Serving 20 years in the military comes with a pension and benefits that if planned out right can give you peace of mind and help your financial future.

This episode is an encore of an interview with CFP, Kit Lancaster on how you can plan out your pension and benefits now to help reach your financial goals.

Here is the encore of Mapping Out a Plan For Your Pension and Benefits.

Show notes can be found here: https://laceylangford.com/podcast/plan-for-your-pension-and-benefits/

With inflation on the rise, everyone’s looking at their money a little closer and ways to make every dollar go a little further. That includes your investments and savings.

In this episode, I talked with Marine veteran and Certified Financial Planner Josh Bannerman about what you should know about I Bonds before investing in them. You may know Josh as OG on the Stacking Benjamins Podcast.

Josh breaks down what I Bonds are, how they can be used in your investing and savings plan, and bonds' role in your investment portfolio. It might not be what you think.

Show notes can be found here: https://laceylangford.com/podcast/investing-in-i-bonds/

May is a big month for the military community. It’s Military Appreciation Month, and that includes Military Spouse Appreciation Day and Mother’s Day.

Military spouses are the backbone of the military community. Now, I know I’m biased, but they keep the home fires burning and households functioning through all the transitions military life includes. They’re the constant in PCSing, military schools, deployments, childcare, careers, and more. For many different reasons, military spouses are often not working or are working in jobs that don’t have retirement savings options through their employer.

With all the transitions and un and underemployment, retirement savings for a military spouse is often put on the backburner or, worse, not even considered. On the other side, service members are often working towards a pension, contributing to the Thrift Savings Plan, and in some cases saving in individual retirement accounts.

I want to bring military spouse retirement savings top of mind in this episode. I’ll go over two ways military spouses can save for retirement.

The first MilMoneyCon is done and I’m here to tell the tale for those that couldn’t make it. Here's how it went.

Show notes can be found here:

https://laceylangford.com/podcast/milmoneycon22-recap/

Past mistakes, hurt, and experiences can stay top of mind to the point we put them on replay.

In this episode, I talk with Dr. John Delony about steps you can put on repeat to create a path to well-being to improve your finances, marriages, and relationships.

Dr. John Delony is a national bestselling author, mental health and wellness expert, and host of The Dr. John Delony Show. He holds two PhDs – one in Counselor Education and Supervision and another in Higher Education Administration. Before joining Ramsey Solutions, John spent two decades working as a senior leader at multiple universities, a professor and researcher, and a crisis responder. Now as a Ramsey Personality, he teaches people how to reclaim their lives from the madness of the modern world.

Dr. John shares some awesome advice on how we can change the stories we tell ourselves, and reduce the negative self-talk to help shape a better future.

Show notes can be found here:

https://laceylangford.com/podcast/make-a-better-future/

Social Security is something we know is there but do you know what your benefits are, when you can receive them and how do you get them.

In this episode, I talk with Social Security Expert, Lizna Odhwani about the ins and outs of Social Security.

Liz is a Social Insurance Specialist at Social Security Administration. She shares the latest news on Social Security, how you can find answers to your situation, and the resource you can use.

Show notes can be found here: https://laceylangford.com/podcast/social-security-101

There are conversations we know we need to have but often avoid them because we know they are going to be difficult. You know the convo is going to lead to a fight, or someone being hurt or even. How can you have those hard conversions in a way that is productive?

In this episode, I talk with difficult conversation experts Sheila Heen and Ivanka Diaz Canzius.

Sheila has been teaching Negotiation at Harvard Law School for more than 25 years, and now directs the Negotiation Teaching Program. She is also a Founding partner at Triad Consulting. She is a co-author of the New York Times bestsellers "Difficult Conversations, How to Discuss What Matters Most" and of "Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well."

Ivanka is an Army veteran serving for 10 years as a JAG paralegal. She is currently a Juris Doctor Candidate at Harvard Law.

Sheila and Invaka talk about what difficult conversions are made up of, how to have them, mistakes to avoid, and how to have the hard conversions when you really don’t want to try anymore.

Show notes can be found here: https://laceylangford.com/podcast/difficult-money-conversations

Taxes deductions are probably on your mind. You want as many as you can get but which ones can you take. And what deductions should military families know about?

In this episode, I talk with military spouse, Sarah Bumgardner, the Member Benefits Coordinator with AAFMAA. We talk about tax deductions and ways military families can be prepared with their taxes.

Sarah previously served AAFMAA as a Senior Veterans Affairs Coordinator, SpouseLink ambassador, and as a Relationship Manager for AAFMAA Wealth Management and Trust.

Sho notes can be found here: https://laceylangford.com/podcast/tax-deductions-for-military-families

Careers paths aren’t always straight and easy to navigate. In fact, for many veterans and military spouses, they’re almost always filled with curves or are ones you have to carve along the way. That’s the case for my guest, Alex Hopkin.

Alex Hopkin, is an Accredited Financial Counselor®, Certified Financial Planner®, and is the founder of Simply Paraplanner, a job board website connecting financial planning firms with virtual hires across the country.

Alex will be the opening keynote speaker at the first-ever MilMoneyCon April 21-23 in Cary NC. I can’t wait for her to share her message with fellow military financial professionals.

In this episode, Alex shares how she got her start as a financial professional, and the impacts being a military spouse had on her career. She also shares a little sneak peek into her keynote speech next month.

The show notes can be found here: https://laceylangford.com/podcast/creating-your-career

I’m super stoked for this episode today. I’m sharing the latest and greatest details on MilMoneyCon22.

If you haven’t heard, I’m putting on a conference for financial professionals that are united by military service. It’s happening April 21-23 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Raleigh Durham Research Triangle in Cary, NC. And although it’s nerve-wracking doing something new, I know amazing things are going to come out of everyone coming together so that is my focus—bringing the military and money professionals together.

In this episode, I’m going to give you all the latest details about MilMoneyCon and what everyone can expect: the schedule, speakers, events, and more.

For tickets, hotel information, speakers bios, and more, visit https://milmoneycon.com

Show notes can be found here: https://laceylangford.com/podcast/milmoneycon22