The Retirement Success in Maine Podcast

REALLY Experiencing Food in Retirement with David Page, Creator of ”Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives”

Ep 059: When working with retirees like as do, we know that one thing our clients generally like to do as a special treat is to go out to eat at restaurants, right? Sometimes we might have a local haunt that we visit routinely, say on a Friday or Saturday night to break up the week. Food is a big deal in our lives, not just from the enjoyment of the food itself, but also a gathering place for families to share stories and their lives. So, we wanted to have a show to not only talk about this big part of our lives that we all enjoy but how can we elevate it? How can we experience food better when dining out? What about doing a better job of finding the best places to eat for us as we vacation?
Our next guest is a two-time Emmy winner and changed the world of food television by creating, developing, and executive-producing the groundbreaking show "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives." Creating Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and hands-on producing its first eleven seasons took him deep into the world of American food—its vast variations, its history, its evolution, and especially the dedicated cooks and chefs keeping it vibrant. His next series, the syndicated Beer Geeks, dove deep into the intersection of great beer and great food. It is those experiences, that education, and the discovery of little-known stories and facts that led him to dig even deeper and tie the strands together in his new book, "Food Americana." Please welcome David Page to The Retirement Success in Maine Podcast!
Chapters:
Welcome, David Page! [2:15]
How did David come up with the show “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives”? [11:22]
What can the retiree population do better when eating out? [17:41]
How can someone find spots to go eat that they may not know about yet? [23:21]
How can someone elevate their vacation food experience? [30:49]
What are David’s top-five places to experience the best food? [38:53]
What is David’s food experience with the state of Maine? [53:28]
How will David find his personal Retirement Success one day? [57:43]
Ben and Curtis wrap up the conversation [1:00:27]

Giving Charitably to Fulfill Your Family Mission with Glenn Garbutt

Ep 058: So far in our show, we've uncovered the theme that there are many things that brings our lives fulfillment. One thing we consider as we discuss our own mortality is our legacy, right? What have we changed or made better? Sometimes our work is our legacy. Sometimes our volunteer work. Sometimes it's the family bonds and memories. But another way to build a legacy is to use our savings during or after our lives to give to a charity that can impact others' lives. There are countless worthy nonprofits and charities out there. So what should we know about finding which charity is the best match for our values and dollars? WHEN should I give to charity? HOW & HOW MUCH should we give them?  
Our next guest is a Vice President and charitable planning consultant for Fidelity Charitable®, an independent public charity that has helped donors support more than 328,000 nonprofit organizations with $51 billion in grants. In his role, he is a premier resource on charitable planning for advisors and their clients in the Northeast area. He educates advisors on current charitable planning trends and strategies, along with leveraging the benefits of Fidelity Charitable’s donor-advised fund program, to help philanthropic clients give more to the charities they support. Please welcome Glenn Garbutt to the Retirement Success in Maine Podcast!
Chapters:
Welcome, Glenn Garbutt! [2:54]
Why do people give charitably? [9:51]
How can someone identify which causes are important to them and what impact their donation is going to have? How can they figure out the best place for them to give? [16:52]
How do people today give to charity (from an asset perspective)? [31:00]
What are Donor Advised Funds and when did they come about? [37:39]
Many scenarios can immediately influence someone’s liquid wealth – what are some planning considerations for these types of scenarios? [46:39] 
How is Glenn going to find his personal Retirement Success? [52:53] 
Ben and Curtis wrap-up the conversation [55:37]

