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.
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Get Ready: Before Life Happens Podcast
Latest Episodes
How to Create Your Forever Paycheck
Retirement confidence grows when your savings become reliable income.Jean Chatzky joined me on the Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast to talk about her new book, The Forever Paycheck. Jean explains why retirement p...
How to Have Better Money Conversations
Better money conversations start with curiosity, structure, and a willingness to learn together.Sheila Schroeder, author of “It’s Time to Talk: A Woman’s Guide to Navigating Money Conversations” joined me on the Get R...
How to Help Your Parents As They Age
Helping parents as they age starts with better conversations, clearer plans, and realistic expectations.Elliott Appel, founder of Kindness Financial Planning and author of How to Help Your Parents As They Age joined m...
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