297: Retirement Living: How to Find Your Happy Place with Ryan Frederick
Retire With Purpose - The Retirement Podcast
Casey Weade
4.7 • 564 Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Today, I'm talking to Ryan Frederick. He's the founder of SmartLiving 360, where he helps people answer the tough questions that come with living in an age where everyone is living longer. He believes that while retirees can thrive, their lifestyle choices will have more impact than ever before on just how healthy and satisfying their retirement will be.
Ryan has been focused on the challenges facing people who relocate in retirement for much of his life. In fact, he lived in a senior housing community in his twenties! With over 15 years of experience, he's become an innovator, developer, and strategy consultant in aging and longevity. His work has been cited in Forbes, The Washington Post, and several other outlets.
In this episode, Ryan and I dig into many great topics, including the age segregation that has unfortunately come to define the senior living industry. We'll also discuss how empty nesters and retirees can find a happier and healthier place in retirement when looking to make a move and how to take the principles of Blue Zones and apply them to your own life, even if relocating to Greece isn't in the cards.
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In this podcast interview, you'll learn:
- What Ryan learned from residing in a senior living facility in his twenties.
- Why Ryan says "place" instead of "home" – and how the pandemic has made it so much harder for people to find real connection.
- How to use the SmartLiving 360 assessment to determine if you're thriving in place–and what to do if you're not.
- Why people are least happy in their 40s and 50s and often find happiness again later in life.
- How to conquer your fears when you know you need to make a change, but don't yet know what that change should be.
- The apps Ryan and his wife use to track their activities and ensure they're spending their time wisely
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Retire with Purpose podcast, a show specifically designed to help free retirees and retirees maximize their financial confidence. |
| 0:14.4 | Casey Wheat is a certified financial planner and president of Howard Bailey Financial. |
| 0:18.3 | His newest book, Job Optional, is a Wall Street Journal |
| 0:21.5 | bestseller and is available now on Amazon and at Retirewithpurpose.com. He's your host on |
| 0:27.9 | Retire with Purpose. Hey, I'm Casey, and I believe in retirement strategies that are driven by |
| 0:34.0 | meaning and purpose. Join me this week and every week as we discuss thoughts and ideas |
| 0:40.3 | with some of today's foremost experts in the field of finance and retirement, as well as discussing |
| 0:46.2 | trending topics that could impact your bottom line. These discussions can help you make |
| 0:51.7 | better financial decisions so you can live the lifestyle you've always imagined and deserved. |
| 0:57.9 | Welcome to the show. |
| 1:02.4 | Today I'm talking to Ryan Friedrich. |
| 1:05.1 | He's the founder of Smart Living 360, where he helps people answer their tough questions that come with living in an age where |
| 1:13.0 | everyone is just living longer, right? He believes that while retirees can thrive, their |
| 1:18.3 | lifestyle choices will have more impact than ever before on just how healthy and satisfying |
| 1:24.1 | their retirement will be. He has been focused on the challenges facing people |
| 1:29.0 | who relocate in retirement for much of his life. In fact, he actually lived in a senior |
| 1:34.4 | housing community in his 20s for some real life experience. With over 15 years of experience, |
| 1:40.2 | he's become an innovator, developer, and strategy consultant in aging and longevity. |
| 1:45.8 | His work has been cited in Forbes, The Washington Post, several other outlets. |
| 1:49.9 | In this episode, Ryan and I will dig into many great topics, including the age segregation |
| 1:55.5 | that has unfortunately come to define the senior living industry and the risks therein. |
| 2:00.7 | We'll also discuss how |
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