Come and listen to our Host, Candace Gish, as she chats with today's guest, Marcia Mantell, for our “End of Year, Beginning of Me” Podcast Series.
A powerfully themed mini-series helping women close the year with clarity and step into the next one with grounded self-love and vision.

For over 30 years, Marcia Mantell has helped the country's foremost financial services firms and advisors increase their knowledge of complex retirement concepts and regulations. She has a remarkable ability to translate those concepts into everyday language that educates and motivates real people to take the right steps to achieve the retirement they desire. Marcia has been named an IA25 Honoree by ThinkAdvisor—one of the “advisors, experts and leaders in financial services who are pushing the industry forward.”

As founder of Mantell Retirement Consulting, Inc. (est. 2005) she regularly partners with financial institutions and advisors to help support their customers across the retirement spectrum—from accumulation to the transition into retirement, and then to organizing and managing income to last a lifetime. She brings an impressive amount of retirement, Social Security, and Medicare knowledge to the financial industry and directly to future retirees through their employers or in partnership with financial advisors.

Known for “translating” technical economic and investment jargon, Social Security and Medicare rules, and complex retirement topics into language that consumers can understand, Marcia has developed innovative retirement income planning workshops for advisors, and comprehensive retirement education programs for plan participants and consumers at all levels of wealth. She is a highly sought-after speaker bringing her signature enthusiasm and energy to conferences, webinars, live webcasts, and podcasts.

While at Fidelity Investments (1992−2005), she was Vice President of Retirement Products and Marketing, responsible for developing IRA and Small Business programs for consumers. She also served as Fidelity’s retirement spokesperson to the media in national and regional consumer and advisor publications.

She’s the author of four must-read books for everyone who wants to retire. Her lively how-to discussion guide and workbook, Cookin’ Up Your Retirement Plan, was featured in the Wall Street Journal article,

“5 Books to Help You Build a Bigger Nest Egg” (July 2025). Her other titles include What’s the Deal with Retirement Planning for Women, Creating Your Medicare Recipe, and her latest book, Social Security: Lightly Toasted, Not Burnt.

Marcia’s long-running blog, BoomerRetirementBriefs.com, showcases a light-hearted, but thought-provoking look at how Baby Boomers are reshaping and reinventing retirement. Plus, you’ll find in-depth updates on the current state of affairs in Social Security and Medicare.

We explore how to end the year with clarity and step into 2026 with a practical retirement plan, more honest money talks, and a sense of purpose that lasts. Marcia Mantel shares clear steps for Social Security timing, Medicare basics, and designing a 30-year retirement you’ll actually enjoy.

• reframing retirement beyond age 65 into a 30-year design
• why waiting to claim social security can boost lifetime income
• breaking the silence around money so women lead their planning
• simple steps to build financial autonomy and credit history
• books and worksheets that turn ideas into action
• practical year-end planning using quarters, calendars and checklists
• how to craft purpose, work and community into later life
• resources to learn medicare, estate basics and risk planning

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Come and listen to our Host, Candace Gish, as she chats with today's guest, Dr. Nelva Lee, for our “End of Year, Beginning of Me” Podcast Series.
A powerfully themed mini-series helping women close the year with clarity and step into the next one with grounded self-love and vision.

Dr. Nelva Lee is the Founder and CEO of Concrete Build Financing and
MiTio Technologies, a Medical Interpreting and Translating Agency. Dr. Lee
was a Subject Matter Expert in the creation of the CMI exam for the NBCMI
and was respectively its first Chair.

Dr. Lee has over 20 years of experience in healthcare and over 10 years in
academia as an adjunct professor for various Universities. She was a
Governor Kemp appointed board member to the Department of Community
Health. She is the Vice Chairman of the board of the Henry County
Pregnancy Resource Center (Bridge Wellness South), and a former
Republican candidate for State Senate in District 17. Dr. Lee has authored
several Christian-based books including: “Stay and Fight” and “Be the
Super Hero of Your Story.”

