The Retirement Wisdom Podcast

Have you ever wondered about your family history and what it means for your legacy?  We asked Laurie Hermance-Moore, an accredited Genealogist to help us get smarter about the topic.

We discuss:

What a professional Genealogist does

How understanding family history can be an important part of someone’s legacy

What's possible to learn about your family history - and what's not

The biggest obstacles to overcome in a family history project

What you can do on your own - and where a professional Genealogist can help

How she's helped people discover their family history

When someone may need a Forensic Genealogist

Why this may be an interesting project in retirement

Laurie joins us from Ohio.

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Bio

Laurie Hermance-Moore is a history geek turned librarian, digital agency strategist, and professional genealogist. Her passion is helping individuals connect with the people that matter to them.

As a researcher, she loves finding those elusive records that will solve a mystery—and creates experiences for her clients that bring an ancestor to life in the context of history.

Laurie has more than 20 years of experience working in digital marketing agencies, serving other professionals at large companies. She enjoyed working directly with executives on strategic planning, developing brands, and conducting market research to better understand how consumers think and feel.

Laurie is an adoptee that found her amazing birth family and now feels as though she’s been adopted a second time.  Because it took her fifty years to actually know who her family is, she figures that’s why she’s been blessed with especially interesting ancestors who were on the leading edge of westward migration.

Laurie holds a B.A. History from the University of Kansas, a Master’s in Library Science from the University of Alabama, a Master’s in Marketing from Franklin University, and the Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University.  She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the National Genealogical Society, and serves on the board of the Ohio Genealogical Society as 1st Vice President.

She received her accreditation in genealogy research in the U.S. Midwest states through the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen℠).

She resides in Ohio with her husband and at least two cats.

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Wise Quotes

On the Gifts of Family History

"What do you do with all the other things that you're going to leave behind or could leave behind? So, I like to define legacy as the thoughtful and intentional process of deciding on the gifts to share with future generations. And those gifts can be a lot more than money. Those gifts can be your family history. They can be your story. They can be the traditions that your family has, they can be knowledge that you've gained. There's a whole lot more there. That can be a gift to a future generation...I think that the important thing here is to figure out which are the things that really speak to your family's history."

On Geneology Travel

"...one of the most interesting and rewarding things that you can do is genealogy travel. So whether it's to a place in the US, or Europe, standing on the land of your ancestors can really impact you. One time I was in Kansas City with a coworker and her family had traveled the Oregon Trail. And I said, well, we need to go out to Minor Park. And she said, Why?

Planning for retirement is a delicate balancing act. Focusing on the practical realities is essential. But it's important to imagine your future with a sense of adventure, too. Harriet Edleson, the author of 12 Ways to Retire on Less: Planning an Affordable Future joins us to discuss how to plan your retirement with both in mind.

We discuss:

The hopes and dreams people have for their retirement

How a sense of adventure can boost your retirement planning

The realities of retirement today - and the implications that can be underestimated

How to find the perfect location for your retirement

Considerations for Staying-in-Place

The case for – and against – working longer

A case study from her book 12 Ways to Retire on Less

Common mistakes people make in planning for retirement – and how you can avoid them

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Our group program kicks off on September 24th.

It’s limited to 10 participants.

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Bio

Harriet Edleson is the author of 12 Ways to Retire on Less: Planning an Affordable Future.

She writes for the Washington Post Real Estate section and MarketWatch.com.

A former staff writer for AARP and contributing writer to Kiplinger's Retirement Report, she

has written the Retiring feature for the New York Times.

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Wise Quotes

On the Dreaming Aspect of Retirement Planning

"...I think that the dreaming aspect is something that gets the wheels spinning and thinking about something other than the kind of life that you've had for maybe 30, 40, or whatever number of years where you were in some kind of a routine, some kind of a structure where you had to be somewhere, you had to do something. Maybe you had to answer to a supervisor, people call it their boss, whatever. And now you can really - if you plan correctly - do what you want. And so you have to stop before you retire and think about what it is that you would enjoy, what maybe you haven't had time to do, or [how] to rekindle an older interest."

 

What If Money Were No Object?

