Financial Therapy and Retirement Planning with John Hankins

Once John Hankins discovered the developing field of financial therapy and after a bit of exploration, he decided to reinvent himself as a financial therapist. Today he is a licensed social worker, certified financial therapist, and certified financial social worker. 

In this episode he explains:

• What financial therapy is
• Our generation was taught to not discuss money, the repercussions of that
• Who becomes a financial therapist
• Is there a common “money story” amongst Boomers
• Couples where the “money story” is different and how that might affect retirement planning?
• After 40 years of marriage, effective communication about money and retirement
• Single people and retirement planning
• Self sabotage
• Suddenly being out of a job before being ready or prepared

Before we wrap, John explains what was it like to reinvent himself at age 71. “Retirement” apparently wasn’t in his crosshairs!

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Find John at https://www.financial-therapy.me/

Learn more about John and find all his links at https://boomwithabang.com/the-boomer-womans-podcast-john-hankins/