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The Reframe — 132 episodes · page 1 of 2
Ep. 125 - Nine Things I’ve Changed My Mind About in Retirement
EEp. 124 - The Lure of the Upgrade: Using the Diderot Effect to Our Advantage
Ep. 123 - Frugal Fall, or Abundant Autumn? Por Que No Los Dos?
EEp. 122 - Ten Things I Am Loving in This Season of Life
Ep. 121 - Comparison Can Steal Our Joy… Or It Can Build Our Gratitude
Ep. 120 - Retire Early, Live on Six Figures, and Pay $0 in Federal Taxes - Legally? Sean Mullaney CPA shares how. - Part 2
Ep. 119 - Retire Early, Live on Six Figures, and Pay $0 in Federal Taxes - Legally? Sean Mullaney CPA shares how. - Part 1
EEp. 118 - Becoming Astonishingly Alive, with psychology expert and author Jodi Wellman
EEp. 117 - Which of the Rules Are Fake?
EEp. 116 - Traveling As A Family For Four Months - Visiting Twenty Countries - And Spending $30 Per Person Per Day? Learn from the best, with Elisabeth Frost
Ep. 115 - Triple Dipping on Joy: The Three Delights of Travel
Ep. 114 - The Five Types of Hobbies — And Why and How To Pursue Them All
Ep. 113 - What Life Metrics Do You Track?
EEp. 112 - Rebuilding Neighborhood Sharing Economies: What, Why, and How
Ep. 111 - What We Pay For — And What We Don’t — As a FIRE Family of Four
EEp. 110 - Field Notes from Six Months of Early Retirement
EEp. 109 - 2026 Goals - A Half-Year Update!
EEp. 108 - The Reframe Is Two Years Old!
EEp. 107 - Seven Small Financial Wins, And How To Score Them
EEp. 106 - The 10 Advantages We Had On the Path to Financial Independence and Early Retirement
EEp. 105 - Systems: Life Savers, or Boat Anchors?
Ep. 104 - The Houseplants-to-Heels Ratio: A Fun Little Metric for Finding Your Balance
Ep. 103 - Listener Questions!
Ep. 102 - We Retired at 44 & 45… Despite These Mistakes
Ep. 101 - Big Time with Laura Vanderkam: How to Develop a Sense of Time Abundance
Ep. 100 - Considering Early Retirement? You Don’t Owe Anybody An Elevator Pitch For Your Next Stage
Special Crossover Episode: PARALLEL PLAY with LizGetsLoaded -- All Things Fashion!
Ep. 99 - Micro Experiments in Right-Sizing Our Spending
Special Crossover Episode: PARALLEL PLAY with LizGetsLoaded -- Fitness Spending!
Ep. 98 - Cultivating Signature Style: How a few intentional choices can create coherence, reduce decision fatigue, and make life more fun
Special Crossover Episode: PARALLEL PLAY with LizGetsLoaded -- Spending Tracking
Ep. 97 - Why We Hold On To Things (Even When They Hold Us Back): The Endowment Effect
Special Crossover Episode: PARALLEL PLAY with LizGetsLoaded -- Goal Setting
Special Crossover Episode: PARALLEL PLAY with LizGetsLoaded -- Fitness Tracking
EEp. 96 - The $32 Style Reset: A weeklong experiment with thrift shopping, color analysis, and rediscovering my closet
Ep. 95 - Annual Food Spending for a Food-Loving FIRE Family
Ep. 94 - Reframing Career with Ashley, a FI-Minded, Travel-Hacking, DIY-ing Physician
Ep. 93 - Strategies for Crushing A "No New Things" Challenge
Ep. 92 - Reframing Career with Meg and Kerri, Podcasters in Their Second Acts
Ep. 91 - Local Love Days: A Hint of Delight in Deep, Dark Winter
Ep. 90 - Low Stakes Hot Takes (Points and Miles Edition)
EEp. 89 - Reframing Career with Kristin, A FI-Focused Social Worker Turned Award-Winning Realtor
Ep. 88 - What's In My Wallet? Earning Points and Miles as a FIRE Family
Ep. 87 - Friction Is Our Friend (For Getting Stuff Done)
Ep. 86 - Winter As a Feature, Not a Bug?
Ep. 85 - Listener Questions, Answered!
Ep. 84 - "Analogue" Is My 2026 Word of the Year
Ep. 83 - Let's Talk 2026 Goals!
