what does financial security look like when the rules you thought you could rely on no longer seem to apply?

in this episode, angie sits down with her friend grace tinsen, an international best-selling author and affordability coach whose relationship with money changed dramatically after she lost nearly everything during a recession.

grace shares how divorce, foreclosure, and bankruptcy forced her to start over—and how that experience ultimately led her into a 21-year career in finance. now, in her seventies, she's building something new again: helping people rethink what it means to afford their lives in an economic landscape that looks very different from the one many of us planned for.

together, angie and grace talk about money, shame, emotional spending, housing, retirement, and why financial freedom may have less to do with having more and more to do with knowing what is enough. they also explore what it means to keep finding purpose as we age—and to hold both the vibrancy of getting older and the reality that our bodies may change along the way.

in this episode:

• losing everything and rebuilding from the ground up
• starting over after divorce, foreclosure, and bankruptcy
• letting go of financial shame
• why the old money rules may no longer fit the world we're living in
• separating what we need from what we want
• emotional spending and our relationship with "stuff"
• rethinking housing and what financial stability can look like
• finding freedom through living below your means
• planning for uncertainty at every stage of life
• finding new meaning and purpose in retirement
• staying engaged with life while honoring the realities of an aging body

grace's story is a reminder that starting over doesn't belong to any one age—and neither does building a life that feels meaningful, secure, and entirely your own.

find more from grace:

you can find grace at the reasoned life collective, where she offers perspective and resources to help people navigate this stressful economic time.

website: the reasoned life collective
substack: the reasoned life collective

resource mentioned in this episode:
financial independence calculator from the good life journey

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