

The Reframe
The Reframe Podcast
Welcome to The Reframe, where we delve into how we can design life on our own terms.
I’m Kathleen, a lawyer and soon-to-be early retiree, here to explore how minimalism, stoicism, and financial independence can help us build lives we love.
Let’s hop off the hedonic treadmill, investigate all those scripts we’ve inherited, and finally discover what brings us joy.
I’m Kathleen, a lawyer and soon-to-be early retiree, here to explore how minimalism, stoicism, and financial independence can help us build lives we love.
Let’s hop off the hedonic treadmill, investigate all those scripts we’ve inherited, and finally discover what brings us joy.
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Nov 11, 2024 • 35min
Ep. 24 - Self Care During Hard Seasons
We all have hard seasons -- too much stress, too busy, too many expectations -- but a little planning can help make those hard seasons a bit easier. Join me as we talk about seven approaches to taking care of yourself during difficult times and coming out better on the other side!

Nov 4, 2024 • 54min
Ep. 23 - Special Guest LizGetsLoaded Talks MVPing Your Life
Want to try something new, but feel intimidated about getting started? This week, Liz -- she of the Liz Gets Loaded and Inside Out Money podcasts -- chats with me about how to overcome the overwhelm and just get started. How, you may ask? Enter the MVP process: Minimum Viable Product. Come for the useful knowledge, stay for the laughs and delightful tangents.

Oct 28, 2024 • 57min
Ep. 22 - Leveling Up Your Family Travel Game: Maximum Fun, Minimal Hassle, Optimized Costs: Part 2 of 2
Coming at you with Part 2 of 2 in our series on leveling up your family travel game. Let's talk optimizing costs on flights, accommodations, food, transit, activities, souvenirs, and more.

Oct 21, 2024 • 38min
Ep. 21 - Leveling Up Your Family Travel Game: Maximum Fun, Minimal Hassle, Optimized Costs: Part 1 of 2
Want to level up your family's travel experiences? Let's dive into a two-part series on how to maximize fun and minimize hassle, while optimizing costs. We'll discuss practical and philosophical tips on how to make the most of your family's precious time together as you adventure around the world!

Oct 14, 2024 • 28min
Ep. 20 - Building a Better Life with Travel Rewards - Part 2 of 2 (Guest: Kelly of Points and Miles Doc)
Tune in to learn about redeeming travel point and miles with the whip-smart surgeon, travel hacker, and world traveler Kelly of Points and Miles Doc. This is part two of a two part series in which Kelly teaches us how to leverage our daily spending to wrack up big stashes of travel rewards -- and then to use them in the smartest, more efficient way possible. Tune in to learn more about booking incredibly family travel!

Oct 7, 2024 • 34min
Ep. 19 - Building a Better Life with Travel Rewards - Part 1 of 2 (Guest: Kelly of Points and Miles Doc)
Tune in to learn about earning travel point and miles with the whip-smart surgeon, travel hacker, and world traveler Kelly of Points and Miles Doc. This is part one of a two part series in which Kelly teaches us how to leverage our daily spending to wrack up big stashes of travel rewards. Tune in next week for how to use those points and miles to book incredibly family travel!

Sep 30, 2024 • 44min
Ep. 18 - Conducting a Home Eco Audit
Let's undertake a step-by-step exploration of how we're using energy and resources in our homes, figuring out the good, the bad, and the improvable!

Sep 23, 2024 • 40min
Ep. 17 - Fostering Neighborhood Connections
Let's chat about how to foster deeper, happier neighborhood connections -- with those immediately around you, and in your broader local community.

Sep 16, 2024 • 42min
Ep 16 - Developing and Executing on FUN Goals!
It's not the new year, but we can still talk goal-setting, right? This week's episode dives into setting fun goals, and reflecting on our goal-setting patterns over the years to better understand ourselves.

Sep 9, 2024 • 31min
Ep. 15 - Building a Walkable Life
Want to improve your health and wellbeing, deepen connection to your community, AND save a little cash all while decreasing your impact on the Earth? Look no farther than building a walkable life. In this episode was talk about the why and how of getting out of the car and moving about on foot.