"Will I have enough? Will I run out? Which a lot of people have the fear of. And then once you've got that straightened out, then you think what are the things that I really would love to do? I'd love to get a second home. For example, I'd love to ski. Again, there are people who want to do these things. There are people who might want to travel around the world. So then you figure out: how much is this going to cost me? So the dreaming has to be in the context, of course, of what you can afford. But at some point, you can just say: If money were no object, what would I want to do? And you can sit down with your spouse of 30 years or partner, whoever it is that you share your life with, or if you're solo,  and actually write down some of those things: if money were no object, what would I want to do? I want to take a balloon ride, whatever it is that you think you might want to do- or d0 you want to be able to fly back and forth between three homes, whatever it is, actually allow yourself to fantasize a bit and get away from the same little box that you have been in for maybe...20, 30 or more years."

 

On Deciding Where to Retire

"...List your priorities and then figure out places that would match those. And the second thing is to consider places that you vacation to and love, but realizing that the vacation time will be very different than living there in all four seasons if you think you may be doing that. So you might want to test out the place in the different seasons and check out the weather.

To celebrate the 100th episode of The Retirement Wisdom Podcast, we've invited three special previous guests for a panel discussion on the challenges retirees face today, how to age wisely, and retire happy. We are grateful for all our guests who've shared their insights and wisdom on our retirement podcast - and to you, our listeners.

We discuss:

What makes retirement so different today

The biggest challenges today's retirees face and how to retire happy

Their favorite stories from the retirees they've profiled

What people who are still working full-time need to know about life in “retirement”

What should retirement be called now?

The key ingredients of a life well-lived – that are often overlooked

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It's limited to 10 participants. Learn more here.

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Top Retirement Podcasts to Follow in 2021

The Retirement Wisdom Podcast was named to Feedspot's list of the best retirement podcasts.

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Bios

Melissa Davey

Melissa Davey is a documentary filmmaker who lives in Valley Forge, PA, and created Beyond Sixty (now available on TV and streaming platforms). She is a wife, a mother, and a grandmother to three young boys. She is a world traveler and curious about everything unknown. She recently retired after more than two decades from GENEX Services Inc., where she was recruited to build and operate the company's Social Security representation division. GENEX is the largest Managed Care case management organization in the U.S.  Prior to GENEX, Melissa had almost twenty years of diversified experience in the field of disability. She held senior leadership and management positions throughout her career. Melissa's second act is fueled by a lifelong passion for film and story-telling.

Previous conversations: What Do You Really Want to Do?  |   Take the Detour

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Richard Haiduck

Richard Haiduck is a former life sciences executive and mentor and now has an active retirement. He is becoming the Voice of Boomer Retirement Stories. He is immersed in challenging the boundaries of his own retirement, while observing the experiences and areas of curiosity of his fellow retirees.

At age 7, he was sure he wanted to be an author. Now, 66 years later, that dream has become a reality. The inspiration for the book came from hearing about the meaningful journeys in retirement taken by friends and colleagues. They were doing fascinating activities at this stage of their life, and often completely new directions from their prior careers. The idea that these stories could become a book became a driving force for Richard. His 75+ interviews and his frequent social media interactions have developed his perspectives and insights on the retirement activities of the boomer generation. Richard's prior roles as both a leader and a mentor have been based on his ability to listen and to get people to share their feelings. He uses a style of interviewing with short, open questions to get people to open up about their retirement stories. The result is Shifting Gears: 50 Baby Boomers Share Their Meaningful Journeys in Retirement now available as an audiobook.

He graduated from Miami University and got his MBA from Xavier University. He is happily married to his wife of 52 years and has 2 daughters and 4 grandsons. His own retirement has been hyperactive. He learns new things through weekly interactions at Stanford, formerly via attending lectures and via zoom during the pandemic. Each year he reads about 100 books and bikes more than 3000 miles. He mentors organizations serving refugees and small farmers in Ghana.

What happens when successful people are too busy or too distracted to plan for the non-financial side of retirement? Former Senator Ted Kaufman and former management consultant Bruce Hiland saw it time and again with their retired friends. And it led them to collaborate on the new book Retiring? Your Next Chapter is About Much More Than Money. It's a succinct, practical guide, written in a conversational tone, to help you prepare for retiring beyond financial security. To thrive in your next chapter, you'll need to be equally well-prepared for the personal and life changes that retiring brings.

