Retirement Revealed Podcast & Blog

Pension plans often contribute heavily to your retirement income. If you’re living in Wisconsin, you might have heard of The Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), the 9th largest public pension fund in the U.S. Tune in to learn what the WRS is all about and the different benefits it offers to retirees! (Note: The strategies discussed are relevant even if you’re living outside of Wisconsin.)

When you search for the best retirement advice, it’s the same response over and over: save your money. Go figure. But in Steve Medland’s new book, Spiraling Up, you get guidance on what to do once the money is saved based on the 7 principles of financial serenity.

Deciding between your between taking a Lump Sum Payout or Monthly Annuity Pension? Learn the math and the process to make the best decision for you. Also, learn why 2022 is a unique situation that has made lump sum payouts a better deal than in the past 20 years!

Stocks, bonds, real estate, cars, jewels, or any other asset — if you don’t need it anymore, you might sell it. Life insurance policies are no different! You can get your policy appraised, find the maximum value you can get for it, and sell it through a life settlement. Tune in to learn about the process of life settlements and the different situations when selling your life insurance policy can be beneficial.

It’s never too early to plan for your retirement. But where do you start? Knowing where to start can be difficult, and even those who have a headstart in the process might have missed some of the necessary questions to help accurately plan for their retirement. Tune in to learn about seven questions that could make or break your retirement, and how to find the answers to those questions.

When it comes to your retirement wellness, there is much more to think about than just your finances. How to fill your time, stay mentally and physically active, build healthy relationships…the list goes on! The best person to help you with such non-financial aspects of retirement is a retirement coach. Tune in to learn about the benefits of hiring a retirement coach (and how to find one).

When you are planning to retire it’s easy to focus on just the money and the technical details, and yet…

Will you be happy when you retire? The answer lies in whether your plans to retire focus solely on managing your finances, or if they align with your values and beliefs. Tune in to learn about looking at retirement from a non-financial perspective with a set of Christian values.

Retirement is not a destination. It’s a journey, where you transition into the next chapter of your life. In this chapter, a lot of the barriers you’ll encounter are psychological! Tune in to learn actionable steps to improve your psychological well-being in retirement.