Prime Time with Bec Wilson

Today, I chat to Peter "Grubby" Stubbs, radio veteran and a huge advocate for getting the most out of life. Together, we're looking at the biggest mistakes people make in the lead up to retirement, breaking down everything from when to start planning, finding your passions and why underestimating the value of work could result in retiring too early.  From the rookie errors to the nitty gritty financial stuff, this episode is packed with practical advice and insights that will help prevent you from making any of these common mistakes.  Also joining me is Jacki Ellis, CFA and Head of Retirement at Aware Super, proud sponsors of Prime Time.  Follow us on social media and via email Get in touch with Bec here: Bec@primetimers.net You can find the podcast:  @Primetimepod on Instagram @Primetime_podcast on Facebook Sign up for the Primetimers Newsletter at www.primetimers.net  - Get our newsletter with detailed podcast notes sent directly to your inbox every week plus all our helpful articles and updates.  Or follow and learn more about Bec Wilson @becwilsonepic on Facebook @epicretirement on Instagram  Or read her syndicated column in Nine Newspapers (The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age) each week here Nearing retirement?  Join the Retirement Dreaming: Epic Retirement Facebook Group Sign up for the Epic Retirement weekly newsletter at epicretirement.net  Get Bec Wilson’s bestselling book How to Have an Epic Retirement to learn about the six pillars of an epic retirement as you approach and prepare for your future retirement years. Now available - order here Visit Bec’s website at epicretirement.com.au to learn more about her work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today I chat to travel expert and industry insider Fiona Dalton for her top tips, tricks and secrets for travelling in our Prime Time. We discuss:  Why the definition of LUXURY travel is changing and becoming more accessible The PrimeTime 'Gap Year'  The joys of cruising and group travel Tips for cheap airfares, and the truth about frequent flyer points Off-peak and shoulder season travel  Follow us on social media and via email Get in touch with Bec here: Bec@primetimers.net You can find the podcast:  @Primetimepod on Instagram @Primetime_podcast on Facebook Sign up for the Primetimers Newsletter at www.primetimers.net  - Get our newsletter with detailed podcast notes sent directly to your inbox every week plus all our helpful articles and updates.  Or follow and learn more about Bec Wilson @becwilsonepic on Facebook @epicretirement on Instagram  Or read her syndicated column in Nine Newspapers (The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age) each week here Nearing retirement?  Join the Retirement Dreaming: Epic Retirement Facebook Group Sign up for the Epic Retirement weekly newsletter at epicretirement.net  Get Bec Wilson’s bestselling book How to Have an Epic Retirement to learn about the six pillars of an epic retirement as you approach and prepare for your future retirement years. Now available - order here Visit Bec’s website at epicretirement.com.au to learn more about her work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today I chat to Dr Kerryn Phelps AM, one of Australia's most well-known GP's and engaging health communicators. She's spent her life educating people about health, BUT she's much than a doctor.  In this episode we discuss her new memoir, 'The Power of Balance' exploring the events and ideas that have inspired her to create change throughout her lifetime. From medicine, media, politics, advocacy and activism, Kerryn has led a remarkable life of changemaking in many domains. We discuss: How medicine and communication around ageing has changed Why poor health in old age is NOT inevitable The joys of writing a memoir Myth-busting supplements Your gut biome, and the gut-brain axis The mid-fifties exercise regime How to keep your brain young Prescribing activities for purpose Follow us on social media and via email Get in touch with Bec here: Bec@primetimers.net You can find the podcast:  @Primetimepod on Instagram @Primetime_podcast on Facebook Sign up for the Primetimers Newsletter at www.primetimers.net  - Get our newsletter with detailed podcast notes sent directly to your inbox every week plus all our helpful articles and updates.  Or follow and learn more about Bec Wilson @becwilsonepic on Facebook @epicretirement on Instagram  Or read her syndicated column in Nine Newspapers (The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age) each week here Nearing retirement?  Join the Retirement Dreaming: Epic Retirement Facebook Group Sign up for the Epic Retirement weekly newsletter at epicretirement.net  Get Bec Wilson’s bestselling book How to Have an Epic Retirement to learn about the six pillars of an epic retirement as you approach and prepare for your future retirement years. Now available - order here Visit Bec’s website at epicretirement.com.au to learn more about her work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, we're joined by Peter "Grubby" Stubbs, a seasoned radio personality and a vibrant advocate for living life to the fullest. Together, we're diving into the essentials of a modern retirement plan, breaking down everything from when to retire, how to plan for your desired lifestyle, managing your finances effectively, and why it's never too early to start preparing.  Whether it's continuing work in some capacity, embracing new hobbies, or planning for future financial security, this episode is packed with practical advice and insights that will inspire you to rethink the traditional concept of retirement, ensuring your future is filled with passion, purpose, and plenty of adventures. Also, hear from Jacki Ellis CFA, Head of Retirement at Aware Super, proud sponsors of Prime Time. Follow us on social media and via email Get in touch with Bec here: Bec@primetimers.net Sign up for the Primetimers Newsletter at www.primetimers.net  - Get our newsletter with detailed podcast notes sent directly to your inbox every week plus all our helpful articles and updates.  