EPISODE · Jun 30, 2026 · 14 MIN
The Retirement You've Been Working Toward Doesn't Exist
from Life in Transition Podcast · host Art Blanchford
We are really excited to have a new sponsor: Verity Wealth Partners. Please check them out at http://verity.nm.com/lifeintransition The Life in Transition Podcast, hosted by Art Blanchford focuses on making the most of the changes we’re given every week. Art has been through hundreds of transitions in his life. Many have been difficult, but all have led to a depth and richness he could never have imagined. On the podcast Art explores how to create more love and joy in life, no matter what transitions we go through. Art is married to his lifelong partner, a proud father of three and a long-time adventurer and global business executive. He is the founder and leader of the Midlife Transition Mastery Community. Learn more about the MLTM Community here: www.lifeintransition.online. Resources: Life in Transition: https://lifeintransitionpodcast.com/ Join Our Community: https://www.lifeintransition.online/ My new book PURPOSEFUL LIVING is out now. Order it now: https://www.amazon.com/PURPOSEFUL-LIVING-Wisdom-Coming-Complex/dp/1963913922 Our Sponsor: Verity Partners. Please check them out at http://verity.nm.com/lifeintransition The views and opinions expressed on the Life In Transition podcast are solely those of the author and guests and should not be attributed to any other individual or entity. This podcast is an independent production of Life In Transition Podcast, and the podcast production is an original work of the author. All rights of ownership and reproduction are retained. Copyright 2026. #lifeintransition #midlife #midlifegrowth
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Join Our Community Here: https://www.lifeintransition.online/ What if the retirement you've been working toward doesn't actually exist? Most successful men have a version of the plan. Work hard. Build the wealth. Hit the number. Then flip the switch and finally start living. It doesn't work that way. Art has watched it happen too many times — men who spent 25 years building toward a finish line that delivers six months of vacation and then a slow drift into something that looks a lot like depression. And for the ones who never find what comes next, the story ends badly. In this solo episode Art calls out one of the most dangerous lies high-performing men tell themselves — that joy, connection, and meaning are things you earn after the work is done. They aren't. And the man who waits until retirement to start figuring out who he is outside of what he built is going to find himself standing in a very empty room. This one is direct. It's uncomfortable. And it's exactly what most men in midlife need to hear before it's too late to act on it.
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