We Found Them! Past Guests At The Women of FI Weekend | Kim H. and Lisa B. | 218
About this episode
Jackie Cummings Koski interviews past guests at the Women of FI Weekend about their experiences and insights on financial independence.
What happens when women in the financial independence community finally get a room of their own and use it not just to talk numbers, but to unpack the invisible stuff they've been carrying for years? In this on-location episode, Jackie takes us inside the Women of FI annual weekend in Maryland. This was a rare women-centered FI retreat that blends case studies, life design, laughter, and vulnerability. She catches up with two familiar voices from past episodes, Kim Hunter-Borst and Lisa B. to hear what retirement, sabbaticals, and post-FI life actually look like in motion, not just on paper. Other attendees also share why a women-only space hits differently: less posturing, more honesty, more room to talk about emotional labor, caregiving, identity, and the inner work that often gets skipped in mixed-money spaces. This episode covers: What happened at the Women of FI annual women's weekend in Maryland Why women-centered FI spaces create a different kind of openness and trust Kim Hunter-Borst's vision for building a smaller, more vulnerable, more intentional retreat The 2026 theme of "release" and what women said they were ready to put down A retirement update from Kim after…
Topics covered
- women in financial independence
- retirement
- sabbaticals
- emotional labor
- community
- post-FI life
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