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From 20th Nov - 20th Dec 2025 

Epic Retirement Month

Your four-week kickstart to a better retirement

From 20th Nov - 20th Dec 2025 

Epic Retirement Month

Your four-week kickstart to a better retirement

It’s the biggest retirement month of the year.

Let’s make the most of it.

 

It’s the biggest retirement month of the year, and I’ve been thinking a lot about what that actually feels like for people.

Every year, as the calendar winds down, the biggest wave of people in the western world quietly step into retirement. Work slows, annual leave gets paid out, projects are handed over, laptops get shut for the last time, and people finally say to themselves: Right. It’s time.

And yet, in one of the biggest moments of their lives, there’s often no one around to guide them, celebrate them, or help them make sense of what comes next. It can feel exciting, but also a bit lonely and most certainly quite scary. A bit “now what?”

That’s why I created Epic Retirement Month.

If this is the moment so many people retire, then let’s turn it into something better. Something supportive. Something practical. A four-week, every-year reset for people coming into retirement this year (or next) to help you sort out your money, your plans, your lifestyle choices, and the shape of the next stage of your life.

No overwhelm. No jargon. Just the help people should have had all along.

Let’s make the most of this moment together. Let's make it epic!

What can you do here... 

Download the Starter Kit
Join the Epic Retirement Newsletter
Learn from the new
books in Australia, New Zealand and the UK
Listen to the Podcast 
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Celebrate in The Epic Retirement Club
Review your super using The Epic Retirement Tick (Au only)
THE STARTER KIT

Download the Epic Retirement Starter Kit

It's free. And it's a great way to get started.

The Epic Retirement Starter Kit is your quick, confidence-boosting introduction to everything this stage of life can be. It’s a 16-page workbook packed with practical tools I’ve created to help you get started thinking about your epic retirement – including thinking about your goals, understanding your 'enough' number and contemplating your sense of purpose.

Whether you're in Australia, New Zealand or the UK, the guide is tailored to help you help yourself. 

The Australian Epic Retirement Starter Kit

Download our 16-page Australian Epic Retirement Starter Kit here. It's free to download as part of Epic Retirement Month. 

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The New Zealand Epic Retirement Starter Kit

Download our 16-page New Zealand Epic Retirement Starter Kit here. It's free to download as part of Epic Retirement Month. 

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The United Kingdom Epic Retirement Starter Kit

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THE BOOK - NOW UPDATED

Order Australia and New Zealand's fully updated and revised edition

New Australia/New Zealand edition out 25th November 2025

How to Have an Epic Retirement was Australia's #1 retirement book in 2023 and 2024 and the #3 bestselling self help book by an Australian author in 2024 too. And now there's a new edition for Australia and New Zealand. 

It is filled with practical information, examples and questions covering the six key pillars of great modern retirement: time, financial confidence, health, happiness & fulfilment, travel and your home as you age.

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THE NEW UK BOOK AVAILABLE NOW

Learn how to Have an Epic Retirement in the UK

The UK edition of How to Have an Epic Retirement is your practical, modern guide to building a retirement you genuinely enjoy. It takes everything readers have loved about the original bestseller and reshapes it for the way the UK system actually works – from the State Pension and workplace schemes to drawdown, tax, housing, health, and the realities of living longer.

It cuts through the confusion and gives you clear explanations, simple steps, and real-world examples that make this stage of life feel exciting instead of overwhelming.

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THE NEW BOOK AVAILABLE NOW

Make your Prime Time count. #2 on the Amazon Bestseller List

Hit podcast host and bestselling author of How to Have an Epic Retirement Bec Wilson presents the ultimate guide to modern midlife. We're now living longer, saving smarter, working more flexibly and seeking more meaning. Bec guides you in 27 practical lessons on money, health, work, purpose, family and travel, so you can make your Prime Time count. 

