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
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...
In many financial planning conversations, the loudest voices tend to shape the outcome.
Yet some of the most important perspectives in the room often go unheard.
What happens when we start asking better questions and make space for every voice to be part of the conversation?
On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens, I spoke with Colleen Bowler, entrepreneur, speaker, and creator of The Passport Package, about t...
Many financial decisions feel logical in the moment.
Yet emotions often shape the choices we make about money.
Understanding that connection can help us make better decisions and build stronger financial readiness.
On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens, I spoke with Mark Crowley, author and advocate for heart-based leadership, about how emotions shape the way we make decisions, build relationships, and respo...
What if your best years are ahead?
On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens, I spoke with Tamara Cortoos, midlife coach and founder of Midlife Crossroads Academy, about making your next chapter your best one by aligning your time, energy, and money with who you’re becoming.
Key Takeaways
🔹 Be curious, follow the little signals and see where it takes you.
🔹 Small, consistent steps shape your next ch...
In financial services, three voices dominate the conversation: regulators, institutions, and technology.
Julia Chin believes there’s a fourth voice we need to hear more clearly: the human voice trying to make sense of it all.
On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens, I spoke with Julia Chin, financial crime fighter and founder of JFourth Solutions why financial crime prevention must start with...
End-of-life planning is about more than death, it’s about leaving your family with clarity, stability, and peace of mind.
On this episode of The Get Ready Money Podcast, I spoke with Greg Barnsdale, death doula and author of Do Not Ignore Your Mortality about why end-of-life planning is one of the most meaningful acts of preparation we can make for our families.
📝 Takeaways
🔹 Planning ahead reduces stress...
The best financial plans start with who you are and the life you want to live.
On this episode of The Get Ready Money Podcast, I spoke with Mike Milligan, CFP and author of The One of a Kind Financial Plan Book about how to build a personalized financial plan and retirement strategy that aligns your money, values, and relationships with the life you want to live.
Takeaways
🔹 One-of-a-kind lives deserve one-of-a-kind f...
What if the next chapter of your career is an opportunity to design a life filled with meaning, contribution, and new possibilities?
On this episode of The Get Ready Money Podcast, I spoke with Maria Dastur, Founder of Second Half Community about rethinking retirement and designing a portfolio life that blends purpose, contribution, and financial security.
Key Takeaways:
🔹 A portfolio life diversifies multiple s...
Are you trading your health for money?
On this episode, I speak with Stevyn Guinnip, author of Grow Wellthy, about the idea of “health net worth,” the compounding effect of daily habits, and why retirement planning should focus on health span, not just life span.
Key Takeaways:
🔹 Your health is an asset that directly impacts your financial life.
🔹 Retirement planning should consider health spa...
Are you making financial decisions consciously, or being nudged by forces you do not see?
On this episode, I speak with Ceres Chua, Money Psychologist and Financial Coach about the hidden psychology shaping our financial decisions. We explore how unconscious biases, money scripts, and marketing language influence the way we think about spending, saving, and sufficiency.
Key Takeaways
🔹 Much of our financial deci...
With the right financial plan and clear intention, your goals become achievable, not abstract.
On this episode, I speak with Dr. Severine Bryan, Accredited Financial Counselor and host of The Dr. Sev Talks Money Podcast about how our money story shapes our decisions, how to process financial setbacks without shame, and why community, clarity, and a plan can help turn goals into reality.
Key Takeaways:
🔹 Financial succ...
When control shapes financial decisions, listening becomes the most important tool we have.
In Part 2, I spoke with Joy Slabaugh, CFP, about how advisors and advocates can thoughtfully respond when they suspect a power imbalance is shaping financial decisions.
🔹 Financial abuse is controlling someone’s ability to acquire, use, or maintain economic resources.
🔹 Advisors should be curious and let client...
Financial abuse often begins quietly, with small patterns of control that slowly reshape someone’s financial agency.
In part one of this two-part episode, Joy Slabaugh, CFP® and I explore what financial abuse is, how it shows up in relationships, and what advisors and families should be listening for.
Key Takeaways
🔹 Financial abuse is about control, using money to limit another person’s autonomy.
🔹 It oft...
AI is moving fast. The real question isn’t whether it will replace jobs. It’s which skills will still matter.
In this episode, Chris Heye and I explore how AI may reshape financial planning, why communication and coaching are rising in importance, and what advisors must develop to stay relevant in the next 3–5 years.
🔑 Key Takeaways
🔹Most technologies create more jobs than they destroy, but AI&rsquo...
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