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Welcome to Childfree Life by Design.

This is the show for Childfree people ready to forge their own bold paths with intention.

Your hosts, experts in life planning and financial management, have signed your permission slip to think differently about your life — and bring you clear, practical guidance to make your plans a reality.

Each episode breaks down the lifestyle choices, financial decisions, and long-term planning considerations Childfree adults like you need to shake off our culture's outdated assumptions and expectations.

Whether you're refining your financial plan, redefining what family means to you, or reexamining your values, this is your source for the inspiration and tools to finally ditch the Standard LifeScript and write your own.

Latest Episodes

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Apr 7, 2026

Episode 186: Planning the Life You Actually Have

Episode 185: Finding Your True Calling When Society Has Other Plans

Episode 184: Women and Credit: The History That Still Shapes Your Finances

Episode 183: Money, Independence, and the Childfree Woman

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Mar 12, 2026

Episode 182: Designing Your End of Life

Episode 181: Planning Without Next of Kin

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Featured Episode

Episode 186: Planning the Life You Actually Have

In this episode, Bri Conn CFP® sits down with Hillary, a client who is Childfree not by choice, for a real-life Childfree Wealth® checkup. Hillary has already done much of the emotional heavy lifting, moving through grief, redefining what her future looks like, and arriving at a place of clarity and intention. Now she is ready to match that clarity with a financial plan that actually fits her life.

Episode 185: Finding Your True Calling When Society Has Other Plans

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Mar 16, 2026

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48 Minutes

Episode 162: FIRE vs. FILE

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Mar 16, 2026

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26 Minutes

Episode 158: Moving Abroad

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Meet Our Experts

Melissa Holcombe

DSW, LCSW

Senior Advisor, Childfree Trust

Dr. Sara Zeff Geber

PhD

Senior Advisor, Aging, Childfree Trust®

Dr. Jay Zigmont

PhD, MBA, CFP®

Founder and Chief Visionary, Childfree Wealth®, Childfree Trust®, Childfree Insights™

Fiona Waller

MSW, LCSW, CFP®

Childfree Wealth Specialist®

Maddy Roche

Chief Growth Officer, Partnerships, Childfree Trust®

Scott Barnes

CFP®, TPCP, CLTC

Childfree Wealth Specialist®

Bri Conn

CFP®

Childfree Wealth Specialist®