Aaron Kersch and Laura Zettel-Watson joined forces to answer the question “What if there was a way to help everyone design their dream Retirement before they even stepped into the office of a Financial Planner?”

Aaron is the financial planner, Laura is a psychologist and a gerontologist (among other things!) The answer to that question is “The Rewarding Retirement Workbook: Six Essentials Beyond Your Nest Egg”.

Today they discuss:

• Research: 50% of happiness is predetermined by genes, 8-15% comes from circumstances like income
• Hedonic and eudaimonic happiness
• Relationships matter more than Money for happiness
• Focus on activities rather than goals
• Behavioural Finance
• Go-Go Years, Slow-Go Years, and No-Go Years

Aaron and Laura also discuss the Six Essentials Beyond our Nest Egg and why we Boomer Women are unique in history.

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Find The Rewarding Retirement Workbook at https://rewardingretirementworkbook.com/

Learn more about Aaron and Laura and find all their links at The Boomer Woman’s Podcast: Aaron Kirsch and Laura Zettel-Watson

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I’ve probably done most of the things you expect a woman my age to have done: married and divorced; three children; variety of jobs over the years including a couple of home-based businesses and, finally, a pretty good career; gave up that career (and home and life) to move and take care of a dementing mother; adult daughter moved back home with a baby; financial struggles; sucker-punched by the post-2007 economy. You tell a similar story.

My podcast is for Boomer Women. A variety of subjects, a variety of viewpoints... and open to suggestions if I'm not covering a topic you want to hear about.