' and '10 Mind Hacks for Quicker Emotional Healing'. He teaches self-love and shadow work, to show people how to master their emotions as quickly, easily, and painlessly as possible. He’s helped clients overcome stress, anxiety, fear, guilt, shame, PTSD, and depression, and find the real and lasting self-love and joy they've struggled so many years to attain. Please welcome Benjy Sherer to The Retirement Success in Maine Podcast!
Chapters:
Welcome, Benjy Sherer! [3:56]
What’s it like being an emotional wellness coach? [20:47]
How can someone who is age 62-65 go about finding the version of themselves that’s been trapped beneath who they were for their entire career? [33:45]
Is it true that we, as people, have to sacrifice who really are in order to make more money? [40:48]
Why is retirement the perfect time to explore making changes to be more true to ourselves? [48:03]
Is it possible to live with less anxiety and be more at peace if we just believe that everything will be okay? [59:46]
How will Benjy achieve his personal Retirement Success? [106:38]
 
Benjy's Coaching Website:
www.benjysherercoaching.com

Organize Your Space to Unlock Your Life with C. Lee Cawley

Retirement is a significant milestone in one's life, a time to embrace newfound freedom and embark on new adventures. However, along with this exciting phase comes the challenge of managing possessions accumulated over a lifetime, navigating smaller living spaces, and finding balance amidst a sea of sentimental items. On this podcast, we'll explore practical strategies, expert advice, and inspiring stories that will empower retirees, their families, and anyone interested in creating organized, peaceful living spaces. We'll discuss the unique needs and considerations of retirees when it comes to decluttering and downsizing, helping them transition seamlessly into this new chapter of their lives.
Our next guest is a Certified Professional Organizer, who, through her adroit advice and insightful instruction, she has transformed both the living spaces and personal lives of her thousands of followers, clients, and students on five continents! Her current mission is to bring order to cluttered desks and overwhelmed minds with her signature course “The Paper Cleanse”. Please welcome C. Lee Cawley to The Retirement Success in Maine Podcast!

How Overeating was Cured by Climbing the Pleasure Ladder with Bracha Goetz

Ep 086: Retirement is a time for rediscovery and new patterns. But as we age, there may be times that we lead ourselves astray. Perhaps we’re more sedentary or find ourselves searching for purpose and meaning in our next chapter and turn to food for comfort. This might be especially true as we have more time to boredom eat. Thus, on various levels, we can begin to have an unhealthy relationship with food in retirement. So, if you find yourself, a loved one, or a friend in a situation that brings you concern, we wanted to have a conversation about our relationship with food and defining what’s healthy as we age.
We wanted to bring on a guest that has experienced this type of relationship with food, so this show is about, How Overeating was Cured by Climbing the Pleasure Ladder! Our guest is a Harvard-educated author of over 40 Jewish children’s books and is also the author of a candid memoir for adults about how she became an observant Jew and overcame food addictions joyfully and spiritually. Please welcome Bracha Goetz to The Retirement Success in Maine Podcast!
Chapters:
Welcome, Bracha Goetz! [2:18]
What is an eating disorder? [12:11]
What is the Pleasure Ladder and how did Bracha learn about it? [14:31]
Why is gratitude the “secret weapon” of the Pleasure Ladder? [32:16]
How does someone reach the point, either internally or externally, where they get the trigger to say, “I need to change something about myself”? [38:10]
How is Bracha going to find her Retirement Success? [45:10]
Austin, Ben, and Curtis conclude the episode. [47:25]

Turning “OK, Boomer” into “Thank you, Boomer” with Marc Joseph

Ep 085: We often deep dive into many retirement topics including the opportunities and challenges that many of us face, but what about the people themselves that are retiring? If you zoom out and look at themes and shared experiences that shape their worldviews, what differs one generation from another? What about the Baby Boomer generation and what makes them unique from the previous generations that have gone through retirement? Why do flippant statements such as “Ok, Boomer” come about and how do we turn that around? Why don’t we turn “OK, Boomer” into “Thank you, Boomer”?
Our next guest is a co-founder of the website BabyBoomer.org which was built expressly to be Baby Boomers' most Trusted and Ultimate Source for News, Information, and Community. The mission of the site is to, 1) bring Baby Boomers together to improve their quality of life, 2) use Baby Boomers to help younger generations, 3) help Baby Boomers pay it forward as knowledgeable elders, and lastly, 4) change Baby Boomer perception from OK Boomer to THANKS Boomer. With that, please welcome Marc Joseph to The Retirement Success in Maine Podcast!
Chapters:
Welcome, Marc Joseph! [2:00]
Who are “Baby Boomers” and what brings them together? [9:19]
Why is there a dismissive attitude towards the Baby Boomer generation? [17:39]
Why is the concept of being a “Sandwich Generation” new and why have Boomers taken on this role? [25:29]
How did babyboomer.org start and how is it going today? [34:14]
How will Marc find his Retirement Success? [38:13]
Episode conclusion. [40:47]

An Interview with Artificial Intelligence - Can it Pass Our Retirement Test?

