Ep162 What’s Really In The Way Of Our Retirement

Black Boomer Besties from Brooklyn

Chapters
0:00
Warm Hellos And Cashmere Gifting
3:20
Naming The Topic: Retirement
4:20
Why Work Still Pulls Us
6:30
Fear Of Leaving And Returning
9:00
Hybrid Retirement And Identity
12:30
Redefining “Enough” And Where To Live
15:40
Lifestyle, Spending, And Readiness
18:30
Entrepreneur Brain Vs. Clocking Out
22:00
Declaring Retirement And Mental Space
27:00
Freedom To Define Retirement
Black Boomer Besties from Brooklyn
Ep162 What’s Really In The Way Of Our Retirement
Jan 20, 2026 Season 16 Episode 11
Angella Fraser & Leslie Osei-Tutu

What really stands between you and retirement: the numbers, or the story you tell yourself about them? Besties Angella and Leslie open the closet—literally, with a funny cashmere moment—and then open up about the deeper calculus of stepping away: identity, security, and the pull to live more joyfully while they can.

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