Episode 437: Design Your To-Die-For Life and Start Living With Purpose w/ Karen Salmansohn
Journey To Launch
Jamila Souffrant
5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
This week on the Journey to Launch Podcast, I’m joined by Karen Salmansohn, bestselling author, behavioral change expert, and creator of “Your To-Die-For Life: How to Maximize Joy and Minimize Regret Before Your Time Runs Out.” With over 2 million books sold, Karen brings a bold mix of research-based psychology and humor to help us snap out of autopilot and live with more intention.
We dive into the powerful idea that mortality awareness isn't morbid, it's motivating. Karen introduces the concept of a "near-life experience" and how many of us are living life adjacent, not fully present. We also explore the connection between core values, money, happiness, and how to design your life with fewer regrets.
In this episode we discuss:
- Core values that prevent future regret and help guide daily decisions
- How identity shapes habits and long-term financial wellness
- The difference between fleeting pleasure and deep fulfillment
- Why growth, curiosity, and authenticity matter more than productivity
- Strategies to discover your high-level purpose—even if you don’t know it yet
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm not an end-of-life dula. |
| 0:04.7 | I'm a middle of life dula. |
| 0:06.4 | I'm a beginning of life dula. |
| 0:08.3 | While there's still runway left, make the changes you need to make. |
| 0:12.5 | You can still make it now. |
| 0:14.7 | And then get excited about the rest of that runway. |
| 0:20.4 | Welcome to the Journey to Launch podcast with your host, Jamila Sufron. |
| 0:25.1 | As a money expert who walks her talk, she helps brave journeyers like you, get out of debt, |
| 0:31.2 | save, invest, and build real well. |
| 0:34.9 | Join her on the Journey to Launch to Financial Freedom in five, four, three, two, one. |
| 0:47.1 | We want the episode, show notes for this episode, go to journey to launch.com or click the description of wherever you're listening to this episode. |
| 0:56.1 | In the show notes, you'll get the transcribed version of the conversation, the links that we mentioned, |
| 1:01.8 | and so much more. Also, whether you are an OG journeyer or brand new to the podcast, |
| 1:07.6 | I've created a free Jumpstar guide to help you on your financial freedom journey. |
| 1:12.6 | It includes the top episodes to listen to stages to go through to reach financial freedom, |
| 1:17.5 | resources, and so much more. |
| 1:19.0 | You can go to journey tolaunch.com slash jumpstart to get your guide right now. |
| 1:24.8 | Okay, let's hop into the episode. |
| 1:31.2 | Hey, hey, hey, journeyers. Welcome to the Journey to launch podcast. Today I have a special guest. Her name is Karen Salmondson. She is a |
| 1:37.1 | bestselling author and leading behavioral change expert who is celebrated for blending research-based psychological strategies with bold humor. |
| 1:46.8 | With over two million books sold and courses sold, she has helped countless individuals |
| 1:51.2 | shake off autopilot and start living with intention, her new book, Your to Die for Life, |
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