Or follow and learn more about Bec Wilson @becwilsonepic on Facebook @epicretirement on Instagram  Or read her syndicated column in Nine Newspapers (The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age) every week  Nearing retirement?  Join the The Epic Retirement Club Facebook Group - Facebook.com/groups/epicretire Sign up for the Epic Retirement weekly newsletter at epicretirement.net  Get Bec Wilson’s bestselling book How to Have an Epic Retirement to learn about the six pillars of an epic retirement as you approach and prepare for your future retirement years. Now available - order here Visit Bec’s website at epicretirement.com.au to learn more about her work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our life expectancies are growing, and it's likely we're all going to live a LOT longer. And that means we need to make changes to the way we live long before we reach old age so we can enjoy a better quality of life. In this episode, I speak to one of the world leaders in longevity, Dr. Andrew Scott, author of "The 100-Year Life." He's just released a new book, "The Longevity Imperative," which will be hitting Australian bookstores on April 23rd.  He is a professor of economics at London Business School and he has previously taught at both Oxford and Harvard Universities. His perspective on longevity is simple, logical and sensible.  We discuss:  Why longevity has become a buzzword  The BIG mistake people make when it comes to longevity What is the secret to a better quality of life in the second half? What can we do differently?  Finances matter, but saving money won’t solve our longevity challenges directly Why health is critical Curiosity is so important: As life gets longer, we get to develop as adults for longer Social innovation and purpose: The biggest challenge we have is underestimating the capacity of older people Looking at leisure before retirement What to do about ageism Longevity is as important as AI and climate change. We’ve got to adapt to longer lives Start thinking about how you can help your future self, and how can they help you Dr Andrew Scott’s book, The Longevity Imperative is available now for pre-order here.  Prime Time with Bec Wilson is the podcast for all of us in the second half of life (47+) who want to live long, live well, and thoroughly enjoy it. Together we’ll dive deep into what will make this phase of life great, with insights from experts and pioneers. We talk about money, health, happiness, relationships, sex, travel and so much more. After all, there are no set rules for navigating this second half for our modern generations.  Follow us on social media and via email Get in touch with Bec here: Bec@primetimers.net You can find the podcast:  @Primetimepod on Instagram @Primetime_podcast on Facebook Sign up for the Primetimers Newsletter at www.primetimers.net  - Get our newsletter with detailed podcast notes sent directly to your inbox every week plus all our helpful articles and updates.  Or follow and learn more about Bec Wilson @becwilsonepic on Facebook @epicretirement on Instagram  Or read her syndicated column in Nine Newspapers (The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age) each week here Nearing retirement?  Join the Retirement Dreaming: Epic Retirement Facebook Group Sign up for the Epic Retirement weekly newsletter at epicretirement.net  Get Bec Wilson’s bestselling book How to Have an Epic Retirement to learn about the six pillars of an epic retirement as you approach and prepare for your future retirement years. Now available - order here Visit Bec’s website at epicretirement.com.au to learn more about her work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, I chat to Dr. Suzy Green from The Positivity Institute, to discuss the key to living a HAPPY life, and good news! There's a formula backed by science that can tell you how to find happiness, make it last and embed it into your everyday life.       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of Australia's LEADING heart and longevity experts has released the TOP TEN TIPS to help Aussies keep on top of their cardiovascular health. In this episode, I speak to Professor Luigi Fontana from the University of Sydney, about his report outlining 'Ten tips for promoting cardiometabolic health and slowing cardiovascular aging': It's basically a blue-print for living a long and healthy life.  While many of the tips are well-known (surprise - smoking and drinking are on the naughty list), there are some BIG surprises, which may be the missing pieces of the puzzle for slowing down cardiovascular decline.  You can find the full report here: https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad853/7516124?login=false      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Bec chats to Jane Tara, the author of 'Tilda is Visible', one of the hottest bestsellers on the women’s fiction list right now. 'Tilda is Visible' is a very relatable story for women in modern midlife. It’s about a woman in her 50s who wakes up one morning and her little finger and her ear are missing. She’s diagnosed with invisibility by her doctor. This book tackles a time of life that isn’t spoken about very often. We don’t talk enough about the feelings of invisibility in midlife.  • Feeling invisible at home, in the workplace and to ourselves in midlife. Learning to see ourselves more clearly and through kind eyes. Learning to know yourself more deeply in midlife. • The re-identification or process of finding oneself that many people go through in midlife once their kids form their own identities. • The book builds in the lessons from the study of neuroplasticity – how you talk to yourself and how you adapt your brain’s neural signals. • How do we see ourselves? The voices in our head and how they shape our self-beliefs, and how that voice works. • Neuroplasticity gives us the ability to reprogram our brain. Reprogramming your inner thoughts and program to be kinder to ourselves. • Jane shares that she was misdiagnosed with a degenerative eye condition. She was told she was going blind, and this created the foundation for Tilda, the lead character in the book. This got her considering the importance of seeing the world, and most importantly seeing herself growing old. • The benefits of meditation through Tilda’s eyes, considering how meditation can play a role in adjusting the way we react. How Jane uses meditation in real life and how she practices. • Getting to know our own personal programs, starting to be more kind to ourselves.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aged care and home care have become a bit of a political football: But here's why you should be paying attention to it. It’s about to impact your retirement plans more directly than ever.  The Federal Government's Taskforce into Aged Care has just handed down its final report, and there's A LOT of noise around it. Two of the biggest takeaways from this report are firstly, the suggestion that people should be planning for their aged care and home care needs when they plan for retirement. And secondly, that we should expect to pay for the standards of accommodation and services that we want in our later years, and only expect the government to support our care needs. This will be a big shake up for the aged care system. Some might see them as positive, others will feel like they might lose out. And we won’t know which recommendations the government will adopt or how they’ll implement it until the budget leaks start.  So today I chat with William Burkitt, Mercer Partner and Leader of Care & Living with Mercer, about how we should plan for our aged care, home care and options for ageing in place when we retire. Care & Living with Mercer provides families with support in navigating the aged care and homecare systems.  We talk about how the system works, grasping how both are paid for by retirees today in a simple manner.  The increasing hope that everyone will choose to plan their ageing accommodation better, and self-select to ‘age in place’ in their home accessing care services.  How families with ageing parents have to grapple with this, and how they might be affected.  Then we dive into a big discussion on the Federal Government’s Taskforce into Aged Care’s Final Report.  We talk about how the recommendations in the report might lead to people paying more for their aged care accommodation and services, but probably won't lead to them paying more for care.  Why people might feel angry with the government and why, and whether changing the system is fair. And, how the changes might roll out.  Thnking about our cost of living in this stage of life when we age, with these recommendations in mind, contemplating the reality that we probably all should expect to pay our core accommodation and general lifestyle expenses all of our life, rather than expecting the government to fund them in the last year or two.  How the industry which has huge staffing issues and struggles to provide quality services might change if these market forces change.  Where the funds to pay for aged care can come from, correcting some of the media reports about it targeting your superannuation. And the role of superannuation in supporting ageing.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s International Women’s Day this week so we need to talk about the place where disparity is most felt by women in the second half of life, and that’s your superannuation. The fight to help women level their superannuation up with their male counterparts requires a strong stance on two fronts. We need to help the women who are in their 50s and 60s today, most of whom have lower super balances than the men at the same stage of life.  In this episode, I chat to Mary Delahunty, CEO of the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) about the practical ways that women with lower super balances can optimise their position to achieve the best possible standards of living. Mary is a passionate advocate for women, fighting for equal opportunity to build super fairly, and spends a huge amount of time campaigning the government to the challenges women face. In her role at ASFA, Mary Delahunty is one of the women who can really make a difference.  In this episode, we discuss:  How to reframe the conversation politically: Kids as "beautiful little tax-payers"  Understanding the value of women in the workforce and the home How women's superannuation is left behind Practical steps that women in their 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond can take if their superannuation balances are low Savings and investment opportunities in the pre-retirement phase: Looking for ‘the sweet spot’ - a way to balance the age pension and a small income stream from your super to maximise your income in retirement Controlling your cost of living and still seeking out the ‘epic bits’ of life Why budgeting for retirement is different, and what you might need to consider The one important thing every woman going through divorce should know about the house and the superannuation so they get a fair go Superannuation might look boring, but it is probably one of the two largest assets most women will ever own: So it's important to understand  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.