We discuss:

The stories of their (multiple) retirements

What they noticed about their retired friends - and why they were unhappy

What's different about retirement today that changes how you plan for it

What gets in the way of planning well for the non-financial aspects of retirement

How to know when it's time to retire

What they've learned about Identity and retirement

The role of spirituality and purpose in retirement

How they continue to learn and grow in retirement

Their key messages on what you need to know to plan well for life in retirement

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Bios

Ted Kaufman

Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman represented Delaware in the United States Senate from January 15, 2009 to November 15, 2010. Democrat Ted Kaufman was appointed by Governor Ruth Ann Minner to fill the Senate vacancy caused by the resignation of newly elected Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.; Senator Ted Kaufman did not seek election to the office in a special election for the seat in November 2010.

Edward E. Kaufman, known personally and professionally as "Ted," was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 15, 1939, to Helen Carroll and Manuel Kaufman. His mother was a teacher and his father, a social worker, was Deputy Commissioner of Public Welfare. Ted Kaufman attended Central High School in Philadelphia. He received a bachelor's of science degree in mechanical engineering from Duke University in 1960. The same year, he married his wife, Lynne Mayo, and they eventually had three daughters. Kaufman began his career as a sales engineer in Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, working for the American Standard Industrial Division, which deepened his interest in marketing and business.

Kaufman then pursued a business degree at the University of Pennsylvania where he received an MBA from the Wharton School in 1966. Following graduation, he moved to Delaware to work for the DuPont Company in various technical, marketing, and finance positions. He worked as a technical representative for engineering products in Boston and Los Angeles before returning to Wilmington to work on financial analysis. Back in Delaware, Kaufman became involved in politics.

In 1972 Kaufman volunteered to work on the Senate campaign of Democratic candidate Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. At age 29, Biden was successful in the first of seven elections to represent Delaware in the United States Senate. Kaufman began working on Biden's staff full time in 1973, managing his state office in Wilmington. Kaufman initially planned to stay on Biden's staff for one year with a leave of absence from his work at DuPont. Kaufman stayed on and served as state director in charge of the Wilmington office until 1976 and became Senator Biden's chief of staff from 1976-1995. From the 1980s until 1994, Kaufman also served as an advisory board member of the Congressional Management Foundation, an organization working directly with staff and members of Congress to enhance operations and citizen engagement.

In 1995, President Bill Clinton appointed Kaufman as a charter member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), an independent, federal agency in charge of all U.S.

What happens when someone who's purpose-driven achieves financial independence and doesn't need to work anymore?  How do they create a purpose-driven life in retirement? Casey Weade, the author of  Job Optional*: *The science of retiring with confidence; the art of living with purpose, shares his insights on how to retire with purpose.

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Bio

Casey Weade is a sought-after retirement planning professional, speaker and CEO/Chief Visionary of the national financial firm, Howard Bailey. He hosts the "Retire with Purpose" radio, TV show and podcast--providing sound financial guidance to pre-retirees and retirees across the country. He is also a member of the Forbes Finance Council and is a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®), Retirement Income Certified Professional® (RICP®), an Investment Advisor Representative, and holds licenses in Life, Accident, and Health insurance.

Casey's not only passionate about guiding people toward a financially secure retirement, but he also zones in on what your Golden Years might look like. His "Purpose-Based Retirement" philosophy begins with finding your "why" and building a plan to protect that. In Casey's words, "The path to retirement is all about utilizing offensive strategies. But once you actually get there, the game switches to defending your purpose for retirement, and in turn your life savings from the major risks it will face."

Casey is a lifelong Midwest native, and currently resides in Fort Wayne, IN, with his wife and two sons. He sponsors the Howard Bailey Junior Golf Tour as part of the Indiana Golf Foundation, and continues to stay active in his own community by supporting small businesses, local organizations and charities throughout the year.

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Wise Quotes

On How to Retire with Purpose

"And by going back to work and no longer needing the money, he was able to help people tenfold because he was there for the right reasons. He was there to share what he had learned, his experiences, his knowledge, and his talents with other individuals to help them. And I think every retiree has those things that they've built up throughout their career. That's one of the biggest opportunities that we have as a generation, and as a firm, is to help individuals recognize what those talents are. We go through this working life of say 30, 40, 50 years of experience. And we're really good at some of those things that we did while we're working. It may feel like we no longer want to work. And that may be true that you no longer want to work, but there are certain elements of everyone's career that they actually truly enjoy. And those are usually the areas that Dan Sullivan, a strategic coach, one of my coaches, would say is your unique ability. We uncover those unique abilities, those things that you're really amazing at that you can get lost in doing for hours upon hours. Those are your areas of the biggest impact. And once you reach that level of financial freedom, where you're no longer needing the money, you can pull those elements out of your career. You can pull those unique abilities into your future. And now you can focus all of your time and attention into those areas where you make the biggest impact and all ultimately deliver the most meaning and purpose to your life as a result of delivering that into other people's lives."

