In the wake of some significant changes the government made to public student loan programs in July of 2023 (with more to take effect in the future), resident student loan guru Arron Cramer is here to talk us through it.  We’ll talk about the changes to the various payback options, the impact of consolidation on…

In this bonus discussion, we talk about our episode 169 interview with Dr. Megan McCoy and our complex relationship with money.  To listen to the original interview, click here: https://uncommonwealth.com/podcast/financial-therapy/

Managing your finances isn’t just about holding, folding, spending and saving. In fact, how we approach money is often a complex web of our attitudes, desires, fears, goals, education, and relationships. This means that we often perceive our path to success as a set of financial behaviors when, in reality, being healthy financially requires engaging…

What if retirement wasn’t the end but in fact just the beginning? What if it wasn’t the time to slow down but the time to kick things into high gear? The uncommon path generally tries to find a way to love what you do so much that you don’t ever want to retire. But for…

What does success look like for you? Having your own definition is not only important in setting goals and tracking progress but it also protects your uncommon path from being upended chasing someone else’s view of success. In this episode, Phillip and Arron share some personal definitions of success as well as some recommendations on…

For most of us, catching a shark is mostly likely to be a reference to a tv show or a run-in with a door to door salesman. But for Joe Snook, owner of Joe Snook Fishing and Charter, catching a shark could be an actual shark on any given Tuesday. But the transition from doing…

The uncommon path is a step by step thing, but it doesn’t mean you can’t make those steps a little easier for yourself when the opportunity arises. This week, we’re talking about automating your goals. The key is to get started and then start moving the goal post bit by bit to help you on…

Life doesn’t always follow the path we expect. For Whitney Maxwell, starting out playing classical pieces led to a winding path of dueling pianos, cruise ships, Swiss clubs, a French major, a Midwest circuit of gigs, and finally back home to Iowa to open up Bloom Music studios. The key to success for Whitney was…

In this Simple Step episode we’re talking about taking the time to dream a little bit. One of the key steps in an uncommon life is to have an idea where you’d like to see your life go. But often that vision gets lost or, never found, under the burdens and business of day-to-day life. …