Prime Time with Bec Wilson Revealing the updated 'How to Have an Epic Retirement' book!
Dec 1, 2025
Sophie Hamley, the Publisher at Hachette, dives into the newly updated guide on achieving an epic retirement. She discusses the expansion of the six essential pillars—time, financial confidence, health, happiness, travel, and aging at home. Sophie highlights the importance of reframing retirement as a continuum and introduces fresh financial lessons tailored for today's retirees. With insights specific to Australia, New Zealand, and the UK, this revised edition aims to equip both pre-retirees and retirees with the latest strategies for thriving in their post-work lives.
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Retirement Is More Than Money
- Retirement is broader than money and needs a six-pillar framework covering time, money, health, happiness, travel and home-as-you-age.
- Understanding these pillars together lets people make clearer retirement decisions instead of getting stuck.
Retirement As A Continuum
- Retirement is a continuum you can step into slowly, not necessarily a single finish line you must cross abruptly.
- Framing retirement as a choose-your-own-adventure reduces fear and increases agency.
Use Super And Pension Together
- Learn to use your savings confidently instead of hoarding them; treat superannuation and the age pension as designed to work together.
- Understand the 'sweet spot' between super and pension so you can plan safer, earlier or more comfortable retirements.
