24 March 2026

More Than Money: Retirement, Relationships, and Aging Well | Chris Maduri | Ep. 376

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Key topicsWould You Live Differently If Your Family Depended on You?Most people say they would do anything for their family, but few ask whether daily life protects them. Are you living in a way that actually protects them? A plan can stop protecting a family faster than anyone expects, and that lesson hurts most. Chris believes protecting your family is about looking after yourself while you are still here. Ask yourself honestly whether your health and savings match what your family would need. A dad kept skipping checkups for years, then left the family with paperwork nobody could follow. Living differently for your family starts with living well enough to be there for them.How Do You Pay for Long-Term Care When You Need It Now?Once care has started, families rarely have time to weigh their options carefully. What will this cost, and where can the family turn for help first? Care costs need a line of their own in the plan, and families often find that out too late. Chris keeps meeting families who face these costs unprepared. Write down what care would cost in your area today, and bring the figures to the next family call. A retired teacher paid for home care for several years out of savings meant for travel. Know your options while they are still open, and the bill stops being a shock you face alone.What If You Live to 100?Most retirement plans quietly skip the question of what happens if the money has to last to 100. Living longer is now the bigger risk to plan for; a bad market is the smaller one. Money that has to last until 100 needs a plan that lasts just as long. Chris calls retirement the fourth quarter of life, with a little overtime if it goes well. Spend early on health, movement and friends, since that spending belongs in the plan. A retired couple stayed active, and years later they were still travelling. Plan for a long life that is well funded and worth living, at any age you start.View all topics →

About Chris Maduri

Chris Maduri, podcast guest

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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