509: Freedom After 50: 7 Practices to Help You Stop Hiding and Start Growing
Retire With Purpose - The Retirement Podcast
Casey Weade
4.7 • 556 Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
What if your greatest growth in retirement didn't come from doing more—but from finally sitting with who you are? Throughout this discussion, we explore the concept of the "shadow self"—the parts of yourself that you may avoid, hide, or ignore—and how bringing light to these areas can lead to true peace and deeper connection in the second half of life.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How unresolved emotional patterns can impact health, relationships, and joy
- Why it's important to take inventory of the roles you've been praised for
- How to leverage retirement as a mirror and own where you're out of alignment
Today's article is from our very own blog post which you can find here. Listen in as Founder and CEO of Howard Bailey Financial, Casey Weade is joined by Les McDaniel to explore how embracing your "shadow self" can lead to deeper peace and fulfillment in retirement.
Show Notes: HowardBailey.com/509
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| 0:00.0 | We all have parts of ourselves we would rather not see. |
| 0:03.6 | Unfortunately, you cannot lead others past where you are willing to go. |
| 0:08.8 | Today, we give you seven practices to help you stop hiding and start growing today. |
| 0:25.7 | Hey, this is Casey and welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:29.0 | This is a Freedom After 50 episode. |
| 0:35.2 | Now, I want you to know what to expect here on the Retire with Purpose podcast so that you know what you're getting yourself into. |
| 0:37.9 | My mission is to help deliver clarity and purpose and elevate meaning in your life. And that means going beyond the numbers, going beyond the finance. |
| 0:44.2 | However, we have both of these conversations. If you're looking for more financially oriented |
| 0:49.6 | conversations, check out our episodes in between these freedom after 50 episodes. And if you're looking for those non-financial topics, I encourage you to Freedom After 50 episodes. |
| 0:54.6 | And if you're looking for those non-financial topics, I encourage you to look for those episodes titled Freedom After 50, where we bring on our very own certified retirement coach, Les McDaniel, to dive into the non-financial aspects of freedom after 50. |
| 1:08.8 | You guessed it. |
| 1:09.7 | And then we also are going to be bringing you world-class |
| 1:11.9 | guests on a variety of different topics, weekend and week out. Now, we are usually sharing |
| 1:17.6 | these episodes with you because we had an article in our weekend reading for retirees email |
| 1:22.6 | that goes out every single Friday. I would encourage you to get signed up for that email so you can get this whole article along |
| 1:29.3 | with three other articles that are curated by myself and our team. |
| 1:33.8 | You have summaries, takeaways for myself in those articles, in addition to all kinds of other |
| 1:38.3 | great gifts along the way. |
| 1:40.2 | We'll be delivering to you podcast highlights, white papers, book giveaways, and more. |
| 1:45.2 | And if you've never signed up before, we're also going to send you a free digital copy of my Wall Street Journal bestselling book job optional right now. |
| 1:51.7 | When you sign up, just text us the key letters, WR to 888-59-4491 or visit us at Howard Bailey.com. |
| 2:01.5 | Les, welcome back to Freedom After 50. |
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