Host, Dana Gordon of the Faith and Finance podcast explores what he calls "The New Retirement Blueprint" — not simply a shift in savings tactics, but a reframing of retirement itself as a transition to be stewarded intentionally rather than an event to arrive at. He opens by contrasting the old retirement formula — decades of work, a pension, Social Security, a paid-off home — with today's reality, where pensions are rare, lifespans are longer, and healthcare costs and market volatility complicate the picture. The real question, he argues, isn't "When can I retire?" but how to build a retirement that is financially secure, personally meaningful, and built to last. He unpacks this through five principles. The first insists that retirement is about income, not assets alone — a large portfolio without a withdrawal strategy is "money," while a coordi ...