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Maximize Your Return on Life Podcast

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Welcome to the Maximize Your Return on Life podcast! I’m Shari Greco Reiches, your host. I’m a Behavioral Finance Expert and the Co-Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Rappaport Reiches Capital Management. As an investment advisor, I guide clients to reflect upon their Core Values as they make major life decisions. My podcast highlights real people with real stories who have embraced this approach to achieve success. I hope their stories will inspire you to Maximize Your Return on Life!

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Welcome to the Maximize Your Return on Life podcast! I’m Shari Greco Reiches, your host. I’m a Behavioral Finance Expert and the Co-Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Rappaport Reiches Capital Management. As an investment advisor, I guide clients to reflect upon their Core Values as they make major life decisions. My podcast highlights real people with real stories who have embraced this approach to achieve success. I hope their stories will inspire you to Maximize Your Return on Life!

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English


Episodes
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Matt Halloran – Learning How to Listen

7/16/2025
In this episode, Shari talks with Matt Halloran, Co-Founder and Chief Relationship Officer of ProudMouth, the world’s leading influence accelerator for financial advisors. They discuss the inspiration for Matt’s new ...

Duration:00:36:24

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Lisa Ratner – Dating in Your 50s and Beyond

6/18/2025
Shari talks with Certified Matchmaker Lisa Ratner on moving from the corporate world to founding her matchmaking business. They discuss dating tips, dating apps and what to look for if you ...

Duration:00:36:03

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Zach Weber – Expressive & Exploratory Art

3/19/2025
Shari talks with Zach Weber about his career as a multidisciplinary and mixed-media artist. Zach is 27 years old and has exhibited in institutions such as Art Miami, 2022, the Zolla/Lieberman ...

Duration:00:28:40

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Stephen Reiches – How to Go From Writing a Check to Being Strategic About Philanthropy

2/18/2025
In this episode, Shari talks with her husband of 35 years, Stephen Reiches, about strategic charitable giving. Stephen is the firm’s wealth transfer expert, having previously worked as an estate ...

Duration:00:27:04

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Johanna Smith – How to Achieve Harmonious Balance

12/17/2024
Shari talks with Johanna Smith about Harmonious Balance, a concept to help individuals live their best lives through the practice of holistic energy management. Johanna shares: how she went from ...

Duration:00:43:54

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Ellen Rogin – How You and Your Money Can Live Happily Ever After

8/13/2024
Shari talks with Ellen Rogin, a bestselling author and trainer to financial advisors. Shari and Ellen share a common bond – they have both built careers based on taking the ...

Duration:00:32:42

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Kristyn Gibson and Liz Xilas – Advice for Women in Charge… Of Their Finances

7/24/2024
A majority of women will one day be solely in charge of their finances. Shari talks with our Senior Financial Advisors Kristyn Gibson and Liz Xilas about why it is ...

Duration:00:39:23

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Jennifer Gray – How to Break the Cycle of People Pleasing and Burnout

6/5/2024
Jennifer Gray, “The Brand Therapist”, has navigated the business and therapy worlds for almost twenty years. She counsels overwhelmed professionals on how to boldly reimagine their life. In her conversation with ...

Duration:00:34:04

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Susan Heymann and Lorri Bernstein – Senior Living Specialists

4/18/2024
Shari talks with Susan and Lorri about their journey to co-founding Senior Living Specialists Chicago, a premier local and free Senior Community Referral Service. Susan and Lorri explained the different types ...

Duration:00:34:43

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Adam Greco – The Budget Evangelist

3/15/2024
Where does all my money go? This is a question many people can’t answer. In this podcast, Shari talks to budgeting expert (and little brother) Adam Greco about budgeting tips. Adam is a budgeting ...

Duration:00:37:23

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Susan Abrams – Success Rules for Women Reaching Their Career Goals

2/29/2024
Shari talks with Susan about the 20th anniversary of her book, The New Success Rules for Women: 10 Surefire Strategies for Reaching Your Career Goals. Some of her success rules include: ...

Duration:00:37:36

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Linda Harvey – Career Strategist – Helping to Navigate the World of Work

2/5/2024
Shari talks with Linda about how she became a career strategist, and why she founded Linda L. Harvey Coaching & Career Development. Linda shares how to find your best-fit career path, ...

Duration:00:37:32

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Beata Kirr – An Impactful Investor

1/16/2024
Shari talks with Beata about how her values were a catalyst in her decision to leave a successful Wall Street career to join start-up private credit provider, The Copia Group, ...

Duration:00:33:18

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Manisha Thakor – The Secret to Finding Your Enough

12/19/2023
Shari talks with Manisha about her new book: Money Zen: The Secret to Finding Your “Enough”. Like many of us, Manisha felt trapped in the “Cult of Never Enough”, which nearly ...

Duration:00:36:58

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Kristyn Friske – Social Impact Strategist

9/13/2023
Shari’s guest Kristyn Friske describes the wakeup call that led her to leaving corporate world success to become a Social Impact Strategist. They also discuss Kristyn’s “Time, Talent, and Treasure” method ...

Duration:00:37:07

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Dana Hirt – Intentional Parenting Advice from a PCI Certified Parent Coach®

7/21/2023
Shari and Dana discuss how she started her practice Dana Hirt Parenting, a Chicago-based parent coaching and education service, and how she became a PCI Certified Parent Coach®. Dana uses ...

Duration:00:43:02

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Investors are Asking – a Chat with Chief Investment Officer David Rappaport

6/21/2023
Shari talks with Dave about Rappaport Reiches Capital Management’s investment approach and his thoughts on current markets. David Rappaport, CFP® is the Co-Founder and Chief ...

Duration:00:35:01

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Soup’s On! – Celebrating 20 Years of The Rabbi Peter and Elaine Knobel Soup Kitchen at Beth Emet

5/12/2023
Shari talks with the Soup Kitchen founders Nancy Bashook, Jeff Forgash, and Jessie Macdonald and co-chairs Tracey Denlow, Leslie Shulruff, and Beth Tucker. The Soup Kitchen recently celebrated its 20th ...

Duration:00:34:04

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Dan Bayston – Retiring From His Day Job, But Not Retiring

4/18/2023
Shari talks with Dan Bayston, Independent Director, and longtime friend. They discuss Dan’s career, what retirement looks like, Dan’s involvement on private Board of Directors, being board chair of Sacred ...

Duration:00:36:56

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Karyn Grossman Gershon – Advocating for Women and Girls in Ukraine and Wherever They are Navigating the War

3/24/2023
Shari interviews Karyn Grossman Gershon, CEO at Project Kesher. Project Kesher was founded to support a growing network of Jewish women leaders in Belarus, Georgia, Russia, Moldova, and Ukraine to ...

Duration:00:29:18