{"podcast":{"title":"The Mindful FIRE Podcast","slug":"the-mindful-fire-podcast-1265880","podcast_index_feed_id":1265880,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1285691.rss","website_url":"https://mindfulfire.org/","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/uerma5h1ird9lrnwhvgf8pmg4rp5?.jpg","author":"Adam Coelho","episode_count":257,"summary":"The Mindful FIRE Podcast helps you craft a life you love and make work optional using the tools of mindfulness, envisioning and financial independence. Each episode of the mindful fire podcast explores these three tools through teachings, guided meditations and inspiring interviews with people actually living them to craft a life they love. Listen & subscribe on your favorite podcast player:","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T06:20:24.749687+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mindful-fire-podcast-1265880"},"episode":{"title":"Google Layoff to Globally Work Optional with Erika Ho (ep 236)","slug":"google-layoff-to-globally-work-optional-with-erika-ho-ep-236","published_at":"2026-06-30T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mindful-fire-podcast-1265880/google-layoff-to-globally-work-optional-with-erika-ho-ep-236","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mindful-fire-podcast-1265880","url":"https://www.mindfulfire.org/236?utm_source=podcast-feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=episode-198&utm_term=nirav","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1285691/episodes/19420242-google-layoff-to-globally-work-optional-with-erika-ho-ep-236.mp3","summary":"In this episode: Google layoffs, globally work optional FIRE, Taiwan and Portugal FIRE numbers, Coast FI, finding a meaningful calling with Erika Ho Episode Summary Erika Ho shares how being laid off from Google created both stress and relief—and gave her space to build a life beyond corporate achievement. She explains “globally work optional,” the realization that her family could retire now in places like Taiwan or Portugal, and how that clarity helped her go all in on financial coaching. E...","meta_description":"In this episode: Google layoffs, globally work optional FIRE, Taiwan and Portugal FIRE numbers, Coast FI, finding a meaningful calling with Erika Ho Episo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2139,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-mindful-fire-podcast-1265880/episodes/google-layoff-to-globally-work-optional-with-erika-ho-ep-236/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mindful-fire-podcast-1265880/google-layoff-to-globally-work-optional-with-erika-ho-ep-236.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}