Start living your FI Life years before you "reach FI"
Financial independence is powerful, but it does not tell you what to do with the freedom, your time or your life.
Many people reach FI and then realize they never built a vision for what freedom is for. Mindful FIRE helps you get clear early, so you can start living your FI Life years before you hit your FI number.
Recent Episodes
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Sept. 7, 2026
Stop Postponing Your Life with Jodi Wellman (ep. 246)
In this episode: mortality as motivation, memento mori, pre-grets, escaping autopilot, one-more-year syndrome, living wider and deeper with Jodi Wellman Episode Summary Jodi Wellman explains how remembering that life is finite can help us stop postponing it. She and Adam explore counting your remaining Mondays, turning “pre-grets” into action, balancing future security with aliveness now, and using small experiments to add vitality, meaning, and connection. Guest Bio Jodi Wellman is an author,
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Aug. 31, 2026
Shift From Gap to Gain: A Meditation for Your FI Path (ep. 245)
In this episode: The Gap and The Gain framework for appreciating your progress on the path to financial independence Episode Summary Adam Coelho leads a 22-minute meditation inspired by The Gap and The Gain. Rather than measuring against a moving ideal, listeners compare where they are now with where they were four or five years ago. The practice replaces impatience about reaching FI with appreciation for current progress and the life unfolding today. Resources & Books Mentioned The Gap and Th
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Aug. 24, 2026
Geoarbitrage: Move Abroad and Reach FI Faster with Richelle Gamlam (ep. 244)
In this episode: geoarbitrage, location independence, financial freedom, living abroad, visas, scouting trips with Richelle Gamlam The next Ask What's Possible Workshop is September 18th - Learn more & Sign up Episode Summary Richelle Gamlam, founder of Move Abroad Coach, joins Adam to explore how moving abroad can help people design a more aligned, affordable, and expansive life. They discuss geoarbitrage, “first not forever,” the income/visa/tax triangle, fears around moving with kids, and ho
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Aug. 17, 2026
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 cur
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Aug. 10, 2026
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 t
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Aug. 4, 2026
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 Mentione