Get Ready: Before Life Happens Podcast
Tony Steuer is a Financial Readiness Advocate, award-winning author, and host of Get Ready: Before Life Happens. Drawing on nearly 40 years of experience in insurance, financial education, and consumer advocacy, he helps people create their in-case-of-emergency plan, ask better questions, recognize red flags, and prepare before life happens. On this channel, you’ll find conversations with experts, authors, advocates, educators, and other trusted voices, along with practical ideas about financial readiness, life transitions, insurance, consumer protection, scams, and better money decisions. Create your own in-case-of-emergency plan when you Start your free Financial Readiness Plan at tonysteuer.com. Support Get Ready: Help keep the Financial Readiness Plan free and support the podcast, trusted resources, and consumer-first financial education. Become a Get Ready Insider for $5/month at tonysteuer.com/support.
Episodes
Phil Weiss, Founder of Apprise Wealth joined Tony on this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens to talk about how understanding your financial situation, aligning your resources with your values, and having regular money conversations can help you navigate major life changes with more confidence and intention. Life transitions require clarity and confidence.
Key Takeaways
- Your money story shapes how you make fi...
What can 300 conversations teach us about making thoughtful financial decisions and preparing for life?
After 300 conversations with guests from around the world, I’ve learned that access to financial information is only the beginning.
In this special solo episode, I share the Six Principles of Financial Readiness, a practical framework for connecting financial information with our goals, responsibilities, relat...
A simple pause can change your financial life.
On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens, I spoke with Karen Holland, founder of the nonprofit Gifting Sense and creator of the DIMS “Does It Make Sense?” Score Calculator.
We explore how slowing down leads to better decisions, why mindful friction improves spending, and how the DIMS framework helps you evaluate purchases with clarity. Karen shar...
Money conversations build clarity and confidence.
On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens, I spoke with Tricia Daniel, TEDx speaker and founder of the Starting Over Wealth Network about how early, open money conversations create confidence, reduce fear, and help families stay prepared through life’s changes. Tricia shares how to overcome shame, communicate with clarity, and build a plan that supp...
You can earn a solid income and still feel uncertain about your next financial step. This episode shows how to build clarity, confidence, and momentum.
On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens, I sit down with Sandra Park, founder of Prosperous Panda and host of the Engineer Her Path Podcast.
We explore how earning more creates opportunity, and how clarity, identity, and communication turn that opportunity int...
Your value grows when you learn how to combine AI with what only you can do as a human.
Nikki Barua, author, speaker and CEO & Co-Founder of FlipWork joined me on Get Ready Before Before Life Happens to talk about how AI is transforming how we work, earn, and create value.
Nikki shares how individuals and advisors can stay relevant by reinventing themselves, developing AI fluency and focusing on the skills that re...
Your money decisions show what matters most to you.
Cecile Biccari, sustainable finance specialist and author of Your Money and the World, joins me on the Get Ready: Before Life Happens Podcast to talk about sustainable finance, impact investing, and how everyday choices about spending, saving, investing, and giving can influence the world around us.
Cecile shares how sustainable finance connects everyday financial de...
Financial success grows when your money aligns with the life you truly want.
Danqin Fang, CFP®, CFA, RLP®, founder and CEO of Wealth Beyond Math joined Tony on this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens to talk about how holistic financial planning evolves through a process of awareness, clarity, and alignment. Even people who appear to have everything in place often feel held back by fear, scarcity, or limiting b...
Small, daily habits can turn financial confusion into confidence.
Emily Boxall, Founder of the 2Mins App joined Tony on this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens to talk about how gamification and bite-sized learning can transform financial education.
From quirky characters to two-minute lessons, Emily shares how making money more approachable, interactive, and judgment-free can help people build confidence and la...
The best financial decisions happen when emotion opens the door and logic helps shape the plan.
Bill Comfort and Maxwell Schmitz joined Tony Steuer on this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens for a lively debate about whether people make better insurance and financial decisions through numbers and probabilities, or through a clear understanding of the real-life impact on the people they love?
This conversation ex...
Money works best when it supports the life you want to live.
Dana Miranda, author, content creator, and money writer joined me on Get Ready Before Life Happens to talk about what it means to build a healthier, more empowering relationship with money.
We explored why traditional money advice often misses the lived experiences of women, people of color, and LGBTQ communities, and how understanding financial tools ...
Financial decisions are becoming more complex every year. This episode explores how to find trusted expertise, ask better questions, and build confidence in the advice you follow.
Tom Dickson, founder of the Financial Experts Network joined me on this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens to explore why trusted expertise matters in today’s complex financial world, how advisors can better serve clients throug...
Financial abuse often leaves no visible signs. Recognizing the signs can be the first step toward protecting yourself and finding hope.
Sandhya Gopal, divorce financial planner joined Tony on Get Ready Before Life Happens to explore the warning signs of financial abuse and what women can do to protect themselves during major life transitions.
They discuss how financial control can be subtle and invisible, the importan...
Better money decisions begin when we slow down enough to understand ourselves.
On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens, Tony sits down with DonJay Rice to explore how curiosity, reflection, and emotional awareness can help rewire the way we think about money.
From scarcity mindset and workaholism to gratitude and values alignment, this conversation highlights how financial healing begins with asking better qu...
The most important inheritance conversations are about trust, context, and relationships.
Emily Bouchard, TEDx speaker, founder of Family Focused Wealth, and host of the Wealth Coherence Podcast joins Tony on the Get Ready Before Life Happens podcast to talk about why families need safe, transparent conversations around money, trust, and inheritance.
They explore how trust, communication, and shared values help famili...
Being named executor is more than a title. It’s a responsibility most people are not prepared for.
Julie Rains, author and storyteller joined me on this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens, to talk about the realities of settling a parent’s estate and what it truly means to serve as an executor.
Drawing from her personal journey, Julie shares practical lessons around cash flow, access to accounts, ben...
What you learn about money as a child can shape your decisions for life.
On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens, Tony talks with Dr. Bilal Pandow about how childhood experiences shape lifelong money habits, why even highly educated people struggle with financial decisions, and how simple, consistent conversations can help build confidence and better financial behaviors over time.
Key takeaways
🔹 Behavior is ...
How do you build financial confidence in a new country?
It starts with learning how money works where you are.
On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens, I spoke with Bisola Tijani, the Whiz Queen, about building financial confidence when navigating a new country, learning how money works in a different system, and taking ownership of your financial future.
Key Takeaways
🔹 Learn how money works where you live.
🔹...
It’s easier to be yourself, and that’s what builds real trust.
On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens, I spoke with Derek Pollard, founder of Constellar Creative, about why authentic communication is the foundation of strong relationships.
We explored how finding your voice, staying curious, and focusing on small human moments can help you build trust and communicate more effectively in a digital...
Clear money conversations help families prepare before life happens.
On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens, Tony talks with Jacqui Clarke, author of Stop Worrying About Money, about how better money conversations help families navigate caregiving, loss, divorce, and rising financial pressure.
They explore why money is often left unspoken, how that creates risk, and what families can do to build clarit...
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