Get Ready: Before Life Happens Podcast
Get Ready: Before Life Happens brings together diverse voices, guides, and changemakers from around the world who are helping people and professionals navigate life’s what-ifs with clarity, integrity and confidence.
Hosted by Financial Readiness Advocate Tony Steuer, the show explores the insights, stories, and tools that strengthen financial readiness and reshape how we think about money, life, aging, caregiving, resilience, and purpose.
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Episodes
281 episodes
How Emotions Shape Financial Decisions and Readiness
Many financial decisions feel logical in the moment.Yet emotions often shape the choices we make about money.Understanding that connection can help us make better decisions and build stronger financial readiness....
Make Your Next Chapter Your Best One
What if your best years are ahead? On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens, I spoke with Tamara Cortoos, midlife coach and founder of Midlife Crossroads Academy, about making your next chapter your best one by al...
How Financial Resilience Protects People from Scams
In financial services, three voices dominate the conversation: regulators, institutions, and technology.Julia Chin believes there’s a fourth voice we need to hear more clearly: the human voice trying to make sense of it all. ...
Why End-of-Life Planning Is the Ultimate Gift to Your Family
End-of-life planning is about more than death, it’s about leaving your family with clarity, stability, and peace of mind.On this episode of The Get Ready Money Podcast, I spoke with Greg Barnsdale, death doula and au...
Why Your Financial Plan Should Be as Unique as Your Life
The best financial plans start with who you are and the life you want to live.On this episode of The Get Ready Money Podcast, I spoke with Mike Milligan, CFP and author of The One of a Kind Financial Plan Book about how to bui...
Rethinking Retirement Through a Portfolio Life
What if the next chapter of your career is an opportunity to design a life filled with meaning, contribution, and new possibilities?On this episode of The Get Ready Money Podcast, I spoke with Maria Dastur, Founder o...
Your Health Is Your Greatest Asset
Are you trading your health for money? On this episode, I speak with Stevyn Guinnip, author of Grow Wellthy, about the idea of “health net worth,” the compounding effect of daily habits, and why retirement planning shoul...
The Hidden Psychology Behind Your Money Decisions
Are you making financial decisions consciously, or being nudged by forces you do not see?On this episode, I speak with Ceres Chua, Money Psychologist and Financial Coach about the hidden psychology shaping our financial decisi...
Anything Is Possible With the Right Financial Plan
With the right financial plan and clear intention, your goals become achievable, not abstract.On this episode, I speak with Dr. Severine Bryan, Accredited Financial Counselor and host of The Dr. Sev Talks Money Podcast about h...
What to Do When You Suspect Financial Abuse
When control shapes financial decisions, listening becomes the most important tool we have.In Part 2, I spoke with Joy Slabaugh, CFP, about how advisors and advocates can thoughtfully respond when they suspect a power imbalanc...
How Financial Abuse Begins and Why It’s Often Missed
Financial abuse often begins quietly, with small patterns of control that slowly reshape someone’s financial agency.In part one of this two-part episode, Joy Slabaugh, CFP® and I explore what financial abuse is, how it shows u...
AI Will Accelerate the Shift from Advisor to Coach
AI is moving fast. The real question isn’t whether it will replace jobs. It’s which skills will still matter.In this episode, Chris Heye and I explore how AI may reshape financial planning, why communication and coaching are r...
Why Everyone Needs a Long-Term Care Plan
Long-term care will impact most families, the question is whether you plan for it or react to it.In this episode, Nathan Sanow breaks down what long-term care really means, how insurance works as a leverage tool, and why plann...
Philanthropy: Creating the World You Want to Live In
Philanthropy is more than writing a check, it’s an opportunity to shape the world you want to live in.In this episode, Deborah Goldstein, Philanthropic Advisor and Founder of Enlightened Philanthropy, shares how philanthropy b...
How Women Can Build Investing Confidence
Investing confidence begins with asking better questions and taking consistent action.In this conversation, Diana Perkins shares how curiosity, emotional regulation, and asking better questions can shift you from reactive to c...
How Highly Sensitive People Can Align Money
Money decisions are rarely just about numbers. They’re shaped by identity, lived experience, values, and psychology, especially for people who are highly sensitive or hold marginalized identities.In this conversation, Diana Yanez, Certif...
Retirement Is Your Encore Chapter
Retirement today looks nothing like it did a generation ago. With fewer pensions, longer lifespans, and more personal responsibility, the real question isn’t when you retire, it’s who you become next.In this conversatio...
How Financial Trauma Shapes Our Relationship With Money
On this episode of The Get Ready Money Podcast, I spoke with Rahkim Sabree, financial therapist and author of Overcoming Financial Trauma, about how our earliest experiences with money shape our behavior, stress respons...
Why Financial Resilience Is the Next Evolution of Financial Literacy
On this episode of The Get Ready Money Podcast, I spoke with Els Lagrou, author and financial literacy expert, about why financial literacy alone isn’t enough and how financial resilience, inclusion, and wellbeing must be...
Why Human Connection Still Matters in an AI-Driven World
On this episode of The Get Ready Money Podcast, I spoke with Julie Pinkerton, CEO and founder of Evozen and creator of the ClientFirst platform, about why human connection, not algorithms, drives meaningful professional relationships.
How Women Use Money With Intention in Retirement
On this episode of The Get Ready Money Podcast, I spoke with Eric Blake, host of The Simply Retirement Podcast and founder of Blake Wealth Management to talk about how women are redefining retirement, decision-making, and what it means to use m...
How to Navigate Divorce and Money With Confidence
On this episode of The Get Ready Money Podcast, I spoke with Taj Chiu, divorce coach, about navigating divorce as both a financial and emotional transition, and how clarity, communication, and planning can help people move forwa...
What a Video Game Can Teach Kids About Money
What if learning about money felt more like running a lemonade stand than sitting in a classroom?Can a video game improve financial literacy for kids? In this episode, Mac Gardner joins me to explore how Berryville teaches mon...
How Financial Literacy Builds Confidence and Changes Family Patterns
On this episode of Get Ready: Before Life Happens, I spoke with Sharan Kaur Varaitch, founder of Build and Conquer Financial Literacy, about her journey growing up paycheck to paycheck, supporting her family from a young age, an...
Scams, Digital Literacy, and How to Stay Safe With Your Money
Frances Yong, Founder of White Byte and anti-scam evangelist joined me on this episode of The Get Ready Money Podcast in collaboration with the Better Money with the MAIA’s podcast. We talked about digital financial literacy, fraud pre...