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Kick it Open with Shelby Nicholl
Welcome to Kick It Open—the podcast for financial advisors and wealth management professionals ready to break free from limits, build thriving practices, and take control of their success.
The wealth management industry is evolving fast, with AI, new fee models, shifting client expectations, and emerging business structures reshaping the landscape. Staying ahead means embracing change and kicking open the doors to opportunity.
Each episode features bold conversations with top advisors and industry leaders, sharing actionable insights on growth strategies, leadership, practice management, and the future of financial advising.
If you're looking to scale your firm, navigate industry shifts, and take charge of your career, this is the podcast for you.
🎧 Listen now and start kicking open new opportunities.
Wondering why it's called Kick It Open? Muriel Siebert, the first woman member of the NYSE, famously said: “When a door is hard to open and nothing else works, sometimes you just have to rear back and kick it open.”
About the Host
Shelby Nicholl is the founder and lead consultant at Muriel Consulting, where she helps financial advisors break free from limits, align their businesses with their ambitions, and build thriving practices. With 25 years in leadership roles at firms like LPL Financial and Edward Jones, she combines deep industry experience with her passion for empowering advisors to take bold steps toward independence and success.
She is also the founder of Muriel Network, a digital community for women in wealth management seeking connection, inspiration, and growth.
Through Kick It Open, Shelby shares inspiring stories from industry leaders who are transforming wealth management and achieving their highest potential.
Kick it Open with Shelby Nicholl
Does Life End with Retirement, or Can We Rewire?
For many high-performing professionals (yes, even financial advisors), exiting a career isn’t the easy slide into golf, leisure, and legacy we imagine. In fact, it often triggers boredom, loss of identity, and a surprising lack of fulfillment—even when the money is more than enough.
This week on the Kick It Open podcast, host Shelby Nicholl is joined by Susan Latremoille, co-founder of Next Chapter Lifestyle Advisors and faculty at the Exit Planning Institute. Susan spent over 35 years as a top financial advisor before turning her focus to the non-financial side of retirement.
She now teaches others how to navigate the emotional and psychological transition of exiting a business or a career—and she was a key influence in Shelby’s own decision to pursue the CEPA designation.
In this episode:
- Why the wealth management industry is facing a retirement crisis
- The real reasons advisors stay past their prime
- How to prepare clients (and ourselves) for what's next
- The S.I.P.S. Framework: Social, Identity, Purpose, and Structure
- The Happiness Portfolio: Why diversified lives matter just as much as diversified investments
This conversation is a must-listen for any advisor planning succession—or realizing they might need to.
Learn more at MurielConsulting.com
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Produced by Shelby Nicholl.
Edited by Aaron Sherman.
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