Accepting & Conquering Mental Health Challenges with Joanne P. McCallie

Ep 057: What should we know about HOW mental health issues present themselves, how should we identify them in ourselves or others, how do we field a successful team around someone we love that needs help, and what does the future look like for those aging with a brain health issue?
Our next guest is an author and elite-level NCAA Basketball coach. She received a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA from Auburn University and has coached at Maine, Michigan State, and Duke, making National Coach of the Year 2005, and winning numerous championships at all three schools. She is the only coach in history to win Coach of the Year in four different conferences. An advocate for mental health and melanoma, she is also a wife, and mom of two, Maddie and Jack. She has extensive media experience, on radio shows and podcasts, and has provided color commentary for four years in the WNBA.
In her book, "Secret Warrior: A Coach and Fighter, On and Off the Court", she's written a compelling memoir following her own mental health journey through the realities and challenges within the sports world. Using the recurring theme of "faith over fear" to reduce the stigma associated with impaired mental health and encourage those suffering from mental health issues to reach out to coaches, student-athletes, and to all people across the world- she offers real direction, experiences, and personal stories to teach and reassure those adversely affected by the dynamics of the mind and body experience. Motivational and heartfelt, Secret Warrior drives home the need for more education, stories, action, and an overall change to the narrative about brain health. Please welcome Joanne P. McCallie - (Coach P as her players refer to her!) to The Retirement Success in Maine Podcast!
Chapters:
Welcome, Joanne P. McCallie (Coach P)! [3:02]
What does it mean to have a mood disorder? [16:07]
Would today’s day and age change how Coach P’s diagnosis was approached? [26:59]
Looking back at Coach P’s first Manic Episode (1995), how would that experience differ if it were to occur today? [36:35]
What has Coach P learned from her recent “Pivot” and what’s next? [41:43]
How can someone with a mental illness build a winning team around them? [46:22]
How will Coach P find her own Retirement Success? [54:48]
Ben and Curtis wrap up the conversation. [56:23]

Cognitive Decline and the Impact on Your Finances

Ep 056: Today's topic is something we have touched on here and there within our podcast - Cognitive Decline as we age. We think it’s something almost everyone worries about as we age - for our spouse and ourselves! So recently, our connections at Vanguard shared with us a new Vanguard whitepaper – "The Risk of Cognitive Decline: Investors' perception and preparation". It really addresses a lot of questions that we hear daily from clients and our listeners of this show.
Today's guest is a Senior Investment Strategist with the Vanguard Investment Strategy Group. She has a B.A. in sociology from the University of the Philippines Los Banos, an M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology and demography from The Pennsylvania State University and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Carolina Population Center. She also authored the before mentioned whitepaper – “The Risk of Cognitive Decline: Investors' perception and preparation”, please welcome Anna Madamba, Ph.D. to The Retirement Success in Maine Podcast!
Chapters:
Welcome, Anna Madamba! [2:22]
How is cognitive decline defined? [10:25]
How do investors perceive their risk of cognitive decline? [16:56]
Who is likely to be named an agent in the event of cognitive decline? [21:16]
When should someone transfer control over their affairs? [33:16]
How should DIYers structure the management of their financial assets in the event that they experience a decline? [50:53]
What is Anna’s personal definition of Retirement Success? [1:00:10]
Ben and Curtis wrap up the conversation. [1:02:26]

A 2021 Investment Markets Recap & 2022 Preview with Guidance Point Advisors, LLC

Ep 055: As Financial Advisors, we are very frequently asked to give our thoughts on the investable markets and what it means for our retirement. While our show mainly discusses life challenges pre and post-retirement, we wanted to share a bit of our team's expertise on how investments and financial movements may be impacting your retirement directly or indirectly from the events of 2021. Join us for Episode #55 where we have a 2021 Roundtable Recap with some of the team at Guidance Point Advisors!
Chapters:
A look back at 2021. [4:37]
What is next for 2022? [13:30]
What is resonating most with clients right now? [22:10]
Why are clients hiring us right now? [31:15]

Stop Struggling with Food Choices in Retirement with Elizabeth Sherman

Ep 054: Has there ever been a time in your life that you've struggled with eating foods that you know weren't good for you or eating too much, and you couldn't just seem to make positive choices with foods? Us, too! We've heard from clients that this is one of their biggest life struggles ~ that they're in a war with food and they just can't seem to find the right balance that leads to a healthier body image. It's the one addiction that we still need to engage with to sustain our lives.
Talking about our relationship with food is something that many of us struggle with and might look to change at retirement or even post-pandemic. So WHY do we struggle with food and HOW are other areas in our lives driving our food choices. If we're going to ENGINEER our retirement and design WHO we want to be, we think exploring our relationship with food and the things that STOP us from realizing our weight and health goals. So how can we STOP struggling with our food choices in retirement and START living a healthier and more balanced life in retirement?
Our next guest is a Life and Weight Loss Coach who works with women in midlife who want to lose weight but are done with dieting by coaching them to better health through easy-to-do, sustainable habits. Today's guest is a Chicago native, but now conducts her coaching business in Mexico, and through the advancements in technology, meets with her clients through video: focusing on the areas of health: eating, moving, stress and sleep management, body image and how we think about them. Please welcome Elizabeth Sherman to The Retirement Success in Maine Podcast!
Chapters:
Welcome, Elizabeth Sherman! [3:20]
Why is it hard to maintain a balanced relationship with food? [18:54]
How can we build a solid foundation with food so that life’s events don’t totally disrupt our habits? [28:40]
Affirmations are BS! [37:16]
Discomfort now? Or, discomfort later? [49:10]
Why is retirement the perfect time to hit “reset” on our health and nutrition habits? [53:07]
How is Elizabeth going to find her Retirement Success? [56:52]
Ben and Curtis wrap up the conversation. [58:33]