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THE PODCAST

Listen to our Epic Retirement Month themed podcast series

For Epic Retirement Month, my podcast Prime Time is running a special five-week series designed to help you learn, plan, and prepare with confidence. Each episode dives into a key pillar of retirement – from money and lifestyle to health, purpose and happiness – with clear explanations, practical steps, and real conversations about what this stage of life actually looks like. It’s the perfect way to get informed and inspired, one easy listen at a time.

The podcast is Australia-centric, but our non-financial episodes are globally relevant. 

And a big thanks to Hostplus for sponsoring the show for Epic Retirement Month! 

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Bec Wilson writes for and appears in Australia’s and the UKs’ most respected media

NICE TO MEET YOU

Meet Bec Wilson

Bec Wilson is a globally recognised voice reshaping how people think about modern retirement. She began her work in Australia, and as her ideas spread, the rest of the world started paying attention. Today, she has a growing global following and is rolling out international editions of her bestselling book How to Have an Epic Retirement, followed by country-specific versions of her respected Epic Retirement course.

In Australia, Bec is a multiple bestselling author, the host of the Prime Time podcast, writes a weekly nationally syndicated column on retirement in Nine Newspapers, and is building practical, accessible education for people navigating the years before and after retirement. And she's recently added New Zealand to her materials.

She’s a sought-after speaker and a straight-talking modern-ageing advocate, helping people in their 50s, 60s and beyond understand their options, make good decisions and shape a life they’re genuinely excited about.

In the UK, Bec is launching the new book, How to Have an Epic Retirement in December 2025 and kicking off a new column in The Times on modern retirement. This is just the beginning. 

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THE STARTER KIT

What is an Epic Retirement™? 

An epic retirement is simply a retirement you actually enjoy – one you feel confident about, prepared for, and excited to step into. It’s my term for a retirement built on time, money, purpose and happiness, health, travel, and your home as you age – the six pillars I teach throughout my work. The term stems from the bestselling book, How to Have an Epic Retirement. 

It’s not about chasing luxury or trying to “do it all”. It’s about understanding how retirement really works, what matters, and what you need to do to feel good about the years ahead. It’s practical, positive, and completely achievable for most people.

So why dedicate a month to Epic Retirements?

Epic Retirement Month in 2025 runs from 20 November - 20th December 2025. December is when the biggest wave of people retire each year in Australia, and people in the UK and New Zealand go through similar patterns. It’s the natural point in the year when people start reflecting, resetting, and thinking about what comes next. So it makes sense to help them on their journey. 

Epic Retirement Month creates an entry point for anyone retiring soon – a clear place to start, with simple tools, guidance, and confidence-building support. It makes the whole idea of planning for retirement feel less intimidating and far more doable.

That’s the whole point. To give people a structured moment to learn what they need to do if they want to have an epic retirement. To make it easy. We'll be doing it every year! Join in. 

THE COMMUNITY 

Join me on social media

If you want ongoing support, ideas, and a place to ask questions, come and join me on social media. I focus the Epic Retirement lessons in two platforms: 

Then, join The Epic Retirement Club on Facebook, one of the most engaged retirement communities in the western world, with people sharing stories, tips, wins, and the real-life lessons they’ve picked up along the way. It’s friendly, practical, and a great way to feel connected as you plan your own epic retirement.

You can also sign up for the Epic Retirement Newsletters to get weekly insights, tools, and updates straight to your inbox – it’s the easiest way to stay in the loop during Epic Retirement Month and beyond.

 
 

Companies stepping up for Epic Retirement Month

We invited companies and organisations to get involved and find their own ways to be a part of it — to help educate their members, listeners and customers about how they too can have an Epic Retirement™.

It’s the very first year of Epic Retirement™ Month and this year, we've started in Australia - but our aspirations are wider and this is only the beginning. Here are some of the companies already embracing it, supporting it and using it as a good time to run education events, make retirement fun, and support or be a part of our retirement education initiatives.  

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