Mindful FIRE : Life Design for Financial Independence

Adam Coelho
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The Mindful FIRE Podcast helps you craft a life you love and make work optional using the tools of mindfulness, envisioning and financial independence. Each episode of the mindful fire podcast explores these three tools through teachings, guided meditations and inspiring interviews with people actually living them to craft a life they love. Listen & subscribe on your favorite podcast player. 

  1. 2d ago

    What Story Are You Telling Yourself? - Guided Meditation for Financial Freedom (ep. 243)

    In this episode: visualizing your life of financial freedom, releasing unhelpful stories, cultivating mindfulness, envisioning what you want Episode Summary This guided meditation explores how the stories we tell ourselves shape the reality we experience. Adam Coelho invites you to settle the mind, bring your vision for financial freedom into awareness, and notice not only the life you’re imagining after FI, but also the story you’re carrying about whether that vision is possible. With kind curiosity, the practice helps you identify doubts, resistance, or limiting narratives — and gently choose the stories that move you toward the life you want. Resources & Books Mentioned Mindful FIRE Legends communityFI Life Jumpstart envisioning exercise

  2. Aug 11

    Living Your FI Vision Before You Reach the Number with Nic Ferry (ep. 242)

    In this episode: envisioning, thinking BIG about life, redefining hard work, Mindful FIRE, rediscovering true priorities, and choosing Slow FI with Nic Ferry Join us for a live envisioning workshop Friday Aug 14th to think BIG about what you want for your post-FI life so you can start living it now.  Learn more & sign up.  Episode Summary Nic Ferry shares how coaching, mindfulness, and envisioning helped him move from workaholic striving toward a more intentional life. He describes finding the “impossible” house, getting a military move paid for, choosing family over chief resident status, and creating opportunities in obstetric anesthesia and international medicine. Guest Bio Nic Ferry is a physician, anesthesiology resident, father of three, and Adam’s first coaching client. His path blends financial independence, family-centered decision-making, and a growing commitment to low-resource medicine abroad. Resources & Books Mentioned FI Life JumpstartAsk What’s Possible WorkshopThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Gap and The Gain by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin HardyThe Simple Path to Wealth by JL CollinsThe White Coat Investor by Dr. James M. DahleJoin the Mindful FIRE Legends community at MindfulFIRE.org/join.

  3. Aug 4

    What Is The Financial Freedom Actually For? (ep 241)

    In this episode: financial independence, life design, envisioning, mini experiments, asking what you actually want with Adam Coelho Episode Summary Adam explores the deeper question that comes after building financial freedom: what do you want that freedom to make possible? Through three anonymized stories, he shows how FI can create options, but clarity comes from envisioning, experimenting, and choosing a new story before life defaults into “one more year syndrome” Resources & Books Mentioned Free FI Life Jumpstart ExerciseAsk What’s Possible Workshop“The Predicting Brain” by Regina Pally

  4. Jul 28

    What No One Tells You About Losing Your Job with Michelle Schafer (ep. 240)

    In this episode: the hidden grief of job loss, rebuilding your identity, five-question career clarity, relationship-first job searching, financial resilience with Michelle Schafer Episode Summary Losing your job may be a business decision, but it creates a deeply human loss. Career transition coach Michelle Schafer reveals the shock, shame, betrayal, and identity struggles people rarely discuss—and explains how to move from emotional recovery to career clarity, strategic networking, and new possibilities. Guest Bio Michelle Schafer is an Ottawa-based career transition coach, author, and certified grief companion. After experiencing two restructurings, she built a coaching practice that helps people recover from job loss, identify energizing work, and navigate their next move with purpose. Resources & Books Mentioned Cultivating Career Growth: Navigating Transitions with Purpose by Michelle SchaferMichelle’s Career Focus FrameworkCalm meditation appAsk What’s Possible exerciseGuest Contact Information WebsiteLinkedInKey Takeaways Job loss is disenfranchised grief; acknowledge the emotions and find support before rushing into tactics.Updating your résumé is premature until you define a target using Michelle’s five career-reflection questions.Relationships, recruiters, and focused outreach are more effective than sending hundreds of applications.Taking a bridge job is not failure; set a timeline and keep pursuing work aligned with your priorities.Join the Mindful FIRE Legends community at MindfulFIRE.org/join.

