What if we've been thinking about retirement planning all wrong? Christine Benz, Morningstar's personal finance expert, breaks down how our obsession with the financial aspects of retirement often overshadows other priorities like relationships and purpose. Drawing from her new book "How to Retire," she challenges the conventional wisdom that you'll spend the same in retirement as during your peak earning years, revealing how real retiree spending follows a surprising "smile" pattern. [Episode 84]

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If you’re looking to ditch anxiety, overwhelm and comparison — this episode’s for you. Executive coach Joe Hudson put out a list of steps to develop your emotional resilience and Khe reacts to the entire list. I promise you’ll find a handful that resonate. [Episode 83]

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Is searching for your life's purpose causing more anxiety than fulfillment? Jordan Grumet, a former doctor turned author and podcaster, discovered that chasing "Big P" purpose – those audacious, society-approved goals – often leads to burnout and emptiness. Instead, he advocates for embracing "Little P" purpose: the small, joy-filled activities that light us up, which paradoxically can create deeper impact and meaning than grand aspirations ever could. [Episode 82]

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We would love to live in another country with my kids. But there’s inertia, logistics and — let’s be honest — a baked in view (for Americans) that despite its warts, life is pretty good here. I’m inspired by families who challenge conventions and blow things up a bit — especially if they have kids. Tiago Forte and Lauren Valdez left comfy Southern California for Valle Del Bravo in Mexico. [Episode 81]

Tiago and Lauren are the co-founders of Forte Labs and the Building a Second Brain franchise.

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Modern life doesn’t allow us to take a pause, zoom out and reflect on our lives. We’re always putting out the latest fire drill or reacting to an endless stream of work messages — but how do we know if we’re doing life right? Follow along with this 16-part interactive Q&A. [Episode 80]

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Are our kids buckling under the pressure of academics and sports? Achievement culture flows downstream from ambitious parents who are looking to “future proof” their kids. It comes from a place of love, but comes at the steep cost of mental health challenges. [Episode 79]

Jennifer Wallace is a journalist, mother and author of the book Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It.

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I often joke that my love language is simple. “No thank you.” After all, if you don’t put yourself out there — you can’t get hurt. How much does a marriage suffer when your love languages talk right past each other? [Episode 78]

Sunil Arora is an executive coach, father and husband.

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What does it mean to truly surrender into love? It means putting yourself out there and being vulnerable. And also that you could get hurt. I went on my second psychedelic journey to understand why I am scared to love my wife in the deepest and most sincere way. [Episode 77]

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Jack was going through the motions during his investment banking job. He was told that this was his dream job, but it was soul-less. Plus, he didn’t want what the folks ten years older than him had. But then a side project researching crypto led to a dream opportunity. But was it really a dream job? [Episode 76]

Jack Purdy is the Director of Sales at Messari, Web 3 research firm.

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Carrie Sun went down the high-earning finance path and walked away. She attended Wharton’s MBA program and dropped out to pursue a writing career which led her to one of the world’s largest hedge funds as the CIO’s executive assistant. This was meant to serve as a bridge to her creative career, but instead led her to burn out spectacularly. [Episode 75]

Carrie Sun is the author of Private Equity. She started her career in financial services.

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