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
269 episodes
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...
Why Slowing Down Leads to Better Money Decisions
On this episode of the Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, I spoke with Michael Ervolini, author and active management thought leader, about how behavior and emotions shape financial decision-making and why having a simple, intentiona...
Digital Financial Literacy, Inclusion, and Peace
On this episode of The Get Ready Money Podcast, I spoke with Dr. Lalua Rahsiad, the Money Queen, author and podcast host, about digital financial literacy, inclusion, and building financial peace in a modern world.<...
How Women Can Reclaim Their Power and Confidence with Money
On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens, Tony sits down with Linda Grizely, creator of the MeMoney™ method and host of the Real Money, Real Life podcast, to explore how women can build a healthier, more empower...
Why Defining “Enough” Changes How Women Think About Money
What changes when women decide what “enough” really looks like?On this episode of The Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, Tony spoke with Melissa Joy, CFP®, President of Pearl Planning and host of the Wome...
How to Leave a Legacy That Lasts Beyond Money
On this episode of The Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, I spoke with Dr. Julia Myers, founder of Generational Wisdom about what it means to leave a legacy that lasts.Key Takeaways:🔹 W...
How 250 Conversations Changed the Way I Think About Money
After 250 conversations with guests from around the world, one truth stands out: money works best when we start with people, not products.Episode 250 turns the tables. Guest host Faith Teope puts Tony Steuer in the hot seat to...
Why Disability Insurance Is the Foundation of a Real Financial Plan
On this episode of The Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, Tony talks with Maxwell Schmitz, Disability Insurance Specialist and Co-Founder of Dingo Technologies, about why income protection is the core building block...
Why Great Financial Planning Starts with Better Questions
On this episode of The Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, Tony sits down with Adam Koos, President of Libertas Wealth Management and host of The Retirement Fiduciary Podcast to explore why great financial planning starts with relat...
How Women Succeed by Rewriting Their Money Story
On this episode of The Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, I spoke with Meghan Dwyer, CFP®, Certified Money Coach®, and host of the Money Isn’t Scary podcast, about why money isn’t scary when you understand your money story and buil...
How to Take Control of Your Money During Major Life Changes
Major life changes can shake your financial confidence. In this episode, Tony sits down with Chris Olofson, Founder of DIVEE Financial, to discuss how to take control of your money during transitions like divorce, retirement, or other ma...
How to Create an Aging Plan That Works with Aging-in-Place Expert Carol Chiang
On this episode of the Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, I spoke with Carol Chiang, aging-in-place expert and author of Age in Place or Find a New Space, about how to take control of your aging journey with an aging plan.
How Military Members (and Everyone) Can Outsmart Financial Predators
On this episode of the Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, I spoke with Brandon Lovingier, Founder of Military Money, about the tactics financial predators use and how military members (and all of us) can stay one step ahead.