Her Honest Money Talk with Hazel Secco
Claim This Podcastby Hazel Secco, CFP®, CDFA®
Podcast Overview
<blockquote>Align Your Retirement is the retirement podcast for women in their 40s and 50s who've done a lot right with their money — and know retirement is too important to wing.<br><br>If you're the CFO of your household — whether you're married, single, divorced, or widowed — you already know the voices:<br><br>"I'll run the real numbers after Q4."<br>"My 401(k) is fine — I check it."<br>"I'll handle Social Security timing when I'm closer."<br>"The inherited IRA can sit in cash until I figure out the 10-year rule."<br><br>Every one of those voices is quietly moving your retirement date. Each episode is a direct, specific conversation about one retirement decision that costs more than it needs to when you carry it alone — Social Security timing, Roth conversion windows, sequence-of-returns risk, tax-efficient drawdowns, pension elections, asset location, the inherited IRA, healthcare before Medicare.<br><br>The decisions. The tradeoffs. The numbers. From a fiduciary who runs these with clients every week.<br><br>Hosted by Hazel Secco, CFP®, CDFA®, founder of Align Financial Solutions — a fee-only, fiduciary firm built for women in their 40s and 50s. Serving clients virtually across the U.S. from Hoboken, NJ — the mile-square city just across the Hudson from NYC.<br><br>Two ways to go deeper:<br>📋 Retirement Readiness Assessment — free, self-paced, 5 minutes. Link in every show note.<br>📞 Align Call — 15 minutes with Hazel. One conversation. No pitch. You'll leave knowing where you stand.</blockquote><p><br></p><p><br></p>
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April 14, 2026
Your Financial Plan Won't Work Until You Fix This
Send us Fan Mail You know what you should be doing with your money. You're still not doing it. That gap has a name — and it's the most overlooked factor in whether your financial plan actually works. In this episode, I walk through the four financial behavior patterns I see most often in my practice — the Protector, the Avoider, the Regulator, and the Sacrificer — where they come from (most of them were set before you turned 7), and the specific actions that change them. I also share two real...
April 1, 2026
Why Every Woman Needs a Fee-Only Financial Advisor
Send us Fan Mail Not all financial advisors are built the same — and most women don't know the difference until it costs them. In this episode, Hazel Secco, CFP®, CDFA® breaks down what "fee-only" actually means, why it matters more than most people realize, and how the way your advisor gets paid directly affects the advice you receive. From hidden commissions to conflicts of interest, Hazel explains what to watch for and why the fee-only model exists to keep your advisor on your side of the ...
March 10, 2026
Why Most Financial Plans Fall Apart (And How to Make It Stick)
Send us Fan Mail Most financial plans don't fall apart because the math was wrong. They fall apart because they were built on someone else's values — what you thought you should want, what your family expected, what the industry said success looks like. Six months in, you stop following the plan. Not because you lack discipline. Because it was never actually yours. I know this because it happened to me. I was a successful financial advisor doing everything right on paper — and one day I could...
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- What is Her Honest Money Talk with Hazel Secco?
<blockquote>Align Your Retirement is the retirement podcast for women in their 40s and 50s who've done a lot right with their money — and know retirement is too important to wing.<br><br>If you're the CFO of your household — whether you're married, single, divorced, or widowed — you already know the voices:<br><br>"I'll run the real numbers after Q4."<br>"My 401(k) is fine — I check it."<br>"I'll handle Social Security timing when I'm closer."<br>"The inherited IRA can sit in cash until I figure out the 10-year rule."<br><br>Every one of those voices is quietly moving your retirement date. Each episode is a direct, specific conversation about one retirement decision that costs more than it needs to when you carry it alone — Social Security timing, Roth conversion windows, sequence-of-returns risk, tax-efficient drawdowns, pension elections, asset location, the inherited IRA, healthcare before Medicare.<br><br>The decisions. The tradeoffs. The numbers. From a fiduciary who runs these with clients every week.<br><br>Hosted by Hazel Secco, CFP®, CDFA®, founder of Align Financial Solutions — a fee-only, fiduciary firm built for women in their 40s and 50s. Serving clients virtually across the U.S. from Hoboken, NJ — the mile-square city just across the Hudson from NYC.<br><br>Two ways to go deeper:<br>📋 Retirement Readiness Assessment — free, self-paced, 5 minutes. Link in every show note.<br>📞 Align Call — 15 minutes with Hazel. One conversation. No pitch. You'll leave knowing where you stand.</blockquote><p><br></p><p><br></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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