Month: August 2026
The Power of Showing Up for Others with Emilie Highley (Ep. 21)

The Power of Showing Up for Others with Emilie Highley (Ep. 21)

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Many of us hope we’ll know what to do when someone we love needs us most. 

Yet caregiving, friendship, and supporting others through illness often arrive without a roadmap, asking us to respond with patience, compassion, and grace.

In this episode, Kevin Swanson sits down with Emilie Highley, Realtor at Compass, Los Gatos, to explore a life shaped by caring for others through some of their most difficult seasons. Emilie shares stories from her marriage, years spent supporting close friends through dementia and cancer, and caring for her husband during his long battle with heart disease and multiple sclerosis.

Emilie also reflects on resilience, kindness, trust, and why simply showing up for people can leave a lasting impact long after circumstances change.

Key takeaways:

  • Building lifelong relationships by putting people ahead of transactions and staying connected through every stage of life
  • Supporting friends through dementia with patience, compassion, and a willingness to meet them where they are
  • Serving as an advocate and trusted decision maker for those without nearby family or caregivers
  • Caring for a spouse through serious illness while finding strength, resilience, and perspective along the way
  • Choosing patience, understanding, and kindness as everyday practices that strengthen families and communities
  • And more!

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About our guest:

Emilie Highley is a Realtor at Compass, Los Gatos, and a community leader with more than two decades of experience helping families through major life transitions. Before entering real estate, she spent 33 years in the technology industry. Throughout her career, she has been known for building lasting relationships with clients, many of whom have become lifelong friends. Beyond her professional work, Emilie has dedicated herself to serving others as a caregiver, successor trustee, volunteer, and advocate for friends and loved ones facing illness, dementia, and aging. Her perspective is shaped by decades of compassion, resilience, and a deep commitment to helping people through some of life’s most meaningful and challenging moments.

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How Inflation, Tariffs, AI, And The Fed Shape Your Financial Decisions with Jack Manley (Ep. 20)

How Inflation, Tariffs, AI, And The Fed Shape Your Financial Decisions with Jack Manley (Ep. 20)

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If you’re wondering why inflation reports say prices are improving while your own expenses still feel higher, this conversation breaks down why those numbers can look different.

How should investors interpret economic headlines when the numbers they hear do not always match what they experience?

In this episode, Kevin Swanson welcomes Jack Manley, Executive Director and Global Market Strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, to explore the forces shaping financial markets and investor decisions. They discuss the Federal Reserve’s approach to inflation and employment, why personal inflation can feel different from official measurements, how tariffs affect consumers and businesses, the economic impact of artificial intelligence investment, and why political events may create short-term volatility while having limited impact on long-term market performance.

Key points:

  • How the Federal Reserve evaluates inflation, employment data, and interest rate decisions when shaping monetary policy
  • Why your personal experience with rising costs may differ from national inflation measurements reported in the news
  • How tariffs can affect consumers, businesses, federal revenue, and domestic manufacturing decisions over time
  • Why artificial intelligence investment is driving economic activity while productivity benefits are still developing
  • How elections and political uncertainty may create market volatility without determining long-term investment results
  • And more!

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About our guest:

Jack Manley, Executive Director, is a Global Market Strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Jack is responsible for delivering timely market and economic commentary to institutional and retail clients across the United States and Canada. In addition, he is a contributor to the J.P. Morgan Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions and has authored numerous papers on global economies and capital markets.

Jack is also a frequent guest on BNN, Bloomberg, CNBC, and Fox Business, and is often quoted in the financial press. He graduated from the University of Chicago with a Bachelor’s degree in History.

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