The State of the State of Aging in Maine with Jess Maurer

Ep 053: For a while, our team has been looking for a guest that can speak to the relationship between the State of Maine and our aging population. What systems currently in place are identifying and addressing the needs of today's seniors and retirees? Where are there gaps and needs to be addressed? How are the federal government, state legislature, and Maine's local communities working together to help today's (and tomorrow's) aging population? Are there other states that are more of a role model for how our state can support our aging population?
Our next guest is the Executive Director of the Maine Council on Aging and leads and manages a broad, multidisciplinary network of more than 120+ organizations, businesses, and community members working to ensure we can all live healthy, engaged, and secure lives as we age in our homes and in community settings.  In this role, she advances statewide public policy initiatives, provides leadership within Maine’s aging network, and supports Maine’s Legislative Caucus on Aging.  Her areas of specific focus include housing, transportation, workforce, “aging in place” and care across all settings.  She leads the Maine Healthy Aging Initiative and the Tri-State Learning Collaborative on Aging, a regional learning collaborative aimed at increasing the collective impact of community-driven aging initiatives.  She annually organizes statewide and regional events that advance aging policy.  She co-authored Building a Collaborative Community Response to Aging in Place and Maine’s Blueprint for Action on Aging. A licensed Maine attorney, she worked for 17 years in the Maine Office of the Attorney General. Last but not least, she graduated from the University of Maine School of Law and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Please welcome Jess Maurer to the Retirement Success in Maine Podcast!
Chapters:
Welcome, Jess Maurer! [2:07]
What are the solutions (if any) to Maine’s short supply of care partners for our aging population? [15:29]
What is the Maine State Plan on Aging and what does is hope to accomplish? [24:30]
What  has the State of Maine done historically, good and bad, to support older Mainers? [31:04]
How is agism prevalent with older Mainers, and what kind of barriers is it creating? [43:48]
Why is high speed internet access statewide (in Maine) so vital for our aging population? [53:05]
What is the state of healthcare in Maine and how is the current service model working? [57:55]
What is Jess’s personal definition of Retirement Success? [1:05:35]
Ben and Curtis wrap up the conversation. [1:09:11]

Why Healthcare Costs Might NOT Be As Much As You Think in Retirement with Stuart Ritter CFP®

Ep 052: In today's day and age, we're having more and more conversations with our financial planning and advisory clients that they haven't saved enough for retirement. It's tough enough to try and figure out what lifestyle you WANT and how much you can AFFORD, but we also hear continuously about how expensive healthcare is in retirement and that we should budget for that as well. Many of us have sat in that 401(k) or 403(b) meeting where we hear about retirement costs and we hear a figure that we'll need hundreds of thousands or possibly close to a million dollars to cover our healthcare costs in retirement. But is that actually true? What are RETIREES actually spending? How has that changed over time?  How are we spending our retirement funds on healthcare? Perhaps healthcare costs are not as much as you think they are!
Today's guest is the retirement insights leader for T. Rowe Price U.S. Intermediaries.  He has served in a variety of roles related to retirement thought leadership and product development – currently helping develop the firm's expertise on major topics that impact the retirement industry.  He is a frequent speaker at client and industry events as a retirement subject matter expert and serves as one of the firm's spokespersons to national media organizations. He holds an M.B.A., an M.A. in political science, and a B.S. in electrical engineering. He is a Certified Financial Planner professional; is a Series 6, 7, and 66 registered representative; and has taught personal finance as an adjunct faculty member at Johns Hopkins University. Please welcome BACK Stuart Ritter, CFP® to the Retirement Success in Maine Podcast!
Chapters:
Welcome back, Stuart Ritter! [2:37]
What is Stuart’s team seeing related to high healthcare costs? [11:00]
What do healthcare costs look like over a retiree’s lifetime? [33:22]
What are some resources T. Rowe Price has developed to help folks learn more about planning for health care costs? [48:16]
Ben and Curtis wrap up the conversation. [55:05]