Dr. Lee volunteers at Relevant, her local church, and the Joy FM as a
Prayer Partner. She was a Home-School Mom, Substitute Teacher for a
Christian School, and Vocational School Founder and CEO. She has been
married to her best friend Donnie for 25 years, and together they have 3
children.

https://www.youtube.com/@DrNelvaLee

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We explore purpose-driven leadership with Dr. Nelva Lee, from life under a dictatorship to entrepreneurship, school choice, and a run for Georgia superintendent. Practical tools for getting unstuck meet bold ideas on literacy, trade schools, and learning to face change with courage.

• founding a vocational school for medical interpreters and its impact on dignity and income
• why school choice matters for diverse learners, including homeschooling and Montessori
• tackling illiteracy by raising expectations and aligning environments to the child
• decision to run for Georgia superintendent and a vision for results that count
• resilience, faith, and finding purpose as daily practice
• an accessible take on crypto, inflation, and asset-backed tokens
• links to books, campaign, and channels for deeper learning

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Come and listen to our Host, Candace Gish, as she chats with today's guest, Nicole Rodrigues, for our “End of Year, Beginning of Me” Podcast Series.
A powerfully themed mini-series helping women close the year with clarity and step into the next one with grounded self-love and vision.

Nicole Rodrigues, founder and CEO of NRPR Group, is a recognized public relations expert, digital and social media marketing and crisis communication pro with 24+ years of experience under her belt. In her tenure, she has developed and successfully executed strategic campaigns for some of the biggest names in business including: Yahoo!, Dolby, Sony Pictures
Entertainment, Sony PlayStation, Hulu, M-GO, Toon Hero, Demand Media, Heal, MOBITV, Los Angeles Comic Con and the Oakland (now Las Vegas) Raiders. Amongst some of the most notable campaigns she was charged with, Nicole ran the first and only official mommy blogger campaign for Yahoo!, she devised and launched the PR strategy for all of Hulu first original
shows, and she helped develop YouTube’s creator and influencer PR strategy to produce more impactful campaigns at the forefront of the creator economy boom.

Nicole has repeatedly been recognized as an innovative leader in her industry, being a regular Crisis Communications guest expert on Access Hollywood and most recently as a Bulldog Reporter PR Awards Leader of the Year (Agency) and Ragans Top Agencies Awards Top Agency Leader (2022). She has also been honored with a Stevie Award winner for Communications, Investor Relations, or PR Executive of the Year(2021). She was also awarded
PR Daily’s “PR Professional of the Year” Award (2019), Bulldog Reporter’s “Stars of PR - PR Professional Who Makes a Difference” Award (2018), a Gold Award for “Public or Media Relations Professional of the Year” in Bulldog Reporters “Stars of PR,” and PR News’ Top 50 Game Changers in Public Relations (2017). These awards are confirmation of her mission to meaningfully disrupt the way in which public relations are done in the modern era.

Nicole is also the author of Beverly Hills Boss, a business and life skills book aimed at helping others, like herself, who dream of leading despite any humble beginnings or obstacles. Through her book, readers gain inspiration and actionable insight for growing as a person and in their careers.
Nicole takes great pride in being a former NFL cheerleader, having spent several years cheering for the famed Oakland Raiders. Today, she continues to cheer on her “new team” at NRPR and is a graduate from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Relations.
She earned her MBA at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. While attending business school, Nicole was an Admissions Rep on class council and graduated in the top 15% of her class. She earned her MBA with a concentration in entrepreneurship, which she chose purposely to ensure she was learning more skills to help her clients manage the ups and downs of starting, growing and scaling a business.

https://x.com/NicoleRPR

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolerpr/

We talk with NRPR Group CEO Nicole Rodriguez about moving from survival mode to sustainable leadership while building an authentic, long-game PR strategy rooted in truth, alignment and earned media. We share practical ways to set standards, protect reputation, and design for peace, health and growth.

• why earned media beats hype for lasting trust
• how to align PR with real business goals
• when to say no and protect standards
• building narratives from milestones and proof
• the shift from urgency to sustainability
• designing a 10 to 20 year horizon
• allowing support and leaving survival mode
• mentorship’s role in purpose and confidence
• social media’s impact on executive visibility

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