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. Want more? Join The Get Ready Movement at www.tonysteuer.com [CLAIM:D51LCAQS]
Episodes
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 Women’s Money Wisdom podcast, to explore how defining “enough” can change the way women think about money. The conversation dives into why women are capable, confident decision-makers and how judgment-free financial...
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:
🔹 Wealth without wisdom is wasted
🔹 Delegated parenting is delegating your legacy, the world will teach your kids if you don’t
🔹 Go beyond your trust and will, and talk about your values
🔹 Create a written plan that defines y...
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 reflect on what he’s learned from more than 250 conversations with financial experts, advocates, and changemakers from around the world
The result is a global, human-first look at money as...
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 of a real financial plan.
🔑 Key Takeaways
🔹 Think about your future yet worth (money you’ll earn)
🔹 A financial plan without disability insurance is not a financial plan
🔹 We should ref...
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 relationships, curiosity, and clarity.
Key Takeaways:
🔹 Ask questions to ensure that you understand.
🔹 Relationships are at the heart of effective financial planning
🔹 Advisors will su...
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 build confidence.
Key Takeaways:
🔹 Stories are not facts, you get to choose what you believe.
🔹 We are allowed to have knowledge and power with our money, we don’t need permission
🔹 ...
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 major shifts.
Key Takeaways:
🔹 Think about the planning process as an investment in yourself.
🔹 Know your expenses inside and out, including irregular annual costs such as gifts and ins...
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.
💡 Key Takeaways
🔹 Aging is a natural process, and it can also be an opportunity.
🔹 People need to be active participants in their own aging plan.
🔹 Start planning early, ...
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.
Key Takeaways:
🔹Start with your goals, then decide if a product helps you get there.
🔹 Ask questions, until you understand what you’re investing in or purchasing
🔹 Understand your benefi...
On this episode of The Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, I spoke with Melana Carbary, Private Wealth Manager at Burning River Advisory Group and founder of enlightenHer to talk about how confidence, authenticity, and action can change the way women engage with money.
Key Takeaways:
🔹 Listen with intention, rather than just thinking about the next thing you’ll say.
🔹 If we care enough, we will take the right...
On this episode of The Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, I spoke with Justyn Makarewycz, about how financial fluency fuels better career choices—and a more intentional life.
💡 Key Takeaways
- Invest in financial fluency. Understanding money helps you make smarter career moves.
- Clarify what matters. Define your values and long-term goals before chasing the next title.
- Plan backward. Start with your vision, then c...
On this episode of The Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, I spoke with Annalee Kruger, President of Care Right Inc. and author of The Invisible Patient about how creating an aging plan can save time, money, and stress.
💡 Key Takeaways
🔹 Start the conversation early. Hold family meetings that include every stakeholder.
🔹 Family members should clear on the parent’s wishes and goals are.
🔹 Build the right team. Eng...
On this episode of The Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, I spoke with Shannon Ryan, Financial Literacy Advocate and author of Your Money Has Feelings about how to bridge mindset and money and aligning your money with your values.
💡 Key Takeaways:
🔹 Money has no feelings, it’s just paper, however our relationship to money has feelings
🔹 Align your financial choices with what truly matters to you<...
🎙 On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, I spoke with Brendan Frazier, Chief Behavioral Officer at RFG Advisory and host of The Human Side of Money Podcast, about how the future of financial advice goes beyond plans and portfolios and why the most powerful tool an advisor has isn’t a spreadsheet, but a question.
💡 Key Takeaways:
🔹 The future of advice is at the intersection of the techn...
On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, I spoke with Dr. Alison Schmidt, founder and CEO of Unconvention and host of the (un)conversations® podcast, about how being your own advocate can reshape not only your finances, but also your life and values.
💡 Key Takeaways:
🔹 Believe in yourself — trust that you have the tools to execute
🔹 Be open to risk and new ways of working
🔹 Foc...
On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, I spoke with Michelle Petrowski, CFP®, CDFA®, founder of Being in Abundance, about one powerful question: What if it is possible?
We explored how shifting from a Do-Have-Be mindset to Be-Do-Have changes everything by starting with how do you want to be, then asking how do you want to do it and then asking what could I have?
💡 Key Takeaways:
🔹 Ab...
On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, I spoke with Jose Mayora, author of Wall Street’s Blind Spot, about the principles of value investing and understanding risk.
💡 Key Takeaways:
🔹 Always do your homework, don’t chase headlines, do thorough research
🔹 Have a long term horizon - patience is important
🔹 Be an independent thinker
🔹 Only invest in what you understan...
🎙 On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, I’m joined by Rishi Vamdatt, the teenage creator of Easy Peasy Finance — a multi-award-winning platform making financial literacy fun and accessible for kids, parents, and beginners.
💡 Key Takeaways:
🔹 Families can learn about money together — parents should involve kids from any age.
🔹 An allowance is a powerful way to teach money responsibili...
🎙️ On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, I spoke with Vicki Vollweiler, founder of College Financial Prep and author of College Planning for Divorced and Widowed Parents, about how families can save money on college while navigating the emotional and logistical challenges of divorce, separation, or loss.
💡 Key Takeaways:
🔹 Bring up college planning in a neutral tone—communication is critic...
On this episode of the Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, I spoke with Joseph Pach—author of Building The Investors Edge and Chief Investment Officer of Corcovado Investment Advisors—about building stronger financial decision-making frameworks by understanding risk, opportunity cost, and human behavior.
💡 Key Takeaways
🔹 Opportunity cost is the tradeoff behind every choice you make
🔹 Risk isn’t j...
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