Don't Retire...Graduate!

Eric Brotman discusses the seldom understood details of Medicare and how/why you should start incorporating medical costs into your retirement planning with Danielle Roberts, founding partner of BoomerBenefits.

During the episode:

• Understanding what Medicare is and how to navigate it.
• Medicare is not free and should be part of your retirement planning.
• How to prepare for your medical costs in retirement.
• The differences between Medicare and Medicaid.
• Looking towards the future of Medicare and Social Security.

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In the first ever episode of Office Hours, Eric answers a listener's question about whether you should be prioritizing paying back student loans or saving for retirement. 

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Eric Brotman discusses ways to preserve your assets in retirement and which strategies you can use to create retirement income with Professor of Retirement Income, Wade Pfau, Ph.D.

What is covered during the episode:

• Strategies for using and preserving retirement income.
• How reverse mortgages can be tools for retirement income.
• With pensions becoming more and more rare, different tools are needed to ensure financial independence in retirement.
• How annuities, Social Security, life insurance, and other financial tools should be managed in a financial plan.
• Managing longevity risk—making sure you don’t outlive your retirement income.

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Eric Brotman discusses ways to find purpose in your life, both before and during retirement, with the manager editor of the Money and Work & Purpose channels on NextAvenue.com, Richard Eisenberg.

Bullet points of what is covered during the episode

• Relying on our careers to form our identities can cause identity crises during retirement.
• Boomers are redefining retirement in the way that millennials are redefining work.
• Financial literacy is lacking among all generations, but a solution is not as easy as it may seem.
• Financial advisement and planning becoming more accessible to the average, middle class person.
• Biases and gender differences when working with couples.

Richard is the Managing Editor and Senior Editor of the Money and Work & Purpose Channels for NextAvenue.org. He has helped people manage their finances and careers as a writer and editor at major media outlets including Money, Yahoo!, CBS MoneyWatch, USA Today and Good Housekeeping. He has written two books, How to Avoid a Mid-Life Financial Crisis and The Money Book of Personal Finance. 

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Eric Brotman discusses financial literacy education and how it impacts financial independence and retirement readiness with certified Job and Career Development Coach Jayme Hayes.

In this episode: 

• In a lot of cases, young adults and children are uneducated when it comes to financial literacy. It’s important to implement this education both at home and in classrooms.
• The cost of a college education and the big picture of the costs and alternative opportunities.
• Start saving now! Don’t just think about what you should do financially but start early and educate yourself.

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Eric Brotman discusses Overcoming Challenges and Inspiring Others to Thrive with yogi business professional Kristy Schiano.

In this episode:

• Moving your life through phases and coping with each phase.
• Mental, physical, emotional, spiritual healing through yoga therapy and integrating all forms of wellness including financial.
• Impact of gratitude and focusing on the present moments.
• Strategies for coping in a professional setting.

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Eric Brotman discusses finding happiness, success, and new careers in retirement with retirement consultant Art Koff. 

During the episode:

• Staying busy by doing things that make you happy in retirement. Finding unique ways to turn hobbies into careers. 
• We are going to live longer than we ever expected and life will be more expensive than most have planned for are of great current interest.
• The cost of healthcare after retirement.

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Eric Brotman discusses retirement for one generation of a family business and transferring business responsibilities with family business expert Henry Hutcheson.
In this episode:
● Retirement for one generation of a family business often hinges on the successful transfer of the business responsibility to the next generation - but this transition is tricky at best.
●  What are the best practices from family businesses that survive the transfer? How to combine your purpose and profit to be successful.
● Mixing personal, family, and business.

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Eric Brotman discusses how profit and purpose can drive your success and repurpose your lifelong career with renowned author Marc Miller.

In this episode: 

• Career Pivots and the idea that logical incremental steps can take you anywhere career wise and otherwise.
• How to combine your purpose and profit to be successful.
• In today’s world, after education, we continue to work and morph every 10-15 years and our idea of being old changes.

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Eric Brotman discusses how financial planning should differ between men and women and the benefits of a Health Savings Account with NBC’s TODAY Show’s Jean Chatzky.

What you will learn on this episode: 

• Financial planning issues that women face more than men.
• How to use an HSA to save and grow your money.
• Why financial literacy isn’t taught in schools.

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