Katana's Corner
Monthly Reflections from Katana Abbott

HOW TO OPTIMIZE YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS

"The fear of dying has been replaced by the fear of living too long."   
– Jon Zidan
When I talk to people about their retirement, the #1 concern they share is outliving their assets.  As we know, the fear of dying has been replaced by the fear of living too long. Put another way, however, the fear of dying has been replaced by the fear of running out of money in retirement. 

My goal is to show you how optimizing your Social Security benefits can help you avoid that. 
CREATING RETIREMENT INCOME IN TURBULENT MARKETS
By Katana Abbott, CFP®, CSSCS, SWE Founder

There are OVER 76 million baby boomers who are pondering how they will create income to take them through the third stage of their lives without running out. 

Times have changed since I first started my career as a financial advisor in 1987. That was 35 years ago, and back then, the consensus was that retirement was like a 3-legged stool made up of pension, Social Security, and savings, and if one of those legs was wobbly, your stool could fall over, meaning your retirement wasn’t stable.

Today, all those legs are wobbly!
THE SOLUTION
TO THRIVING
IN YOUR
NEXT ACT
By Katana Abbott, CFP®, CSSCS, SWE Founder

If you are 50+, ask yourself these three crucial questions:

  • How do you really want to spend the second half of your life?

  • Is your goal to someday retire, or are you planning on working forever?

  • What if you could get paid to follow your passion and fulfill your life purpose — would it even be considered work anymore?

I’ve always said, “The key to a successful retirement is retiring TO something not FROM something.”
May 9, 2023
4 SMART STRATEGIES
TO CREATING RETIREMENT INCOME
WITH
KATANA ABBOTT, CFP®
& COLLEEN KILPATRICK
Join Katana and Colleen as they discuss:

  • How much you need to retire.
  • The best time to start taking Social Security.
  • How to protect your money in a turbulent market.
May 23, 2023
HOW TO RETIRE & NEVER RUN OUT OF MONEY
WITH
KREGG WALISIAK
Join Kregg and Katana as they discuss:

  • How to optimize your Social Security benefits and maximize your legacy.
  • Strategies to create additional income streams that will never be outlived.
  • Ways to preserve and grow your wealth without keeping it in harm’s way.
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Smart Women's
Academy
ABOUT KATANA AND

Over ten years ago, Katana Abbott started Smart Women's Empowerment, a nonprofit online resource center where she hosts Smart Women Talk with over a million subscribers and leads free online courses at our Smart Women's Academy.

As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, Retirement Income Coach, and founder of The Midlife Millionaire ® Solution, her mission for the last 30 years has been to inspire women to take charge of their lives and finances. She believes it's never too early to plan for expected and unexpected events like retirement, encore careers, moving abroad, or preparing for long-term care. To learn more and to connect with Katana, visit www.katanaabbott.com.

The Smart Women's Empowerment is a project of United Charitable, a registered 501(c)3 public charity EIN 20-4286082. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.