Podcast appearances and mentions of douglas tsoi

In this episode: financial independence, spirituality and money, the five stages of FIRE, community learning, personal growth with Douglas TsoiEpisode SummaryIn this episode of the Mindful Fire podcast Douglas Tsoi shares his journey towards Financial Independence and how it transformed his life. He discusses the intersection of spirituality and personal finance, the five stages of FIRE, and the importance of community in lifelong learning. Douglas also provides insights into the deeper emotional aspects of Financial Independence and how to navigate the challenges that arise post-FIRE.Guest BioDouglas Tsoi is a financial spiritual coach, former lawyer, and founder of the Portland Underground Grad School (PUGS). He teaches courses on financial freedom and explores the relationship between personal finance and spirituality. Douglas is passionate about helping others understand their relationship with money and guiding them on their journeys to Financial Independence.Resources & Books Mentioned"Your Money or Your Life" by Vicki RobinMr. Money Mustache workshopsGuest Contact InformationDouglas' Website: https://www.douglastsoi.com/Money & Meaning Substack: https://douglastsoi.substack.com/School of Financial Freedom: https://www.schooloffinancialfreedom.com/The Appreciation Effect: https://theappreciationeffect.com/Key TakeawaysThe journey to Financial Independence involves not only financial planning but also deep personal reflection and inner work.Understanding the five stages of FIRE can help individuals navigate the emotional challenges associated with achieving Financial Independence.Community plays a crucial role in lifelong learning and personal growth, providing support and shared experiences.Financial Independence can lead to a sense of purpose and creativity when individuals are willing to explore new paths.The integration of spirituality into financial practices can foster a healthier relationship with money and life choices.True fulfillment comes from understanding one's inner self.PS: Introducing the…

Do you think, "I've made it once I reach financial independence?" Douglas Tsoi has been "retired" for over ten years and will tell you, "Not even close." For all of us, a new journey begins once we reach financial independence. What does this look like? How can we prepare? Today, Douglas sits down with Joe Saul-Sehy to dive into the five stages we all experience after reaching what many think of as the finish line. In short, we'll discuss: The fallacy of "I'm done" The reason why people are afraid to retire, even though they may say otherwise The darkness phase of "is this all there is?" and how to fight it The joy of finally realizing that, after the emotional journey, you can flip into a new, gratifying state. In our headline, we'll share a story about two executives in court because their investment scheme was "built on lies." This company promised eight percent returns without volatility. What's wrong with that? We'll walk through: How companies make money and why volatility is always EXPECTED with an eight percent return. Historical returns for asset classes, including the much-maligned international and emerging markets asset classes. Will they ever outperform again? We'll share several ways people try to even out returns to ATTEMPT, including what these alleged scammers said they could do (and couldn't). But that's not all. Of course, we'll also share Doug's amazing Formula One trivia question and much, much more. FULL SHOWNOTES: https://www.stackingbenjamins.com/emotional-stages-after-financial-independence-douglas-tsoi Deeper dives with curated links, topics, and discussions are in our newsletter, The 201, available at https://www.StackingBenjamins.com/201 Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We speak with Vicki Robin author of Your Money or Your Life, and Douglas Tsoi writer of The Money and Meaning Newsletter about the promises that come with financial indepenence/retire early. Should FIRE have a warning label? Why money does and doesn't eventually end up meeting our expectations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By living simply, Douglas Tsoi retired at the age of 42 to do what he wanted with his life, which is to help people participate in grace. He runs a platform called The Appreciation Effect, holds events called the Gratitude Dojo, and runs experiments in reparative economic justice. He also teaches personal finance with a spiritual lens in a class called Financial Freedom. Douglas is a trained Franciscan spiritual director and writes about the intersection of capitalism and spirituality on the Substack newsletter Money and Meaning.

Meet Douglas-Franciscan Spiritual Director, Grace facilitator and creator of sacred spaces. In this episode we talk "dark grace," and how maybe, just maybe, it's what gently (or not so gently) puts us on the right path. Douglas' miracle? Getting fired from a dream job...and that has made all the difference! Support me on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/user/about?u=82663030

Meet Douglas-Franciscan Spiritual Director, Grace facilitator and creator of sacred spaces. In this episode we talk "dark grace," and how maybe, just maybe, it's what gently (or not so gently) puts us on the right path. Douglas' miracle? Getting fired from a dream job...and that has made all the difference! Support me on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/user/about?u=82663030

Douglas Tsoi is a spiritual director as well as part of the financial independence community. On this episode we speak with his experiences with psychedelics and how they have effected his thinking and its effect on how he deals with money and work. 

