A RETIREMENT PODCAST FOR WOMEN
Align Your Retirement with Hazel Secco, CFP®, CDFA®
A retirement podcast for high-achieving women, who carry a lot on their shoulders
Hazel breaks down the real questions: when you can actually afford to retire, how to turn decades of savings into steady monthly income, and how to keep more of it from going to taxes.
TOP FINANCIAL PODCAST FOR WOMEN
Easy-to-understand Retirement Insights for Women
Tune in to Align Your Retirement where Hazel breaks down retirement insights in plain English.
If you’re the one who handles the money in your household and you want expert guidance instead of another DIY checklist, this is your seat.
MEET YOUR HOST
A CFP® and CDFA® who plans retirement around women, not the other way around
From a young age, Hazel saw how money decisions shaped the women in her life. Watching her mother and grandmother navigate financial challenges built her commitment to helping women make major financial decisions with clarity.
Today she is the founder of Align Financial Solutions, a fee-only fiduciary firm, and a Certified Financial Planner™ and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®. She helps women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s organize scattered accounts, build a reliable retirement income plan, and move through the retirement runway with clarity instead of second-guessing.
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Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is the Align Your Retirement podcast about?
Align Your Retirement is a free podcast hosted by Hazel Secco, CFP®, CDFA®, founder of Align Financial Solutions. Each episode helps women plan the years right before and after retirement, covering retirement income, tax planning, and turning savings into a paycheck that lasts.
2. Who is the podcast for?
It’s made for women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s who are serious about retirement and want expert guidance. Many listeners are the financial decision-maker in their household and are five to ten years from retiring or recently retired.
3. What is the "retirement runway"?
The retirement runway is the five-to-ten-year window before and after you stop working. It matters because the risk of poor market timing on your withdrawals is structurally highest during this stretch, which makes income and tax decisions especially consequential.
4. Who hosts Align Your Retirement?
Hazel Secco, a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®) and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® (CDFA®), and founder of Align Financial Solutions, a fee-only fiduciary registered investment adviser serving women across the United States.
5. Where can I listen?
Free on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. New episodes are added weekly.