Mind Your Own Retirement

Ashton Applewhite by YourLifeChoices

Motoring writer Paul Murrell wants to make sure your travels over the holiday season and beyond are as safe as possible. He tells host John Deeks what we should know about tyres and tyre pressure, different types of fuel, how to avoid road rage and even the importance of sunglasses.

On the podcast, Deeksie and Liv talk all things festive – from choosing the best recipes and saving at the checkout to making the most of your Christmas Day leftovers.

This week we're joined by Simon Lockyer from Five Good Friends, who joins John Deeks to discuss how Five Good Friends has revolutionised home care, how this amazing organisation came about and what it can do to help you age in place.

What do frozen food and fashion have in common? Not much, but John Deeks found a way to make them the topics du jour in the podcast. Liv joins John to chat about making big savings in the kitchen – but not at the risk of your health, and fashionista Rebecca O'Hearn jumps in to tell you how being stylish doesn't have to send you broke.

*Every day nearly 50 Australians die from heart disease. That’s right – almost 50! Today’s podcast is essential listening as Dr Catherine Itsiopoulos, author of The Heart Health Guide, explains how the Mediterranean Diet reduces risk of cardio-vascular disease, while improving overall wellbeing and longevity. With 30-years’ research on this proven eating plan, Dr Catherine offers easy meal ideas and nutritional solutions to guide us all to simpler, better eating.

As border restrictions ease, so many YourLifeChoices members are increasingly excited to book interstate – maybe even international – travel adventures. Today Deeksie & Kaye chat to James Kavanagh, CEO of Flight Centre, about the new flexible ways to book forward travel, how refund times have been reduced to just five days, and where Aussies want to travel first when they are allowed to head to the airport again.

Co-founder of willed.com.au, Aaron Zelman, had a long career in financial advice. He realised there was a need for a simpler, easier way to set up a will, which stepped those in need through the process of creating the most appropriate legally-binding document. In today’s podcast he explains to Deeksie and Kaye what can go wrong if you don’t have a will and how to make the process of recording one as painless and inexpensive as possible.

Unlocking the capital in your home with retirement specialist Esther Angrisano by YourLifeChoices

Every 3.2 minutes, someone, somewhere in Australia breaks a bone. The older you are, the worse the ramification can be. But this doesn’t have to be the case. In today’s podcast, Dr Greg Lyubomirsky CEO of Osteoporosis Australia, explains the risk factors associated with bone breakages and how a new website can help you avoid this potentially fatal occurrence.