The Retirement Café Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

I'm thrilled to have with us a guest whose work has profoundly shaped the way we think about time, productivity, and living a meaningful life. Oliver Burkeman is a renowned British journalist, author, and former columnist for The Guardian, best known for his groundbreaking book 4,000 Weeks, Time Management for Mortals.

I loved this book and am honoured that Oliver joined me to share his story and research, and to introduce his latest book, Meditations for Mortals - Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make More Time for What Counts, which has sparked a global conversation about the finite nature of our lives and how we can make the most of our limited time, especially as we enter the later stages of life.

We chat about how life’s too short to wait for the “right” moment, especially for retirees and soon to be retirees, and Oliver urges us to live meaningfully now—not later. After all, time is finite.

USEFUL LINKS

Oliver’s website: https://www.oliverburkeman.com/
Oliver on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-burkeman-51651b21a/ 
Oliver on X/Twitter: https://x.com/oliverburkeman 
Meditations for Mortals - Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make More Time for What Counts
book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/46Xa1oY 

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Approaching retirement and frustrated with her job, Siobhan Daniels made a big decision: to start living life on her own terms. Rather than feeling broken, voiceless and hiding from life’s challenges, she took early retirement, swapped her possessions for a motorhome, and drove off to find them.

Since that day five years ago, Siobhan has published a book she called Retirement Rebel: One woman, one motorhome, one great big adventure - an honest and uplifting story of how one woman stepped off the merry-go-round of life. Through her podcast, public speaking and book Siobhan is keen to show older women they can have their adventures and age positively.

USEFUL LINKS

Siobhan’s website: https://www.shuvonshuvoff.co.uk/

Retirement Rebel book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/467OitL

Retirement Rebel podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/retirement-rebel/id1727857729 
The Armchair Adventure Festival 2024: https://www.armchairadventurefestival.com/ 

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Thanks for checking out my YouTube channel - I’m Chartered and Certified Financial Planner Justin King and I help people to retire successfully.

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⚠️ This podcast is for information and entertainment only. Nothing on this podcast constitutes financial advice. Please do not make any decisions based on the contents of my podcasts; seek professional independent financial advice first! 

Reading is a huge passion of mine as I am really interested in the insight of others. I love to learn about people’s stories and their lives.  I’m driven to read due to a fascination of people’s journeys.

In this episode I am sharing with you my must reads for this summer, in my view these books are interesting, insightful and provide much food for thought – I hope you will agree!

I have also suggested some YouTube videos & podcasts, both are a valuable resource to me and provide access to some great minds and points for discussion.

So lay back on your sun lounger and enjoy working your way through my recommendations, and don’t forget to let me know what you think.  You can email me at [email protected] or use the links below to connect.

USEFUL LINKS

How They Succeeded Life Stories of Successful Men Told by Themselves, by Orison Swett Marden (98p on Kindle) https://amzn.to/46q0t50 

The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life, by Robert Fritz (on Audible) - https://amzn.to/3Xu40uU 

A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market, written by Edward O. Thorp - https://amzn.to/3CRUEzJ 

Change Your Brain: Neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman | Rich Roll Podcast, on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SwQhKFMxmDY 

Walter Isaacson Elon Musk Twitter Space FULL – Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-yhuiovST4A 

Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography, by Walter Isaacson - https://amzn.to/44j7V0x 

Leonardo Da Vinci, by Walter Isaacson - https://amzn.to/3Ny36sJ 

Practical Tax Planning For Property: Jargon-free advice for investors and developers, by Alan Pink - https://amzn.to/46qnswN

The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, by Lawrence A Cunningham, Warren Buffet - https://amzn.to/3NUiuRy 

Podcast: The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett, on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diary-of-a-ceo-with-steven-bartlett/id1291423644 

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The title of today’s episode – The Menopausal Mermaids – is possibly quite intriguing. To explain further I’d like to share with you a conversation I had with sea swimmer Nicole Morelli towards the end of April.

Nicole joined me from Portrush, which is a small seaside town built along a mile long peninsula on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

She is the founder of a sea swimming group called the Menopausal Mermaids and shares her story of why she created the group and what you can expect if you decide to take the plunge with Nicole and her fellow cold water swimmers.

Take a listen here on episode 090 of The Retirement Café Podcast.

Professor Keith Brown has spent a lifetime in the medical profession. Starting his career in paediatrics, Keith headed up the paediatrics intensive care unit at St. George’s Hospital in London. After a number of years he moved into academia and for the past 20 years he has led the National Centre for Post-Qualifying Social Work and Professional Practice (NCPQSW).

