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Your Health Is Your Greatest Asset

podcast episode Jun 09, 2026

Are you trading your health for money?  

 

Stevyn Guinnip, author of Grow Wellthy joined me on the Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast to talk about the idea of “health net worth,” the compounding effect of daily habits, and why retirement planning should focus on health span, not just life span. 

 

Key Takeaways:

 

🔹 Your health is an asset that directly impacts your financial life.

🔹 Retirement planning should consider health span, not just life span.

🔹 Small health habits compound just like financial investments.

🔹 Identifying health assets and liabilities helps reduce long-term risk.

🔹 The four-step hierarchy of health includes mindset, mend, meals, and movement.

🔹 Protecting your energy is as important as protecting your money.

🔹 You cannot separate health and wealth, they influence each other over time.

 

Tony’s Take: If we treat health as an asset and invest in it early, we give our future selves more options, more energy, and fewer regrets.

 

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Bio: 

 

Stevyn Guinnip, MS, is an author, health coach, and international speaker dedicated to helping financial advisors and their clients live well longer. After surviving a personal health crisis, she founded Grow Wellthy™ to merge her expertise in exercise physiology with her firsthand understanding of the financial world as a financial advisor’s daughter. Today, she speaks globally, coaches advisors, and equips firms with strategies to protect health as the true retirement multiplier. Stevyn lives in Portugal with her husband and two children.

 

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