Ep 084: It feels like in today’s news, all we hear about is artificial intelligence. It drives stock market returns for companies that are utilizing it in their services, it is helping functions such as copywriting and various other workflow items. It can answer almost anything you ask of it by compiling information on the internet in a more direct and conversational answer. If we can ask things of an AI construct, we were thinking that maybe it would make for a fun episode of our podcast to ask retirement questions and see what the responses are. With that, our episode today is, how can AI help us retire better?
Our guest is ChatGPT, a state-of-the-art language model developed by OpenAI. ChatGPT is a powerful AI companion designed to engage in informative and thought-provoking conversations. With its ability to understand and generate human-like text, ChatGPT opens endless possibilities for exploration and discovery. Please welcome ChatGPT to The Retirement Success in Maine Podcast!
Chapters:
Welcome, ChatGPT! [3:33]
What is the history of ChatGPT? [4:48]
What is ChatGPT’s opinion of The Retirement Success in Maine Podcast? [7:05]
Will ChatGPT or artificial intelligence ever replace the need for using a financial advisor? [9:08]
What are the biggest fears of people as they approach retirement? [13:19]
Many people fear that social security is going to run out and they will never be able to afford to retire. Is this fear a practical one? [15:50]
How realistic is it that someone that retires today lives to age 90 and 95? [20:11]
We’re interested to hear your (ChatGPT’s) take on aging themes that our listeners should be aware of. Especially, we’d love to get your take on where there are some opportunities and challenges. What are your (ChatGPT’s) thoughts here? [23:31]
How will the concept of retirement change over the next 20 years? [28:40]
I just turned 55 years old, what should I do right now to begin getting ready for retirement? What resources would help me plan for a successful retirement? [33:23]
How can today's retiree use AI such as ChatGPT to make their lives better? [38:18]
We hear a lot that AI is going to ruin our society and take over the world like a science fiction movie. Is this fear realistic or unfounded and why? [43:17]
How should today's retiree define whether their retirement was a success? [48:49]
Austin, Ben, and Curtis conclude the conversation. [54:07]

9 Financial Tips for May 2023 from Financial Planners and Advisors

Ep 083: Lately with our show, we've been going into a lot of purpose driven topics and naturally, our goal is to be tying money and purpose as part of our Practice, but also as a podcast theme here on The Retirement Success in Maine Podcast. Sometimes, we think that we need to lean back into the financial end on this show, and that's exactly what we are going to do on this episode! In this episode, you’ll hear from Austin, Ben, and Curtis, from Guidance Point Advisors, directly as they are going to share with you some of the top financial tips that they are providing in their financial planning and advisory sessions each day.
Chapters:
Take a hard look at your cash accounts. [2:22]
Take a look at your debts. [7:42]
Pad your emergency fund. [10:04]
Fight Inflation. [13:43]
Re-think your stock to bond mix. [26:45]
Be greedy when others are fearful. [28:00]
Consider a ROTH Conversion. [31:40]
Check your pandemic subscriptions. [33:24]
Be careful of what you hear/see online. [36:45]

How Brain Cancer Taught Me to NOT Live a Life of Comfortable Complacency with Chris Gathers

Ep 082: We all know that life can change in an instant. Picture yourself sitting through an MRI for 30-45 minutes, and as you’re being wheeled out, you catch a glimpse of the screen and you see a mass, a white mass, and the doctor comes in and says, “We’re really glad you came in today.” Your heart sinks. The radiologist has confirmed that you have a tumor on your brain and it’s a 4-centimeter tumor. The sound of that diagnosis doesn’t come lightly to anyone’s ears. You start thinking about how would this news change how you spend your days. What would you say to your spouse, kids, or other loved ones? Would you think differently about your past experiences and relationships? How would you plan your life to maximize your time alive? This is exactly what happened to our next guest. In this episode we’ll talk to him about his current health, how he was able to live focused on an optimistic future instead of dwelling in the past, and how to NOT live a life of comfortable complacency!
Our guest started an Instagram page @culminationpoint in which he posts regular messages about surviving brain cancer, trauma, and lessons learned about healing and growth.  As a Regional Vice President for Nationwide Insurance, he understands the value of planning and is doing all he can as a husband and father of two girls to make every day count. Please welcome Chris Gathers to The Retirement Success in Maine Podcast!
Chapters:
Welcome, Chris Gathers and hear his story! [2:07]
What is comfortable complacency? [23:31]
How can we reconcile pain in the past? [34:30]
Where do we all need to improve so that we don’t settle into being comfortably complacent? [49:02]
How will Chris find his personal Retirement Success? [57:02]
Episode Conclusion [1:00:41]

Overcoming Limiting Beliefs in Retirement with Danielle Abbott

Ep 081: We all have stories we have about ourselves as we age. Stories that tell us we’re too old for this or it’s too late for that. Our team of financial advisors hears this ALL the time. One thing we heard from Michelle Dickinson in a previous episode was her idea of a happiness scale. She talked with us about on a scale from 0 to 100, where 100 is the happiest you’ve ever been, how happy are you now? What sort of things would you like to do that would make you happier? We have asked these questions a few of them said “I’m too old to do that thing I’ve always wanted, it’s too late” or, “Maybe it’s not possible to be that happy again”. These are the thoughts that we tell ourselves and make reality just by thinking about them. So how do we overcome these thoughts to make our dreams and vision of our lives a reality? Our next guest is here to tell us!
She is an energetic leadership coach, cultivating confident leaders who are able to engage, communicate and lead teams with success. She helps businesses and leaders create cultures where employees are loyal, engaged, and where they WANT TO WORK! She’s able to allow business owners and executives to focus on the day-to-day operations while she supports their leadership teams by providing 1:1 support, education, and strategic leadership courses. Our guest has had a successful corporate career at such places as Bank of America and Northern Light Health and now has her own coaching business. Please welcome Danielle Abbott to The Retirement Success in Maine Podcast!
Chapters:
Welcome, Danielle Abbott! [3:16]
What is a limiting belief? [11:27]
Why are we scared of achieving a better version of our current self? [14:18]
How can caregivers talk through and challenge limiting beliefs? [20:40]
How can we help other people overcome their own limiting beliefs? [35:22]
How will Danielle find her personal Retirement Success? [45:25]
Ben and Curtis conclude the conversation. [47:52]