Ep. 82 - 2025 Goals Recap: The Good, the Bad, and the Surprising
Ep. 81 - 13 Things I Learned From A Year of Thrifting Fashion
Ep. 80 - Joyful Planning with Sarah Hart Unger, author of Best Laid Plans
Ep. 79 - The Unexpected Benefits of Going Part Time Between Achieving Financial Independence (FI) and Retiring Early (RE)
Ep. 78 - Travel Hacking 101 - Burning, Part 5: Suggests for Tracking Redemptions
Ep. 77 - Travel Hacking 101 - Burning, Part 4: The Pros and Cons of Travel Portals
Ep. 76 - Travel Hacking 101 - Burning, Part 3: Hotel Redemptions
Ep. 75 - Travel Hacking 101 - Burning, Part 2: Flight Redemptions
Ep. 74 - Travel Hacking 101: Burning, Part 1: Transfer Partners and Points Pooling
Ep. 73 - Reality Check - Are We Already Living Our Dream Lives? (Or At Least Something Pretty Darn Close)
Ep. 72: Are You In Your In-Sourcing Season, Or Your Out-Sourcing Season?
EEp. 71 - The Lies We Tell Ourselves - “Good Adults” Grind Away for 40 Years
EEp. 70 - Travel Hacking 101 - Earning, Part 5: Beyond the Points with Checking Account Bonuses and Cash Back Cards
Ep. 69 - Travel Hacking 101 - Earning, Part 4: Earning Points on All Your Spending
Ep. 68 - Travel Hacking 101 - Earning, Part 3: The Power of Shopping Portals
Ep. 67 - Travel Hacking 101 - Earning, Part 2: Earn Points With Category Multipliers
Ep. 66 - Travel Hacking 101 - Earning, Part 1: Earn Points With Sign-Up Bonuses
Ep. 65 - A Personal Update: 100% Financially Independent; 80% to Early Retirement
Ep. 64 - Can a Frugal or FIRE Lifestyle Be “Aesthetic?”
Ep. 63 - Is FIRE Ethical?
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The Minimalish Mom Podcast is now The Reframe
Ep. 62 - Family Travel Lessons Learned: An Annual Debrief on What Worked and What Didn’t
Ep. 61 - Family Points and Miles Travel: Booking a Dream Trip for Five to Greece, Malta, and Paris!
EEp. 60 - Fuel Your Happiness… And Save The Planet?
A Mea Culpa on Audio Quality... And A Promise That It's on the Upswing!
Ep. 59 - A Listener Money Story: Jennifer, a 31-Year-Old Scottish Veterinarian
Ep. 58 - 45 Things I've Learned In My First 45 Years
EEp. 57 - The What, Why, and How of a Super Fun “Use It Up” Challenge
Ep. 56 - Tiny Home System Improvements with Big Payoff
One Year of Podcasting!
Ep.55 - Are You FI-Curious? Part 3: Doing the Deep Work of Finding Your “Enough”
Ep. 54 - Are You FI-Curious? Part 2: Controlling Large Fixed Expenses, The Earlier The Better
Ep. 53 - Are You FI-Curious? Part 1: Finding Your Favorite Flavor of Financial Independence
Ep. 52 - Are We Trading Time We Don’t Have for Money We Don’t Need?
Ep. 51 - Putting Stoicism Into Practice With A Cancer Diagnosis
EEp. 50 - My Money Story (Special Mother's Day Edition)
Ep. 49 - Taking A Family of 4 to Japan for... $98?
Ep. 48 - A Gadget Free Form of the Quantified Self? Yes, Please!
Ep. 47 - Checking Up on Q1 "25 for 25 Goals"
Ep. 46 - Q1 Update on 2025 Goals!
Ep. 45 - Break the Shopping Habit — and Discover What You’re Really Seeking
Ep. 44 - Let's Do a Capsule Wardrobe!
Ep. 43 - FI is Fun/ Making the Journey to Financial Independence A Game
EEp. 42 - Let’s Use the Good Stuff — Because Today is Worth Celebrating
EEp. 41 - What’s Your Money Story?
Ep. 40 - The Joy of Buy It For Life (Or At Least A Very Long Time)
Ep. 39 - The Art of Reframing: Frugality As Luxury
Ep. 38 - The Art of Reframing: Inconvenience As Opportunity
Ep. 37 - Stylish Sustainability with Kelly of the Points and Miles Doc
Ep. 36 - Want to Be Financially Free? It’s the Lexus… and the Lattes
Ep. 35 - Who Cares What "They" Say? Embracing Our True Selves in Middle Age
Ep. 34 - Maggie of Inside Out Money on the Why of FI (Financial Independence)