  5. Jul 21

    Meditation : Resting in Mindful Awareness (7 minutes) #239

    In this episode: mindful awareness, breath meditation, returning from distraction, letting go, daily intention Episode Summary Adam Coelho leads a seven-minute practice for resting in present-moment awareness. Using the breath as an anchor, listeners practice noticing distraction with kindness, beginning again, and setting an intention for the day. Resources & Books Mentioned Mindful FIRE Legends community

  6. Jul 14

    Designing Your Rich & Radiant Life with Liz Carroll (ep. 238)

    In this episode: women and money, defining enough, Rich & Radiant, Splendor Week, building wealth without burnout with Liz Carroll Episode Summary Liz Carroll returns to share Rich & Radiant and her mindful approach to helping high-performing women turn income into wealth. She and Adam explore money safety, enoughness, values-based life design, and intentional scheduling. Guest Bio Liz Carroll is a financial coach, life coach, yoga/meditation teacher, and founder of Mindful Money Coaches. After reaching FI at 48, she helps high-performing women redefine wealth with calm, clarity, and intention. Resources & Books Mentioned Rich & Radiant by Liz CarrollFree to Focus by Michael HyattMindful FIRE episode 200BeRichAndRadiant.comCalendly, Mindvalley, Headspace, Insight TimerMindful FIRE LegendsFree Envisioning GuideGuest Contact Information Website: mindfulmoneycoaches.comInstagram: @mindfulmoneycoachesLinkedIn: Liz CarrollKey Takeaways Liz starts money work with body safety and mindfulness before spreadsheets.“Enough” must be defined personally before calculating a FIRE number.Her Splendor Week protects Grandma Thursdays, client slots, and white space.Adam’s coaching moment reframed burnout as a schedule-design problem.Join the Mindful FIRE Legends community at MindfulFIRE.org/join.

  7. Jul 7

    Meditation - Visualizing Your Ideal Day (ep 237)

    In this episode: guided meditation, visualizing an ideal day, setting an intention with Adam Coelho Episode Summary A short guided meditation recorded with the Mindful FIRE Legends community. You’ll start by settling into the body and breath, noticing how you’re arriving, and practicing returning kindly when the mind wanders. Then you’ll shift into a visualization: imagine an ideal day where you’re financially independent and free to choose how you spend your time. You’ll explore what you’re doing, who you’re with, and how you want to feel—then close by choosing one small intention to live into today. Resources & Books Mentioned Free Envisioning Guide - mindfulfire.org/startJoin Mindful FIRE Legends - MindfulFIRE.org/joinKey Takeaways Use three deep breaths to arrive, then “begin again” each time distraction appears.“Financial independence” can be used as a visualization container to explore values, not just numbers.Make the ideal day vivid by tracking sensations: where you are, who you’re with, and how you feel.End with one concrete intention: a single action you can try today that aligns with the vision.

  8. Jun 30

    Google Layoff to Globally Work Optional with Erika Ho (ep 236)

    In this episode: Google layoffs, globally work optional FIRE, Taiwan and Portugal FIRE numbers, Coast FI, finding a meaningful calling with Erika Ho Episode Summary Erika Ho shares how being laid off from Google created both stress and relief—and gave her space to build a life beyond corporate achievement. She explains “globally work optional,” the realization that her family could retire now in places like Taiwan or Portugal, and how that clarity helped her go all in on financial coaching. Erika and Adam also explore Coast FI, slowing down, and using mindfulness to hear what life is calling you toward. Guest Bio Erika Ho is a former Google data scientist and marketing analytics professional who now runs Holy Path to FIRE, a financial coaching business helping people pursue financial independence with more clarity, meaning, and intention. Resources & Books Mentioned Mindful FIRE Envisioning Guide Holy Path to FIRE Erika's Layoff Checklist Erika Ho on LinkedIn Erika Ho's Contact Information Website LinkedIn InstagramKey Takeaways A layoff can reveal relief beneath fear when you realize you no longer have to pretend a path fits.“Globally work optional” expands FIRE beyond one expensive location and creates more choices now.Coast FI can be permission to pursue a meaningful “holy path” instead of waiting for a Fat FI number.Getting quiet—through walks, meditation, or time off—creates space to hear the whispers of what you want.Join the Mindful FIRE Legends community at MindfulFIRE.org/join.

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The Mindful FIRE Podcast helps you craft a life you love and make work optional using the tools of mindfulness, envisioning and financial independence. Each episode of the mindful fire podcast explores these three tools through teachings, guided meditations and inspiring interviews with people actually living them to craft a life they love. Listen & subscribe on your favorite podcast player. 

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