315: Women in Retirement: Improving Long-Term Financial Security Through Education & Advocacy with Cindy Hounsell
Retire With Purpose - The Retirement Podcast
Casey Weade
4.7 • 564 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In today's conversation, I'm joined by Cindy Hounsell. Cindy is the President of the Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER), a nonprofit working to help women secure retirement income and educate people about the inequities that disadvantage women when they retire.
You may have encountered Cindy's amazing work in a wide variety of publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes/PBS Next Avenue, Barrons, U.S. News and World Report, CNN, CNBC, and NPR's 1A, All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Marketplace. She's also been named as an Influencer in Aging by PBS-Next Avenue, received a lifetime achievement award by the Plan Sponsor Council of America, and been named by Money magazine as one of its 40 Money Heroes.
In our conversation, Cindy and I dive into the major shifts in women's finances and retirement today. We discuss the pros and cons of saving for retirement as a woman, how things are changing in the era of stay-at-home parents of both sexes, and what all women should know about creating a financial plan.
In this podcast interview, you'll learn:
- How Cindy's own experience at an airline that froze pensions inspired her to launch a career in retirement.
- What you can do for your children and grandchildren to help them become more financially literate.
- Why it's so important to get your paperwork in place, no matter how good your relationship (or life) seems right now.
- What you should know about the retirement-related bills currently moving through Congress.
- What Cindy would like to see happen in the years (and decades) to come to empower women when it comes to their own finances.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Retire with Purpose podcast, a show specifically designed to help pre-retirees and retirees maximize their financial confidence. |
| 0:14.4 | Casey Wheat is a certified financial planner and president of Howard Bailey Financial. |
| 0:18.4 | His newest book, Job Optional, is a Wall Street |
| 0:21.3 | Journal 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 |
| 0:33.7 | by 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 |
| 0:45.8 | discussing trending topics that could impact your bottom line. These discussions can help you |
| 0:51.5 | make better financial decisions so you can live the lifestyle |
| 0:55.0 | you've always imagined and deserved. |
| 0:57.9 | Welcome to the show. |
| 1:02.2 | In today's conversation, I'm joined by Cindy Hounsel. |
| 1:06.2 | Cindy is the president of the Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement, otherwise known as Wiser, |
| 1:11.8 | a nonprofit working to help women secure retirement income and educate people about the |
| 1:16.9 | inequities that disadvantage women when they retire. You may have encountered Cindy's |
| 1:21.9 | amazing work in a wide variety of different publications, The New York Times, Wall Street |
| 1:26.7 | Journal, Barron's, US News, |
| 1:29.5 | CNBC, and many, many more. |
| 1:31.9 | She's also been named as an influencer in aging by PBS Next Avenue, received a lifetime |
| 1:37.5 | achievement award from the Planned Sponsor Council of America, and been named as one of America's |
| 1:43.7 | 40 Money Heroes. In our conversation, |
| 1:46.7 | Cindy and I dive into the major shifts in women's finances and retirement today. We discuss the |
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