August 29, 2025

00:45:07

Four Habits That Can Wreck Your Retirement (and How LGBTQ+ Retirees Can Avoid Them)

Four Habits That Can Wreck Your Retirement (and How LGBTQ+ Retirees Can Avoid Them)
Take Pride in Retirement
Four Habits That Can Wreck Your Retirement (and How LGBTQ+ Retirees Can Avoid Them)

Aug 29 2025 | 00:45:07

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Show Notes

In this episode of Take Pride in Retirement, host Matt McClure highlights four costly habits that can derail retirement dreams—and explains how they uniquely impact the LGBTQ+ community.

Matt also dives into the realities of healthcare costs, Medicare basics, long-term care planning, and why annuities are the Swiss Army Knife of retirement. With real-life lessons, personal stories, and financial strategies tailored for LGBTQ+ individuals and couples, this episode is all about protecting your future and building a retirement you can truly take pride in.

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About Take Pride in Retirement:
Take Pride in Retirement is a podcast dedicated to retirement planning solutions for the LGBTQ community. Host Matt McClure, a licensed fiduciary financial advisor, shares strategies to protect your hard-earned money while pursuing market-like growth.

Matt holds the RSSA® credential as a Registered Social Security Analyst®, helping clients optimize their Social Security filing strategies to potentially increase lifetime income. He’s also a Certified Annuity Specialist® (CAS®), a designation earned through a 135+ hour graduate-level program in fixed-rate and variable annuities from the Institute of Business & Finance.

Based in Georgia with his husband and two dogs, Matt spent over a decade in New York City, working with The Wall Street Journal Radio Network, NY1, and WCBS Newsradio 880. A career highlight includes reporting from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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