The Retirement Transformed Podcast

What you need to do one year before you retire: https://bit.ly/RTchecklist Most people do not retire too early...they retire too late, missing the best years meant for discovery, growth, and fulfillment. In this episode, we share our personal experiences of leaving work earlier than planned, the emotional struggles that followed, and how we ultimately found a better path. We explore why staying fo...

Want Access To The FREE Connection Guide? https://bit.ly/3Gobn2R Loneliness is one of the biggest health threats facing men after 65, but it’s rarely talked about. In this episode, Mark shares a personal story that opened his eyes to the silent epidemic of isolation and retirement drift that many men experience. He explains why losing work routines, built-in social networks, and a sense of purpose...

Download our FREE Relationship Toolkit https://bit.ly/42pBf5m Retirement planning isn't always easy, especially when spouses retire at different times. It can bring up questions about finances, lifestyle adjustments, and timing. Today, we’re answering some of the most common concerns from our subscribers about navigating retirement when one partner retires before the other. Let’s dive into the key...

FREE 6 Steps to Kickstart your Retirement Transformation: https://bit.ly/3HFivoy After seven years of retirement, we have learned the hard way what no one tells you before you leave your career behind. In this episode, Mark and Jody share the five brutally honest lessons that changed everything for them. From realizing retirement is not an endless vacation to discovering that health, relationships...

Download Our Free PDF: 5 Steps That Will Save You 20 Years Of A Miserable Life https://bit.ly/3HWraGy Happiness after 50 isn’t about luck, it’s about strategy. In today’s video, Jody shares how she broke free from outdated expectations, reconnected with herself, and built a more joyful and energized life through intentional daily habits. From finding movement that feels good to dressing in a way t...

Get our FREE Retirement Checklist: https://bit.ly/RTchecklist Retirement marks a significant transition in life, often accompanied by uncertainty. The question of when should you retire becomes more common as you get nearer to retirement age. However, it's crucial to recognize that retirement isn't just an endpoint, it's an opportunity for a fresh start, a chance to embrace newfound freedom, and p...

Download Our Free PDF: 5 Habits You NEED To Break If You're Retired https://bit.ly/43zND3C Retirement can be unexpectedly disorienting. In this powerful episode, Jody opens up about the 17 invisible losses she experienced after leaving her long-time career. From identity and confidence to friendships, routine, emotional resilience, and even the sense of time itself, retirement brought challenges s...

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Get Access To Our Free Webinar Replay: https://youtu.be/O_F9Ps9fNdY Clutter isn't just about your stuff...it’s about what it’s costing you mentally, emotionally, and physically in retirement. In this episode, Jody shares her personal story of trying to declutter her home after retirement and how a mouse-infested golf bag became the final straw. What started as a project to clear the attic turned i...

What you need to do one year before you retire: https://bit.ly/3HJBiiC Most people focus on saving for retirement, but what if the smartest move is knowing what to spend on once you get there? In this episode, we break down eight smart investments you should make before or shortly after retiring. From health-tracking tools and gym memberships to noise-canceling headphones, journals, walking shoes,...

Grab our free Health & Wellness Checklist: https://bit.ly/3uPXhkU Most people think aging is about wrinkles, gray hair, or slowing down. It’s not. The real aging begins when your days become predictable… when you stop trying new things… when your world quietly starts getting smaller. In this episode, I’m sharing the habits that truly keep you feeling young in your discovery years. Not cosmetic...

Download the free “6 Steps to Kickstart Your Retirement Transformation” guide: https://bit.ly/3HFivoy What if your best years are not behind you, but still ahead? Dr. Gladys McGarey lived to 103 and never stopped evolving. After a life-changing divorce at 69, she did not slow down. She reinvented herself. She believed that age does not mean decline. It means evolution. And she proved that purpose...

Download the free “6 Steps to Kickstart Your Retirement Transformation” guide: https://bit.ly/3HFivoy This episode brings together three of our most important conversations about what really happens when you leave the rat race. If you’re approaching retirement, recently retired, or quietly questioning what comes next, this compilation will help you avoid the common emotional traps no one talks abo...

