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What Are You Retiring To? Money, Marriage, and Purpose After Work | Chris Maduri

Chris Maduri · August 22, 2026

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What Are You Retiring To? Money, Marriage, and Purpose After Work | Chris Maduri

Podcast: 4 Fit Fatherhood

August 22, 2026 · 59 min

Retirement planning often begins with a number. The harder question is what happens to your routine, identity, marriage, health and purpose when your career ends. In this episode of the 4 Fit Fatherhood Podcast, Rod Richard sits down with retirement planner Chris Maduri. Chris…

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Key topicsWould You Live Differently If Your Family Depended on You?Most people would say they'd do anything for their family. But Chris challenges listeners to consider a harder question: are you actually living in a way that protects them? That means looking at health, longevity, financial decisions and the choices we make today that could affect our families decades from now. We all say we'd die for our families. But would we change how we live for them? Chris connects the emotional idea of family responsibility with practical financial and lifestyle decisions. His perspective is that protecting your family isn't only about what happens after you're gone - it's also about taking care of yourself while you're here.How Do You Pay for Long-Term Care When You Need It Now?When care is already needed, families don't have the luxury of putting off the financial conversation. Whether care is being provided at home, in assisted living, or in another setting, the immediate questions can feel overwhelming: What will this cost? Where can we turn for help? And what options do we still have? Chris can take listeners through the practical questions families should be asking once care has begun, where they may be able to look for resources, and what financial options may still be worth exploring. This is a timely, practical conversation for families who are already navigating care and need to understand their choices without getting lost in financial jargon.What If You Live to 100?Chris Maduri asks the retirement question most plans quietly skip: what if the money has to last to 100, and what will those extra years actually feel like? He describes retirement as the fourth quarter of life, with a little overtime if it goes well, and argues that longevity is now the real risk to plan for. He explains why energy and awareness end up mattering more than perfect plans as people age, and why spending early on health, movement and connection is part of the financial plan, not a distraction from it. Listeners come away with a way to plan for a longer life that is well funded and genuinely worth living, whatever age they are starting from.View all topics →

About Chris Maduri

Retirement & Life Transitions Expert

Nearly 20 years Helping people prepare for retirement4 Pillars of sustainable retirement planning3 Buckets in his wealth-building approachSales Director Named by Financial Marketing Group in 2013

Chris Maduri has spent nearly two decades helping people prepare for more than retirement - he helps them prepare for the life that comes after work.

Because retirement isn't simply the day the pay cheque stops.

It can change your identity, your marriage, your relationship with your time, your health, your family and your sense of purpose. And Chris believes that's the part of retirement planning most people don't talk about.

Chris began his career just before the 2008 Financial Crisis, an experience that fundamentally shaped how he thinks about risk. Watching carefully constructed plans come under pressure taught him that assumptions can fail - and that a retirement plan needs to work in the real world, not just on paper.

But after nearly two decades in the industry, Chris has come to see that financial preparation is only one part of the equation.

The bigger question is: What are you actually retiring to?

Chris describes retirement as the "fourth quarter of life" - and, if you've done things right, a little overtime.His work explores what it takes to make that chapter meaningful: having financial confidence, maintaining your health, protecting the people you love, staying connected to a sense of purpose and knowing how you want to spend the years you've worked so hard to create.

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About this episode

Retirement planning often begins with a number. The harder question is what happens to your routine, identity, marriage, health and purpose when your career ends.

In this episode of the 4 Fit Fatherhood Podcast, Rod Richard sits down with retirement plannerChris Maduri. Chris has spent nearly two decades helping people prepare for retirement through predictable income, risk management and plans designed to withstand changing conditions.

The conversation begins with fatherhood. Rod and Chris discuss raising sons and daughters, parenting each child differently, talking with teenagers, setting social media boundaries and maintaining trust as children grow.

They also explore what happens when children leave home and work no longer defines your days. Topics include retirement income, marriage, health, caregiving, aging parents, long-term care, faith and finding purpose during the fourth quarter of life.

The central question every father needs to answer:

What are you retiring to?

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Parenting each child based on individual needs

• Building trust before difficult conversations

• Talking with teenagers about relationships

• How work becomes part of a man’s identity

• Preparing your marriage for an empty nest

• Transitioning gradually into retirement

• Finding purpose after your career ends

• Long-term care and retirement income

• Preparing for the retirement red zone