Keith specialises in in mental health, mental capacity and the care and safeguarding of older persons. He also sits on a number of government advisory boards and has been called upon to provide guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic:

• Department of Health Adult Safeguarding Advisory Board
• Joint Department of Health and Ministry of Justice National Mental Capacity Leadership forum
• Home Office Joint Financial task force.

Professor Brown wrote the national guidance on Next of Kin and Lasting Powers of Attorney, as well as the national guidance on Advanced Decision to Refuse Treatment.

In the first of two interviews, we chat about mental capacity, the role of the next of kin, lasting powers of attorney and how to ensure your wishes are followed in the event of tragedy at any stage of life.

It’s a fascinating conversation with one of the most qualified professionals in the UK, so why not listen here on episode 089 of The Retirement Café Podcast.

I always love to hear your personal stories of transitioning into retirement, so I was delighted when listener Mary Dixon suggested her brother, John Bonney as a podcast guest.

In late May I spoke with John and asked him about his long career in the fire brigade, which culminated in him being chief of Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service for 11 years.

During this time, he also served as President of his professional body and in 2015 he was honoured with a CBE in recognition of his service to the public.

On leaving the fire service after 33 years, instead of heading into retirement, John embarked on new business challenges that fulfilled his ambition of combining work and travel.

John shares his story of how he transitioned successfully from a very high status role at work to being the ex-Fire Chief. He explains how having the right mindset allowed him to adapt and shares his tips on making a smooth transition to the next stage of life.

It’s a fascinating conversation, so why not listen here on episode 088 of The Retirement Café Podcast.

Sir Steve Webb is a renowned pensions commentator who served for 18 years as a Member of Parliament between 1997 and 2015, during which time he was Pensions Minister in the coalition government of David Cameron for 5 years.

During his time at DWP he oversaw the successful implementation of automatic enrolment, helped design and legislate for the new State Pension and played a key role in the ‘pension freedoms’ introduced in 2015.

Steve joins me to talk about all things pensions and in this episode we hone in on the history of the State Pension, changes implemented by Steve whilst in government, the challenges we all face when getting information about our State Pensions and Steve’s recent report that explores whether thousands of older women being short-changed on their State Pension.

Steve explains who may be affected and what you can do if you think you are being short-changed.

It’s a highly informative conversation, so why not listen here on episode 087 of The Retirement Café Podcast.

The Open University is 51 years old and continues to pursue its mission of being open to people, to places to methods and to ideas. It’s openness comes from enabling people to access study very flexibly, without any entry requirements.

For many people, learning a new skill or studying something that’s always been of interest is a really important part of what makes for a successful retirement.

So I am delighted to welcome Dr Liz Marr, Pro Vice Chancellor for students at the Open University, to the podcast.

We chat about what the OU offers, to whom and how to get involved. There is a vast array of free content available on the Open Learn website and there are even virtual microscopes to study in virtual laboratories for Science qualifications!

Liz was herself a mature student and has over thirty years’ experience in UK higher education – in teaching, student support and partnership work. She is also co-author (with Rachel Forsyth) of ‘Identity Crisis: Teaching in Higher Education in the 21st Century’.

It’s a fascinating conversation, so why not listen here on episode 086 of The Retirement Café Podcast.

Simonne Gnessen helps people navigate the journey of their personal financial life. 

As a money coach and a financial life planner with a company called Wise Monkey Financial Coaching, Simonne helps people build better relationships with money to feel more confident and in control of their finances.

She is also co-author of Sheconomics.

Simonne joined me to chat about the work she does, the ways in which she has helped a number of clients and the benefits people have experienced in their financial – and broader – lives.

She brings a range of expertise from non-regulated financial planning, life planning and coaching and is also now working with previous guest Chris Budd on a wellbeing initiative.

Listen here on episode 085 of The Retirement Café Podcast.

I am really pleased to share with you this week my conversation with emotional intelligence coach and author, Anne Beaulieu. 

Emotional intelligence is term you may be very familiar with, but for many of us, it’s a term that’s often misunderstood.  

Anne explains how she discovered the importance of emotional intelligence in her life and how she now helps others to appreciate how high EQ can help them become more contented, fulfilled individuals.  

She has worked a lot with women to remove the guilt and shame experienced as they build successful businesses, allowing them to build their business with passion, with focus and with intentionality.

Anne explains how we can help ourselves and our children or grandchildren to understand our relationship with money and how that influences our behaviours. It’s a fascinating discussion about the impact our money experiences and associated feelings have upon how we interact with loved ones and treat ourselves.

Listen here on episode 084 of The Retirement Café Podcast.