On the Risk of Inaction

"And then we get into strengths, it's, Hey, what are your strengths? Well, you might have a strength in delegation. Maybe you have a strength in the amount of wealth that you've accumulated. Maybe you have a strength in your ability to really think deeply about your future. And we're able to work ourselves through that process, from dangers to opportunities to strengths, to create clarity. And if we don't have clarity,

What’s the future of retirement post-pandemic? Smart, a leading retirement technology business and one of the UK’s largest providers of retirement plans, recently launched the Future of Global Retirement report. It examines how retirement plans will evolve in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia in the years to come, following the coronavirus pandemic.

Key U.S. findings from the report found that:

Retirement ages are rising, and one in seven Americans now expect to delay their retirement due to COVID-19.

56% of Americans see retirement as a multi-stage transition rather than a one-off event.

There's an "advice gap": Many Americans don’t know where they can get retirement advice.

Jodan Ledford, the CEO of Smart in the US, joins me today to share his insights.

We discuss:

Key findings from the Future of Global Retirement report - and what was surprising

Why traditional retirement is dead - and why people's retirement planning isn't always in sync with that

The biggest concerns and fears people have about retirement post-pandemic

What was common and different across different regions

When most people plan to access their retirement savings

The pandemic's impact on retirement planning

Jodan Ledford joins us from Nashville.

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Bio

Jodan Ledford is the US CEO of Smart. Before joining Smart, Jodan was the Chief Client Officer at Legal & General Investment Management America (LGIMA), where he oversaw a team of 75-plus spanning Sales, Marketing, Investment Solutions, Product & Corporate Strategy, as well as Multi-Asset Portfolio Management. Joining LGIMA shortly after their US market entry, Jodan led LGIMA's growth in the US market from $10 billion to $130 billion in US  third-party clients over 7 years. Prior to LGIMA, Jodan held positions at UBS Global Asset Management, J.P. Morgan's Investment Banking Division, and Watson Wyatt Worldwide.

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Podcast Episodes You May Like

What Trends in Retirement Should You Be Up to Speed On? – Catherine Collinson

Getting Things Done In Retirement – David Allen

What Can You Do to Age Better? – Anna Dixon

Who Will You Be in Retirement? – David Ekerdt

The Future You – Brian David Johnson

Are You Ready For The New Retirement? – Stephen Chen

 

Browse all 4 seasons of our retirement podcast here

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About Retirement Wisdom

Traditional retirement is obsolete. It simply doesn’t work for most people today.

However, it is an important catalyst for the beginning of a new phase of life.

But often what’s next isn’t clear. What do you want your new life to look like?

Even if you have some ideas about your future, it can be hard to figure out exactly how to get there.

You need a sound process – and a guide you can trust. The solution is Retirement Wisdom.

Our Certified Designing Your Life coach can help you envision and transition to your new life, using a proven three-phase approach.

Imagine new possibilities, evaluate alternative pathways, and create an actionable roadmap to your new lifestyle.

Take the first step today. Schedule a free call with Joe Casey to learn more about our coaching programs.

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Can a futurist help you create the retirement plan you want? Our guest is Brian David Johnson, who was Intel's first futurist, and is the author of The Future You: Break Through the Fear and Build the Life You Want. Listen in - your Future You will thank you.

We discuss:

His new book The Future You

What a futurist does - and doesn't do

The common misconceptions people have about the future

The most underutilized tool in retirement planning

Futurecasting, backcasting, and threatcasting - and how they can sharpen your retirement plan

Why storytelling is important to your future

How planning for two futures is wise

Why he thinks the future is local

Brian David Johnson joins us from Oregon.

