Mindful FIRE : Life Design for Financial Independence

In this episode: healthcare and FIRE, why healthcare costs so much, physician burnout, patient–doctor allyship with Jordan Grumet
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Episode Summary
Who benefits when healthcare becomes more expensive—and less personal? Jordan Grumet returns to discuss The Healthcare Heist and his argument that corporate intermediaries undermine care. We explore electronic records, insurance, malpractice, and the pressures dividing patients and doctors. Jordan shares patient actions and a vision for change through shared storytelling, before discussing healthcare’s implications for FIRE and why happiness shouldn’t wait for retirement.
Guest Bio
Jordan Grumet is a physician, host of Earn and Invest, and author of Taking Stock, The Purpose Code, and The Healthcare Heist.
Resources & Books Mentioned
Free FI Life Jumpstart
The Healthcare Heist
Taking Stock
The Purpose Code
The Citadel
The Jungle
Being Mortal
Earn and Invest
The Purpose Code Substack
Guest Contact Information
Jordan’s website
Key Takeaways
Who Jordan believes profits from broken healthcare—and who pays the price.
Why your doctor may be your ally, not the enemy.
Practical ways to push back on denials and advocate for better care.
Healthcare questions to answer before you leave your job.
Why the life you want shouldn’t wait for your FIRE number.

In this episode: a companion meditation to episode 250 with Lance Diaresco, breath awareness, becoming, connection, contribution with Adam Coelho
Episode Summary
Who are you becoming, beyond what you are accomplishing?
In episode 250, “Define Enough and Design Your Next Chapter,” Lance Diaresco joined me to explore moving from career to calling, defining enough, and creating a life with greater meaning. In this companion episode, I invite you to bring one of the ideas from our conversation into your own experience through a guided meditation.
We begin by settling into the breath and practicing the simple act of noticing, returning, and beginning again. Then we explore the three questions in Lance’s “me, we, world” compass:
Me: Who am I becoming?
We: How am I connecting?
World: How am I contributing?
There is no need to force an answer. This practice offers space to notice what arises, envision how you want to connect and contribute, and feel into the life you are creating with kind, curious awareness.
You can enjoy this meditation on its own or listen to my conversation with Lance in episode 250 for the ideas behind the practice.
About Your Guide
Adam Coelho is the host of The Mindful FIRE Podcast. This guided meditation was originally recorded with the Mindful FIRE Legends community.
Resources & Related Episodes
Episode 250: Define Enough and Design Your Next Chapter with Lance Diaresco
Join the Mindful FIRE Legends community
Key Takeaways
Each time you notice your mind has wandered, you have a chance to return to the breath and begin again.
Let “Who am I becoming?” invite curiosity rather than pressure to find the right answer.
Explore how you are connecting in your current life and the life you envision.
Consider how you contribute in big and small ways, then notice how that contribution feels in your body.
Use the three questions as a gentle way to reconnect with yourself, your relationships, and what matters to you.

In this episode: career to calling, meaningful experiments, enoughness, mindful discernment, financial freedom with Lance Diaresco
Episode Summary
After leading global brands at Disney, Levi’s, and Google, Lance kept asking himself question: “Is this all?” He shares how a sabbatical, mindfulness, volunteering, and small experiments inside Google helped him move toward coaching and purposeful work without one reckless leap. Adam and Lance explore enoughness—balancing drive and contentment—and how to define success across ambition, workload, money, and time.
Guest Bio
Lance Diaresco is a former global brand leader at Disney, Levi’s, and Google. He now coaches leaders, facilitates workshops and retreats, and is developing work on discernment.
Resources & Books Mentioned
Journey to the Heart by Melody Beattie
The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins
Search Inside Yourself
Guest Contact Information
Website
LinkedIn
Key Takeaways
Let “Is this all?” open a process of curiosity instead of forcing an immediate answer.
Experiment before leaping: facilitate, volunteer, coach, and learn what creates energy.
Define enoughness as the balance between ambition and contentment.
Use financial freedom to design meaningful work, protect time, and contribute without pressure.

In this episode: arriving in the present, kind curiosity, breath awareness, beginning again, intentional action with Adam Coelho
Resources & Books Mentioned
Free FI Life Jumpstart journaling exercise
Mindful FIRE Legends community
Episode Summary
Rest in the simplicity of this moment with a short guided meditation from Adam Coelho. You’ll notice how you’re arriving, settle attention on the breath, and practice returning without judgment whenever the mind wanders. With nowhere to go and nothing to accomplish, each inhale and exhale becomes an invitation to experience your life as it is happening now. The practice closes by helping you choose how you want to show up for yourself and others.

In this episode: financial independence as runway, career reinvention, self-imposed pressure, writing a first book, coaching-driven leadership with Jeff Jaworski
Episode Summary
Three years after leaving Google, Jeff Jaworski returns to share how FIRE gave him room to build The Shift, write The Leader Shift, and shape work around family and purpose. Jeff and Adam explore why the habits that create success can hold us back in a new chapter—and how to build without recreating the pressure of the rat race.
Guest Bio
Jeff Jaworski is the founder of The Shift Coaching & Consulting, a former Google executive, and the author of The Leader Shift. He coaches leaders and organizations to replace heroic leadership with teams that think and scale.
Resources & Books Mentioned
Adam's free FI Life Jumpstart exercise
The Leader Shift by Jeff Jaworski
Mindful FIRE episode 151
Guest Contact Information
The Shift
Jeff on LinkedIn
Key Takeaways
FIRE can create options and runway for meaningful reinvention - not just retirement.
Distinguish pressure that is real from pressure you manufacture yourself.
A new chapter requires new behaviors; what got you here may hold you back there.
Scalable leaders ask before telling, explore possibility, and lead performance - not metrics.