The Own Your Retirement Show
Our weekly show dedicated to giving you the confidence to make retirement the best part of your life.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 57
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
016: Making Retirement Money Last and Time Machine 2008
How to help your retirement money last after lots of savings and efforts to get it there. Plus, flashback to 2008 and what the time machine can teach us.
015: Social Security Viability Long-Term, Risks in Retirement & Scams to Watch Out For
No matter what your retirement plan looks like, if you’re like most people, it’s very likely that Social Security is an important part of it – but do you feel confident about Social Security going in…
014: Four Questions About Retirement and Timeless Advice
Four key questions in retirement to have you prepared, plus timeless historical advice that can help you with your finances and retirement.
013: Retirement is Here for the Baby Boomers & Coming Up for Gen X
Talking about retirement for the baby boomer generation as well as the upcoming Gen X who is right around the corner in planning for their retirement. Plus mailbag questions about financials and more…
012: Retirement Surge, Secure Act 2.0 and Timeless Advice
A retirement surge with 65-year-olds is coming. Plus the secure act 2.0 and what it means for your retirement. And timeless advice through the years that can help you in your financial and retiremen…
011: Special Market Headlines, The Five Financial Stages of Life & Listener Questions
If you have market investments as part of your financial plan, then some of the recent financial headlines have undoubtedly caught your attention and how it could affect your retirement of financial …
010: Social Security in 2025 + Making Your Money Work for You + Trivia
2025 is right around the corner and plenty of financial decisions are ahead, including what the cost-of-living adjustments will be for social security. How to make your money work for you with saving…
009: Reasons to Fire Your Advisor & Top 5 Retirement Questions
What are some reasons to look for a new financial advisor and get rid of your old one, and what's the best way to go about the process?
Plus, the top five questions facing you in retirement planning.
008: Three Risks That Could Hurt You in Retirement
There are several big risks to your money that could have a negative impact on you in retirement as you plan for your financial future.
007: Election 2024 on Your Retirement, Planning for Large IRAs & Financial Olympics
As we grind closer to Election Day 2024, how do we sort through the campaign promises and political rhetoric and how it impacts your finances and retirement?
Planning for the taxes and everything that…
006: Late Medical Expenses in Retirement & Top 5 Things to Avoid When You Retire
Most people are worried about becoming a burden on their family or being unable to afford nursing home care later in life. Are you one of them? Plus, discussing financial risk and our behavior as ret…
005: High Interest Rates & Planning for the Worst and Hoping for the Best
Today’s higher interest rates won’t last forever. So what money moves have you made to capitalize on them? And planning for the worst expenses in retirement like long-term care versus hoping for the …
004: Financial Independence and the Three Stages of Retirement
Retirement can mean the freedom to do what you want to do when you want to do it for as long as you can. How does that impact your finances and how is it dependent on which of the three stages of ret…
003: Uncertainty Ahead of Retirement
Josh Bretl discusses uncertainty and nervousness ahead of retirement, as well as preserving your retirement savings from taxes. Plus, the top five taboo topics of retirement to discuss.
002: Unplanned Retirement Costs and Preserving Your Retirement From Taxes
You probably know what you should plan to spend on housing, vacations and groceries in retirement. But are you ready for all the unplanned costs in retirement? Plus, preserving those retirement savin…
001: Building Your Financial House
When you build your financial house, where do you start and what makes up the essential parts of a house? How does it all work together in creating your retirement and financial plan?
000: The Own Your Retirement Show with Josh Bretl - Trailer
The "Own Your Retirement" show, hosted by Mark Elliott and Josh Bretl of FSR Wealth Strategies, focuses on guiding listeners through the complexities of planning for retirement. Enjoy the trailer, an…