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Bio

Brian David Johnson is a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society, and a Futurist and Fellow at Frost & Sullivan, a visionary innovation company that’s focused on growth. He also works with governments, militaries, trade organizations, and startups to help them envision their future. He has over 30 patents and is the author of a number of books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Future You: Break Through the Fear and Build the Life You Want, Science Fiction Prototyping; Screen Future: The Future of Entertainment, Computing and the Devices We Love; Humanity and the Machine: What Comes After Greed?; and Vintage Tomorrows: A Historian and a Futurist Journey through Steampunk into the Future of Technology. His writing has appeared in publications ranging from The Wall Street Journal and Slate to IEEE Computer and Successful Farming, and he appears regularly on Bloomberg TV, PBS, Fox News, and the Discovery Channel. He has directed two feature films, and is an illustrator and commissioned painter.

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Wise Quotes

On Financial Planning

"...one of the most underutilized tools is financial planning is your imagination because you've got to imagine what you want your future to look like. And then once you can imagine it, then you can start to achieve it."

On Futurecasting and Retirement

"With retirement, it's one of those things that we're all thinking about, right? And if you're not, you really should be. So, we'll generally give ourselves permission to do it. And the thing about future casting is: Don't just think about tomorrow. Don't think about today. But think a little bit further out. And this is why I think it's really well-designed to think about your retirement. Whether that retirement will be 30 years from now, 20 or 10 years from now,  depending upon where you're doing your planning,  thinking like a futurist and using future casting allows you to really get out there and think about the reality of it - and then get into the details of it. And then as a part of futurecasting, a key component is backcasting: Where do I want to be in the future? Who is that future? Who's living in that retirement? What does that look like? And then what are the steps you need to take to get there, right? Who are the people that are going to help you? What are the tools and who are the experts? And so it really systematically breaks it down for people. So it allows their future and their retirement to feel more accomplishable. That's what a lot of the people I've talked to and the people I've helped[valued]. What they've told me is, 'Wow, okay. It felt like it was something really far out there, but now I really see what I need to do on Monday and I can also track my progress. So I think, in that way, it can, can really help most people to really think like a futurist to prepare for their retirement."

On  Your Detailed Story

"One of the things that I've learned over the last 25 years is that the way you ch...

Retirement Wisdom helps you balance your retirement planning by attending to how you invest your most valuable asset - your time. No other podcasts cover the non-financial side of retirement planning as in-depth as our retirement podcast.

Here's a recap of what we learned in the 3rd month of our 4th season of The Retirement Wisdom Podcast talking with:

Chad Willardson on why it's wise to plan holistically for retirement

Dr. Krystal Culler on why your planning should include cultivating brain health

Chris Mamula on an update of his lessons learned after retiring early at 41

Wendy Marx on reinventing yourself and how to build a new personal brand

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You can listen to the full conversations here:

Plan Holistically for Retirement – Chad Willardson

Practices for Brain Health – Dr. Krystal Culler

Lessons Learned in Early Retirement – Chris Mamula

How’s Your Personal Brand? – Wendy Marx

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We help people who are retiring from their primary career – and aren’t done yet –  discover what’s next.

A long retirement is a terrible thing to waste - and a meaningful retirement doesn’t just happen by accident.

Schedule a call today to discuss how our Designing Your New Life coaching programs can help you make yours great.

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Are you well-prepared for the transition to retirement and the life you want to lead? It's one of life's major transitions and it takes much more than money. Our guest, Mike Drak, shares his insights from his personal experience with his retirement transition and his recently released book Retirement Heaven or Hell.

We discuss:

The lessons from his retirement transition

What's changed about retirement since he retired in 2014

The different stages of retirement

How someone can get to Retirement Heaven and stay out of Retirement Hell

How people find purpose in retirement

What the pandemic taught him about retirement

How people can foster new social connections and find their new tribe in retirement

His advice on planning for a great retirement

Mike joins us from Toronto.

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Bio

After a thirty-eight-year career within the financial services industry, Mike Drak experienced what he has now termed "retirement shock". As a result, Mike spent the next 6 years doing research about retirement which resulted in his best-selling book "Victory Lap Retirement" based on his realization that full stop retirement doesn't work for most people.

He most recently released "Retirement Heaven or Hell: Which Will You Choose?" which shares some of Mike's personal experiences in retirement and highlights how people can design and transition to their own unique retirement lifestyle. This book also outlines the valuable retirement lessons learned from the pandemic and introduces nine retirement principles that can support creating a long, healthy, and fulfilling life.

