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The Mindful FIRE Podcast

The Mindful FIRE Podcast

Adam Coelho 253 Episodes Aug 18, 2026

The Mindful FIRE Podcast helps you craft a life you love and make work optional using the tools of mindfulness, envisioning and financial independence. Each episode explores these three tools through teachings, guided meditations and inspiring interviews with people actually living them to craft a life they love.

Episodes

What Story Are You Telling Yourself? - Guided Meditation for Financial Freedom (ep. 243)
What Story Are You Telling Yourself? - Guided Meditation for Financial Freedom (ep. 243) Aug 18, 2026 1138 In this episode: visualizing your life of financial freedom, releasing unhelpful stories, cultivating mindfulness, envisioning what you wantEpisode SummaryThis 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
Living Your FI Vision Before You Reach the Number with Nic Ferry (ep. 242)
Living Your FI Vision Before You Reach the Number with Nic Ferry (ep. 242) Aug 11, 2026 3330 In this episode: envisioning, thinking BIG about life, redefining hard work, Mindful FIRE, rediscovering true priorities, and choosing Slow FI with Nic FerryJoin 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 SummaryNic Ferry shares how coaching, mindfulness, and envisionin
What Is The Financial Freedom Actually For? (ep 241)
What Is The Financial Freedom Actually For? (ep 241) Aug 4, 2026 766 In this episode: financial independence, life design, envisioning, mini experiments, asking what you actually want with Adam CoelhoEpisode SummaryAdam 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 ch
What No One Tells You About Losing Your Job with Michelle Schafer (ep. 240)
What No One Tells You About Losing Your Job with Michelle Schafer (ep. 240) Jul 28, 2026 2361 In this episode: the hidden grief of job loss, rebuilding your identity, five-question career clarity, relationship-first job searching, financial resilience with Michelle SchaferEpisode SummaryLosing your job may be a business decision, but it creates a deeply human loss. Career transition coach Michelle Schafer reveals the shock, shame, betrayal, and identity struggles people rarely discuss—and
Meditation : Resting in Mindful Awareness (7 minutes) #239
Meditation : Resting in Mindful Awareness (7 minutes) #239 Jul 21, 2026 561 In this episode: mindful awareness, breath meditation, returning from distraction, letting go, daily intentionEpisode SummaryAdam Coelho leads a seven-minute practice for resting in present-moment awareness. Using the breath as an anchor, listeners practice noticing distraction with kindness, beginning again, and setting an intention for the day.Resources & Books MentionedMindful FIRE Legends
Designing Your Rich & Radiant Life with Liz Carroll (ep. 238)
Designing Your Rich & Radiant Life with Liz Carroll (ep. 238) Jul 14, 2026 2391 In this episode: women and money, defining enough, Rich & Radiant, Splendor Week, building wealth without burnout with Liz CarrollEpisode SummaryLiz Carroll returns to share Rich & Radiant and her mindful approach to helping high-performing women turn income into wealth. She and Adam explore money safety, enoughness, values-based life design, and intentional scheduling.Guest BioLiz Carroll
Meditation - Visualizing Your Ideal Day (ep 237)
Meditation - Visualizing Your Ideal Day (ep 237) Jul 7, 2026 1045 In this episode: guided meditation, visualizing an ideal day, setting an intention with Adam CoelhoEpisode SummaryA short guided meditation recorded with the Mindful FIRE Legends community. You’ll start by settling into the body and breath, noticing how you’re arriving, and practicing returning kindly when the mind wanders. Then you’ll shift into a visualization: imagine an ideal day where you’re
Google Layoff to Globally Work Optional with Erika Ho (ep 236)
Google Layoff to Globally Work Optional with Erika Ho (ep 236) Jun 30, 2026 2139 In this episode: Google layoffs, globally work optional FIRE, Taiwan and Portugal FIRE numbers, Coast FI, finding a meaningful calling with Erika HoEpisode SummaryErika Ho shares how being laid off from Google created both stress and relief—and gave her space to build a life beyond corporate achievement. She explains “globally work optional,” the realization that her family could retire now in pla
235 : Meditation : Nowhere to Go, Nothing to Do: Resting With the Breath
235 : Meditation : Nowhere to Go, Nothing to Do: Resting With the Breath Jun 23, 2026 795 In this episode: mindfulness meditation, checking in with body and mind, anchoring on the breath, working with distraction, setting intentionsEpisode SummaryA short guided mindfulness practice recorded live in the Mindful FIRE Legends community. Adam welcomes you to settle into an alert-yet-relaxed posture, then gently guides attention from body and mind into the simple sensations of breathing. Th
234 :  The House Fire That Changed Everything with Karen Worthy
234 : The House Fire That Changed Everything with Karen Worthy Jun 16, 2026 3088 In this episode: lifestyle creep awareness, emergency funds, rebuilding after a house fire, designing a values-aligned life, career transition coaching with Karen WorthyEpisode SummaryKaren Worthy shares how a wake-up call about spending led their family into FI habits—then a devastating house fire became a “blank slate” that clarified what matters. Karen and Adam explore how savings create option
233 : Meditation : Self-Compassion & Loving Kindness
233 : Meditation : Self-Compassion & Loving Kindness Jun 9, 2026 1303 In this episode: self-compassion, loving kindness (metta), mindfulness, guided meditation, emotional well-being, resilience, inner kindnessEpisode SummaryAdam leads a guided self-compassion and loving kindness (metta) meditation, recorded live with the Mindful Fire Legends community. The practice begins by arriving with the breath and gently checking in with your present-moment experience—body sen
232 :  Mr. Money Mustache on One-More-Year Syndrome (and How to Stop Worrying)
232 : Mr. Money Mustache on One-More-Year Syndrome (and How to Stop Worrying) Jun 2, 2026 3172 In this episode: one-more-year syndrome, worry & fear, mindfulness for financial independence, “enough” mindset, living freedom now with Pete Adeney (Mr. Money Mustache)Episode SummaryPete Adeney (Mr. Money Mustache) argues that the biggest trap on the path to financial independence isn’t math, it’s worry. He and Adam unpack how fear fuels “one-more-year syndrome,” why the same worry often fol

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