145: How One Retiree Experimented His Way to a Fulfilling Retirement with Fritz Gilbert

What if everything you’ve been taught about preparing clients for retirement is only half the story?

Fritz Gilbert spent a decade writing over 400 articles about life after work on his blog The Retirement Manifesto. But the real transformation happened after he actually retired.

In this episode, Fritz reveals the surprising emotional challenges retirees face — from losing structure and identity to silently wondering, “Is this all there is?”

If you want to help clients move from simply retired to truly thriving, this conversation will teach you how to guide clients through the non-financial side of retirement.

You’ll Learn:

• The 4 psychological phases of retirement
• The 90/10 rule of retirement no one prepares you for
• How Fritz shifted from a saving to spending mindset
• The #1 mindset that helped him create a thriving life after work
• The emotional transition most retirees go through and how to prepare for it

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Resources:

• Book: Keys to a Successful Retirement by Fritz Gilbert
• Book: Control Your Retirement Destiny by Dana Anspach
• Book: Purpose Code by Jordan Grumet
• Charity: Freedom for Fido

Connect with Brendan Frazier: 

• RFG Advisory
• LinkedIn: Brendan Frazier

Connect with Fritz Gilbert: 

• LinkedIn: Fritz Gilbert
• Website: The Retirement Manifesto

About our Guest: 

Fritz Gilbert is a writer focused on helping people achieve a great retirement. Following his 33-year career in Corporate America, he has dedicated his retirement to writing on the topic and has become one of the leading bloggers on the subject of retirement, with a focus on both the “harder” (financial) and “softer” (lifestyle) issues that are critical to success after crossing “The Starting Line”.

His award-winning blog, The Retirement Manifesto, captures “the present before it becomes the past” as it chronicles his journey to and through retirement. His large following is primarily comprised of people approaching, or living in, retirement. His first book, Keys to a Successful Retirement, is a summary of the 24 keys he has identified and experienced in his own successful transition to retirement and is a “must-read” for anyone within five years of retirement.

Fritz and his wife, Jackie, reside in the mountains of Blue Ridge, Georgia with their four rescue dogs. They enjoy cross-country travel in their RV to visit their daughter and her family in the Pacific Northwest and are active in ch