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Wise Quotes

On Purpose & Attitude

"The biggest one for me was finding purpose, finding a sufficient purpose in retirement, so I wouldn't get bored and I wouldn't get frustrated, and I had a good reason to get out of bed in the morning. That took a lot of time. That was probably one of the most important ones, but there are other ones too that are equally important. If you think about the importance of relationships, that's the key factor in focusing on your health, because without having good health, it doesn't matter how much money you have, you're not going to enjoy yourself in retirement. And having a good attitude is so important. It all comes down to how you look at retirement and what you think about it. If you think retirement is going to be great, odds are, it will be. But if you look at it as a terrible period, when you're going to get old and it's going to suck, well, guess what? So those are important things that I had difficulty with myself."

On Planning for a Long Retirement

"People...think when you retire, you're going to be the same person for 30 years. You're not. You're going to keep continuing to change and you're going to keep becoming a different person over time. And it's important to understand that and to know what kind of person you want to become because that's where you're going. And it's still becoming someone different than you are before you retire. So you want to be able to sit down and say, okay, this is the kind of person I want to become. This is the lifestyle I want that person to enjoy and start putting those things in place because you're setting yourself up for a 30-year payoff. And you got to do it right. And it's, that's why I say it takes a lot of planning, proper planning."

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For More on Mike Drak

Retirement Heaven or Hell

Victory Lap Retirement

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Podcast Episodes You May Be Interested In

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We all have that inner voice in our heads. In his book Chatter, psychologist Ethan Kross shares insights from his research lab at the University of Michigan on how our self-talk impacts our lives, our attitudes, our health, and our relationships. Chatter includes a range of valuable tools we can use to control our inner critic and tap into our "inner coach."

We discuss:

His work at the Emotion & Self Control Lab at the University of Michigan.

What he learned about introspection from his father.

Stats on our inner voice and how often we talk with ourselves.

How chatter and negative self-talk impact people.

How our inner critic and inner coach work.

What happens when we bring our other relationships in the conversation, with things like venting.

How people planning for retirement can best deal with uncertainty and fear.

Tools he finds useful in managing our inner critic and accessing our inner coach.

Ethan Kross joins us from Michigan.

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Bio

Ethan Kross is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind. An award-winning professor and bestselling author in the University of Michigan’s top-ranked Psychology Department and its Ross School of Business, he studies how the conversations people have with themselves impact their health, performance, decisions, and relationships.

Ethan was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude. After earning his Ph.D. in Psychology from Columbia University, Ethan completed a post-doctoral fellowship in social-affective neuroscience to learn about the neural systems that support self-control. He moved to the University of Michigan in 2008, where he founded the Emotion & Self Control Laboratory.

Ethan’s research has been published in Science, The New England Journal of Medicine, and The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, among other peer-reviewed journals. He has participated in policy discussions at the White House and has been interviewed on CBS Evening News, Good Morning America, Anderson Cooper Full Circle, and NPR’s Morning Edition. His pioneering research has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Harvard Business Review, USA Today, The Economist, The Atlantic, Forbes, and Time.

Ethan is the author of the National Bestseller CHATTER: The Voice in Our Head, Why it Matters and How to Harness It, which was chosen as one of the best new books of the year by the Washington Post, CNN and USA Today and the Winning Winter 2021 selection for Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain and Dan Pink’s Next Big Idea Book Club. CHATTER  is scheduled to be translated into over 35 languages.

Ethan lives in Ann Arbor with his wife and two daughters.

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Wise Quotes

On Our Inner Voice

"...we do spend a significant amount of time in this world of words in our head. And sometimes those conversations we have with ourselves can be the source of a lot of joy. Like when you're savoring, you're going over, what happened like a positive experience that might've happened to you, or you're imagining an accolade you might receive in the future. But we also spend a lot of time talking to ourselves in ways that can be really disparaging and make us feel upset. And that really captures this conundrum of self-talk. We have this inner voice that on the one hand can be this, this great source of wisdom and self-confidence and a wonderful coach. But on the other hand, we also have this inner voice that could turn into a really harsh critic..."

On Chatter versus Negative Self-Talk

"I think of negative self-talk and, in particular,