Douglas Tsoi is the Founder of School of Financial Freedom and the Founder of Portland Underground Grad School (PUGS). Douglas has a diverse background and achieved financial freedom at the age of 42 after living on $20,000 a year. As a lifelong learner and StartingBloc Fellow, Douglas believes it’s a human right to learn and to do so debt-free! Find out more about his amazing school in Portland!    Key Takeaways: [4:05] How did Rob and Douglas first meet? [6:05] As a StartingBloc Fellow, what was Douglas’s experience like with StartingBloc?  [8:55] What is PUGS all about?  [11:35] PUGS has grown to 75 courses and teaches about 900 students a year.  [17:25] How did Douglas manage to retire at age 42? What does financial freedom mean to him?  [19:35] You expend your life energy for money and vice versa. [27:45] Why did StartingBloc choose Douglas’s project?  [37:25] Douglas shares a bit of his background and how he ended up at StartingBloc. [44:20] Everyone deserves to learn.    Mentioned in This Episode: Giving Back Podcast Giving Back Podcast Episode 310: Developing Purposeful Leadership for Our Community — Kristine Sloan with StartingBloc School of Financial Freedom Portland Underground Grad School (PUGS) Douglas Tsoi on LinkedIn

In this episode, I interview Douglas Tsoi, founder of the Portland Underground Graduate School (PUGS)—a center for lifelong learning for social justice and personal empowerment with local experts in Portland, Oregon. Here, we discuss: (1) The unique financial strategy he used to retire early despite not coming from money (2) The organization he then built to facilitate radical, debt-free learning in Portland (3) The three tactics you can implement today to build the financial leverage to craft your unique community-based offering

Maybe a better question is: What's a newspaper now?  In this episode, we explore the shape of alternative media with Douglas Tsoi of Portland Underground Graduate School and Andrew DeVigal, a professor at the Unversity of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication. We'll discuss how journalism shapes the stories we tell ourselves about our community and how innovative journalism projects are helping us tell new stories. The music was composed by Max McGrath-Riecke. You can hear more of Max's music at http://www.maxvoltagepdx.com/. Our Sponsor The One Oregon Coalition is united by our shared values around immigrant and racial justice. We believe in creating an Oregon where everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and has the opportunity to thrive. Go to www.oneoregon.org to learn more.

Early Retirement? I always thought that sounds like something only for silent velcro millionaires or tech bros – but it can be achievable without a windfall. We talk about the keys of starting with your values, budgeting, and using frugality to build up an income stream where you don’t have to have a traditional job. We have two folks who are early retired or FIRE’d (Financially Independent/Retired Early) on to share the basics of building an early retirement plan. It’s a long episode, but a good one, I think! Resources You can get Deacon at Well Kept Wallet’s “Debt Free in 18 Months” course for free if you follow this link. Get his excellent book “You Can Retire Early” if you want to learn more! Douglas Tsoi’s Financial Freedom Course at Portland Underground Grad School Paula Pant at Afford Anything’s rental case studies and rental calculations My favorite book about financial independence: The Simple Path to Wealth  (amazon affiliate link) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Douglas Tsoi, founder of the Portland Underground Grad School (PUGS) talks about what's lacking in education and how PUGS helps build community. He also talks about his book "Why Are Conservatives Always Wrong?" Then the dance rock band, The Slants, talks to us about visiting Washington D.C. for their Supreme Court hearing and share their new album, "The Band Who Must Not Be Named." Theme music by @CHOPS Music: "Imperialism Is Another Word for Hunger" - Yellow Pearl "Grandma's Kitchen (ft Olivia Thai)" - @jasonchumusic and Joe Kye "Quiet" - @MILCK "Ue u muite aruko" by Kyu Sakamoto

Douglas Tsoi is Chapter Be's guest blogger for the month of January and the founder of Portland Underground Grad School. Douglas was laid off from his job - a job he very much enjoyed - a little over a year ago. After this happened he eventually made the decision to take the next year off - focusing on all of the ideas he had been holding on to for years - giving himself, and his ideas, the time and space to try them out. It was going to be a year of doing and experimenting - seeing what worked and what didn't work. We talk about some of his experiments, the lessons learned along the way and how the year of experimentation has changed him as a person.  Features Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by Ella Fitzgerald