Better Conversations: The Life & Money Podcast.
Better Conversations: The Life and Money Podcast is designed for successful people who want more clarity and less financial noise.
Each episode explores the real-life side of money, retirement, and financial decision-making through thoughtful conversations that help listeners navigate complexity, think more intentionally about the future, and feel more confident about where they’re headed.
The show focuses on the questions many people quietly ask themselves about financial stress, life transitions, retirement readiness, and how to create a life that feels successful not just financially, but personally.
Because wealth should support your life, not complicate it.
Why I Created Better Conversations: The Life and Money Podcast
Hi, I’m Eric Lee, host of Better Conversations: The Life and Money Podcast.
I created this show for people who want more clarity, more confidence, and a healthier relationship with money and the life they’re building.
After more than 30 years in financial planning, I realized something important. Many successful people aren’t looking for more financial noise, more opinions, or more pressure. What they’re often looking for is perspective. They want to feel more informed about retirement, more organized financially, and more intentional about how they spend their time, energy, and money. Most of all, they want to feel their financial life is supporting what matters most to them.
That’s why we created this podcast.
Not to talk at people, but to have calm, thoughtful, and honest conversations about money, life, purpose, and what it can mean to live well. Conversations designed to help listeners think differently about wealth, simplify financial complexity, and approach the future with greater clarity and confidence.
“The most interesting question isn’t how do I make more money. To me, the most interesting question is, how do I use the money I have to live better?”
Eric Lee
If you’ve ever wanted financial conversations that feel more human, more grounded, and more aligned with the life you want to build, this podcast was created for you.
Recent Conversations
Filter episodes by focus category to find conversations connected to the financial questions, life transitions, and planning decisions that may be most relevant to you right now.
Do You Have Enough to Spend More in Retirement?
Saved more than you expect to use but still nervous about spending it? Eric and Michael Boyle talk through knowing when you have enough, early inheritances, and helping family without creating dependence.
Should You Sell When the Stock Market Drops?
What should you do when the market drops and your account suddenly loses value? Eric and Michael Boyle look at what a decline makes you fear losing, the hard question of when to reinvest after selling, and three questions to ask first.
When The Market Falls: What Are You Really Afraid of Losing?
Should you sell when the market drops? Eric and Michael Boyle separate temporary volatility from permanent loss, and walk through a four-step process for responding when markets fall.
Are Your Emotions Affecting Your Investment Decisions?
Are fear, regret, or attachment shaping your portfolio? Michael Boyle draws on more than 400 client meetings to explain the overnight test, why a good outcome is not proof of a good decision, and where investing ends and speculating begins.
Where Will Your Money Go? The Four Destinations of Wealth
Every dollar eventually reaches one of four destinations: you spend it, give it, leave it, or lose it. Eric explains why accumulating wealth is the easier half, and what it takes to turn money into experiences, impact, and a legacy worth leaving.
The Retirement Transition Nobody Prepares For
Many people worry about running out of money in retirement. But what if one of the biggest retirement challenges has nothing to do with your finances? A fresh perspective on purpose after work.
Five Retirement Decisions That Matter More Than Returns
Will you run out of money in retirement? Should you take Social Security at 62 or wait until 70? Eric works through five retirement decisions that shape your income, your family, and your legacy far more than portfolio performance does.
What Wealth Really Means: Beyond Money
Traditional goal setting asks you to predict a future nobody can predict, and that is often where the stress starts. Eric explains the difference between goals and values, and why time is usually worth more than money.
It’s Not About Money: Why Couples See It So Differently
What if the real reason couples argue about money has nothing to do with money? Eric unpacks the three money mind types, protector, happiness, and commitment, plus a four-question framework for talking it through.
You Can Afford Almost Anything, Just Not Everything
In midlife, having enough to retire is not the same as having enough for every goal at once. A four-step framework for naming what matters most and making trade-offs on purpose.
Security, Freedom, and Meaning: The Three Jobs of Money
What if doubling your net worth would not actually change your life? Money has three jobs, and most people overfund security while never defining what freedom or meaning would look like.
The Quiet Difference Between Happiness and Satisfaction
You can be successful on paper and still feel like something is missing. Happiness is temporary, satisfaction comes from alignment, and enough is a decision rather than a number.
Meet Eric Lee: The Story Behind Purple Wealth
Money is not just math. It is emotion, identity, and the stories we carry. Eric shares the journey that led him to build Purple Wealth, and why peace and fulfillment often matter more than accumulation.
Better Conversations: The Life and Money Podcast
A short welcome to the show. Money is made up of hopes, fears, values, dreams, pride, and worry. In short, money is messy, and these are the conversations that help make sense of it.
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One of the best parts of this podcast is hearing the questions people are already thinking about privately. If there’s a topic, concern, or life transition you’d like Eric to discuss on the show, you can share it here.