Download Our FREE 6 Steps To Kickstart Your Retirement Guide: https://bit.ly/3HFivoy When I quit my job in December of 2018, I thought I was stepping into freedom. I imagined relaxing, traveling, and finally enjoying life without structure or pressure. What no one warned me about was how easy it is to drift when you lose your role, your rhythm, and the hundreds of relationships that once filled yo...

Download the free “6 Steps to Kickstart Your Retirement Transformation” guide: https://bit.ly/3HFivoy There’s a moment in retirement when something feels off. You worked your entire life for freedom, yet instead of fulfillment, you feel lost or drifting. In this video, we share three retirement reinvention secrets that help you design structure before you need it, rebuild your identity with intent...

There are a few distinct types of retirees, and many people find themselves in one without ever intentionally choosing it. In this video, we share five powerful retiree archetypes that we’ve identified through years of research and real-life stories, helping you recognize where you are and where you truly want to be. Whether you’re building, exploring, gathering, rebuilding, or quietly content, di...

Download the free “6 Steps to Kickstart Your Retirement Transformation” guide: https://bit.ly/3HFivoy Five years from now, you’re either going to feel stronger or smaller... not because of luck, but because of what you repeat year after year in retirement. The first five years of your discovery phase quietly shape your energy, identity, relationships, contribution, and long-term growth. In this ep...

Download our free Health and Wellness Checklist: https://bit.ly/3uPXhkU If we’re being honest, many of us didn’t take care of ourselves during our careers. We pushed through stress, skipped appointments, ignored warning signs, and told ourselves we’d deal with it later. Then retirement arrives and suddenly we realize we might be in the worst shape of our lives right when we finally have time to en...

FREE 1 Year From Retirement Checklist: https://bit.ly/3HJBiiC The last few years before retirement can feel strangely heavy. You’re still showing up, still doing the job, but part of you has already moved on. We both experienced what it feels like to mentally check out years before our actual retirement date, and it nearly drained our energy before retirement even began. In this video, we talk abo...

Download Our FREE 6 Steps To Kickstart Your Retirement Guide: https://bit.ly/3HFivoy For the first 69 years of my life, I worried about things that felt urgent and important in my 30s, 40s, and 50s. Titles. Approval. Appearance. Success. But not anymore. In this video, I’m sharing what I’ve completely stopped caring about at 69 — and why letting go of these things has brought more peace, clarity,...

Download Our FREE 1 Year From Retirement Checklist: https://bit.ly/3HJBiiC The first year of retirement can feel strange, unsettling, and even overwhelming after decades of productivity and pressure. In this episode, we explain why slowing down for 365 days is not losing value but recalibrating your identity, energy, relationships, and daily rhythm. We discuss why rushing into new commitments can...

Download the free “6 Steps to Kickstart Your Retirement Transformation” guide: https://bit.ly/3HFivoy 2025 taught us something surprising about retirement. After running our eight week master class and guiding people through the seven pillars of the discovery years, we realized the one thing retirees resist the most is the one thing they need the most, rhythm. Not rigid corporate structure, but a...

Download the free guide to Kickstart Your Retirement: https://bit.ly/3HFivoy If you were a leader, a decision maker, the go to person in your company, and now in retirement you feel invisible, you are not alone. In this episode, we talk directly to women who built successful careers, carried their own financial independence, and are now navigating identity loss, loss of visibility, and the emotion...

Download our free Health and Wellness Checklist: https://bit.ly/3uPXhkU We all work hard to reach retirement, but there are 12 subtle habits that quietly steal your joy in this phase of life. In this episode, we walk through the most common retirement mistakes we made ourselves, including waiting to feel like your old self again, assuming purpose should be obvious, replaying old career stories, tr...

FREE 1 Year From Retirement Checklist: https://bit.ly/3HJBiiC Retirement is not complicated, but it does require intentional redesign. In this episode, we break down why retirement is not a reward phase where you simply relax, but a redesign phase where structure, purpose, relationships, growth, and creativity must be rebuilt on purpose. We explain how retirement drift slowly erodes your health, m...