Conversations to Help You Ask Better Questions About Money
Hosted by Financial Readiness Advocate Tony Steuer, Get Ready: Before Life Happens features experts, qualified professionals, authors, advocates, educators, and changemakers sharing practical ideas to help you make informed decisions and prepare before life happens.
- Listened to in 130 countries and territories
- 30,000+ podcast downloads and YouTube views
- Ranked #2 in Financial Education and #4 in Financial Literacy on Goodpods
- Named one of Feedspot’s 100 Best Financial Literacy Podcasts to Listen to in 2026
Listen to the Latest Episodes
Explore conversations about financial readiness, life transitions, insurance and risk, money decisions, family preparedness, consumer protection, and the questions that help people prepare before life happens.
Watch the Latest Conversations
Explore video conversations with experts, authors, advocates, educators, and changemakers helping people think differently about money and prepare for life’s decisions and transitions.
Explore the conversations on YouTubeAbout the Podcast
Get Ready: Before Life Happens brings together diverse voices from around the world to explore how people and professionals can make informed decisions, navigate life’s financial what-ifs, and prepare with greater clarity and confidence.
Each conversation offers practical insights, better questions, and real-world perspectives that connect financial information with everyday life.
Topics We Explore
◆ Mindset and financial decision-making
◆ Life transitions and changing responsibilities
◆ Insurance, risk, and consumer protection
◆ Family, caregiving, and legacy conversations
◆ Financial organization and practical planning systems
◆ Purpose, work, retirement, and next chapters
◆ Health, longevity, and financial well-being
◆ Financial literacy, fluency, and trusted resources
What You’ll Take Away
◆ Better questions to guide financial and life decisions
◆ Practical insights you can apply
◆ Context that helps you understand your options
◆ Perspectives from experienced and diverse voices
◆ Resources that help you continue learning and preparing
Who These Conversations Are For
The podcast is for individuals, families, professionals, educators, and advocates who want to make informed, values-aligned decisions, and help others do the same.
Whether you’re building your own Financial Readiness Plan or guiding clients, family members, students, or people in your community, each episode is designed to help you ask better questions and choose a useful next step.
From Ideas to Action
The podcast introduces ideas, perspectives, and questions. Your free Financial Readiness Plan helps you apply them to your own life, and:
◆ Identify what matters
◆ Organize important information
◆ Prepare for decisions and transitions
◆ Choose practical next steps
◆ Make it easier for someone to step in when needed
Start Your Financial Readiness PlanAbout the Host
Tony Steuer is a Financial Readiness Advocate, award-winning author, and consumer advocate with close to 40 years of experience helping individuals, families, and professionals understand insurance, navigate financial decisions, and prepare for life’s what-ifs.
Through his books, podcast, practical tools, and Financial Readiness Plan, Tony helps people ask better questions, add context to financial information, and prepare before life happens.
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