This episode covers essential retirement planning topics including income security, inflation, healthcare costs, long-term care, market volatility, and the importance of a written retirement plan. Hosted by Thomas with Coach Pete, it offers practical strategies to ensure a secure and worry-free retirement.

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In this episode of The Financial Safari, Thomas Lipscomb is joined by Jackie Selby and bestselling author Coach Pete D’Arruda for a practical conversation about preparing for retirement before emotions, market headlines, or tax surprises take control.

Coach Pete explains why retirees should “project and protect”: project the lifestyle and income they want, then protect the assets needed to support that lifestyle. The discussion covers test-driving retirement, adjusting emotionally to life after work, coordinating retirement goals with a spouse, and making sure income plans are built before the paycheck stops.

The episode also highlights key ideas from Coach Pete’s 22-Step Total Retirement Plan, including retirement spending plans, Roth conversion strategies, estate planning, powers of attorney, special needs trusts, charitable giving strategies, life insurance with living benefits, and old retirement accounts from previous jobs.

Listeners also learn how to access Coach Pete’s retirement resources, including TotalRetirementPlan.com, FinancialSafari.com, RetirementHelpCenter.com, and the opportunity to receive a physical copy of the 22-step Total Retirement Plan.

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In this episode of The Financial Safari, Thomas Lipscomb and Coach Pete D’Arruda discuss how retirees and pre-retirees can avoid turning temporary market volatility into permanent retirement damage.

Coach Pete explains the difference between paper gains, paper losses, and realized losses, and why money needed in the next five to ten years should not be sitting fully exposed to market risk. The conversation highlights key concepts from Coach Pete’s 22-Step Total Retirement Plan, including red, yellow, and green money; emergency accounts; GPI strategies; lifetime income; inflation protection; and the importance of having a written plan before retirement decisions become urgent.

The episode also covers common ways people lose money in retirement, including forced selling, poor Social Security timing, tax leakage, Medicare surcharges, non-traded REITs, scams, overconfidence, and relying on long-term money for short-term needs. Coach Pete also shares why the right plan can help retirees reduce worry, protect income, and still leave room for growth once the foundation is secure.

Listeners also learn how to access resources like TotalRetirementPlan.com, RetirementHelpCenter.com, and Coach Pete’s book The Seven Baby Steps to a Ridiculously Reliable Retirement Income.

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