Why Panic Causes More Damage Than the Crisis

When everything starts going wrong at once, the real damage often comes from the decisions made under pressure. In this episode of Games of Life, Ambar Reddekopp continues the Pandemic series by focusing on crisis planning and financial decision-making when life feels out of control. Using the game…

What a Pandemic Game Reveals About Financial Preparedness

What if a board game could explain why most people are caught off guard financially? In this episode of Games of Life, Ambar Reddekopp uses the cooperative board game Pandemic to explore how financial preparedness really works. She draws clear parallels between managing a global outbreak and managi…

Wild Cards and Comebacks: The True Rules of Goal Setting

Setting goals is just the opening move—staying in the game and winning takes strategy, resilience, and adaptability. In this episode, Ambar Reddekopp digs into the psychology of goal setting, from playing the long game to spotting wild cards and learning from setbacks. Discover why discipline means…

Sequence, Strategy, and Success: Winning Your Financial Game

Ever played Sequence and thought it was just luck? Turns out, winning—at games and in life—is all about strategy, patience, and connecting the right moves at the right time. In this episode, Ambar Reddekopp reveals how goal setting for retirement and beyond mirrors the twists and turns of a board g…

Guess Who? Part 2: AI Scams: Can You Spot What’s Real?

Scammers have a new secret weapon—artificial intelligence. In this episode, Amber Reddekopp reveals how AI is transforming fraud, from voice cloning and deepfakes to convincing chatbots and fake online deals. Discover real-life examples, learn why “trust but verify” is more important than ever, and…

Guess Who? - Spotting Scammers in Real Life

What if the next person trying to scam you isn’t a stranger, but someone you know—or even a computer? In this episode, Amber Reddekopp exposes the most common frauds targeting retirees and families, from investment clubs and identity theft to romance scams and tech support traps. Learn how scammers…

Alphabet Soup? Choosing Your Medicare Path

What happens when your Medicare decision locks you in—and your health takes a turn? In part two of the Games of Life Medicare series, Ambar Reddekopp unpacks the complexities of Medicare Advantage. From alphabet soup plans to hidden co-payments and county-specific coverage, this episode explores ho…

Operation Medicare: Don’t Hit the Buzzer

Feeling like Medicare is a game of Operation? One wrong move and—buzz! In this episode of Games of Life, host Ambar Reddekopp, president of Journey Financial Group, sits down to dissect the complexities of Original Medicare. From navigating Parts A through D to avoiding costly prescription pitfalls…

Connect 4 part 2: Five ways to improve credit scores

Ambar Reddekopp of Journey Financial Group discusses how she helps people better their credit scores. Ambar shares the different types of credit and how managing each properly can slowly raise the score, but also how closing and opening accounts too rapidly is a bad move. Ambar also explains the di…

How credit scores work

Ambar Reddekopp of Journey Financial Group discusses the moving target that is credit scores. Ambar shares how the way they are graded has changed over the years and is confusing and then she explains what comprises them. Then Ambar shares five factors that move credit scores and why paying one’s b…