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Charisse Conanan Johnson is the founder of Charisse Says where she writes and creates videos about investing and financial wellness. Charisse graduated from Yale University and worked her way up to Vice President of JP Morgan Investment Management when she got the entrepreneurial spark and attended Chicago Booth. With her passion for investing and entrepreneurship, Charisse is driven to make a difference by speaking to various audiences and sharing her expertise in financial wellness. In this episode, Charisse helps us understand investing and we specifically focus on investing through a Roboadvisor, one of the easiest and stress-free ways to get started in the world of investing. Read more...

Sophia Bera is not your father’s financial planner. She is the owner of Gen Y Planning, a 6-figure online business she runs from her laptop, where she works with young professionals in their 20s and 30s looking for a CFP to help them navigate through big life decisions. In this episode, Sophia and I discuss retirement. We break down the difference between a 401(k) and a Roth IRA, talking why you would want to go one way or the other or invest in both if that’s an option for you. She shares her insights on achieving financial success and why we need to find joy in some of the things we spend money on. Get more deets in the show notes.

Taylor Milam is a writer, traveller and money enthusiast from San Diego, California. She is the founder of TheFreedomFromMoney.com where she helps women combine money and self-care to create a life they love. In this episode on the words and money podcast Taylor shares how she committed to paying off her student loans in less than a year by living on 50% of her income. Taylor gives some great advice and insight around how money is extremely personal and the choices we make with our money are our own and how we should avoid comparing our money choices to others. Visit the show notes to get the link and a chance to win the FREE Download.

Last month we talked about the 5 steps to get started on your financial journey, and this week (and for the rest of this month) we’re diving deeper into one of those steps. I challenged you in Step 4 of the 5 steps to get to $1,000 saved up into your emergency savings account. Now, we’re going to talk about how to optimize that Emergency Savings Account by learning why it's important, how to figure out how much your savings goal should be, and how the whole "Oh Shit" account works. Get the notes!

Cait Flanders is the blogger behind Blonde on a Budget (now CaitFlanders.com). Cait started her blogging journey to document her debt repayment. She had $28,000 of consumer credit card debt and actually shares a little bit (or maybe a lot a bit) of her story with us. After paying off her debt, Cait adopted a minimalist lifestyle where she gave away 75% of her things and commenced a two year shopping ban which will be wrapping up this July. Learn all about it in this episode! Get at the Show Notes.

Jessica Nazarali is a business strategist and certified master coach for women who want to build thriving coaching businesses and become The It girl in their industry. She has done this with her own business in record time (in her second year in business she made $600k) and she helps her clients and audience members do the same. In this episode, I pick Jessica’s brain on what it takes to make that extra money, Jessica's secrets on the vital first steps you need to take to set up your own side hustle business, how to get those first paying customers or clients, and how to manage it all. Learn more here.

Ashley Feinstein Gerstley is the founder of The Fiscal Femme where she works as a money coach and demystifies the world of personal finance and money for her clients. She offers one-on-one coaching and online courses including, a 30 Day Money Cleanse, a Savvy Investor course and a Tackle Your Debt program. In this episode we dive in to the world of investing. Ashley teaches us how we can start investing now, today. She answers our big questions like is Investing risky? and how is investing like buying shoes? Get more deets

Courtney Sanders is a women’s empowerment coach over at ThinkandGrowChick.com. As a leading success coach and mentor to millennial women, she believes that no matter what you’ve been through or where you’re going you can make the most of your life and you can start right now. She is a ninja at goal setting and time management, and she guides women down the path to map out their goals within their career, their finances, their personal life and more. In this interview, Courtney tells us the story about her triumphs and failures in the journey to entrepreneurship, with many financial struggles along the way. She walks us through how to set goals for financial success and offers tips for time management, road maps for goal setting in bite sized chunks and shares an interesting perspective on why we fail to achieve our goals. Read more

In this episode (after I share my new bout with the Whole 30 and how I'm dreaming of donuts already) I'm walking us through the 5 Steps to get started down the financially fit path of life. (Get the FREE Download in the show notes!) Whether you're just graduating from college and embarking on a new exciting career, or you're ready to take the money bull by the horns and get your finances in order, here I'm offering a way (or maybe a challenge of sorts) to get started. Let's do this!

Laura Yamin is a podcaster over at the Say Yes Podcast where she delivers bite-sized 10 minute interviews of people sharing their stories of things they have done in their lives that they said "Yes" to. In this episode, Laura shares how she said yes to setting up an automatic savings plan to save for her goals, how she made it feel like a game and ho it's so easy, you can set one up for yourself in just 15 minutes. Read more...

Addie McHale, CFP is the founder of Moneyful. She believes in leaving things better than she finds them and is very intrigued by what is called “interior finance” how our beliefs and values impact how we view our money (you’ll hear more about that in this interview). Addie is also a Health Insurance expert. She helps individuals navigate their way through open enrollment as well as navigate the terminology and complications of health insurance. In this interview, Addie helps us understand the complexities of health insurance. You’ll find out how to pick the best health solutions for you when taking on a new job, learn enough to understand general terminology, and even understand what all the fuss is about with the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. We talk beliefs, living below our means, and a quick and easy way to start building wealth. Check out the details here!

This week we're talking Negotiations with Bridget Eastgaard, a personal finance online entrepreneur at MoneyAfterGraduation.com (Find the FREE Negotiating Cheat Sheet in the show notes). Bridget writes brutally honest personal finance blog posts and creates high-value products for millennials, some of which are absolutely FREE and are what she used to get her personal finances in line. In this episode Bridget walks us through how to negotiate for more money, either at your current job or your new job. We also pose the question of grad school and even just undergraduate degrees and whether they are worth the investment. Bridget’s perspective is fascinating and refreshing to hear someone speak with opinion and in such an honest way even though the topic may be slightly controversial. Get the cheat sheet and all the other notes here.  

In this episode I address questions from my listeners and readers. We talk about helping friends with excessive spending, where to put the first one or two thousand dollars, how to keep from spending by using prepaid debit cards, and why a credit score is important even though it seems counterintuitive, and how you can get a great credit score without going into debt. Get the links from this episode.

Stefanie O’Connell is a financial expert, Gen Y advocate, speaker and author of the book, “The Broke and Beautiful Life.” She is dedicated to helping young adults achieve financial greatness. In this episode, I got Stefanie to sit down with me and talk about how to get started with a budget, the broke and beautiful budget. Stefanie walks us through the first steps of setting up a budget and how to plan for emergencies, be proactive about debt, and gear up for retirement. We talk about the other option when budgeting just isn’t an option anymore, which is making more money. Get more here...

Natalie Bacon is a personal finance blogger and writes over at Financegirl where she, of course, shares insights on money, but also intentional living, goal setting, being a young professional woman, and blogging. Natalie graduated law school with over $200,000 in student loans, worked in a job that didn’t fulfill her, and chose to change up her career for a more fulfilling and satisfying life. Now, Natalie works in personal finance during the day and hustles with her wildly successful blog Financegirl, on the side. In this episode Natalie shares her story with us and I dig in on her insight and advice on student loan debt and repayment. We discuss the difference between consolidating and refinancing and she shares why she won’t refinance her own student loan debt. Get more here...

Erin resides in NYC and is a millennial personal finance writer and speaker. She founded BrokeMillennial.com as a way to reach her fellow millennials who are struggling to understand basic personal finance concepts. She is a regular contributor to Forbes and U.S. News & World Report and has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, and in outlets including USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Mashable and Refinery29 . This week Erin and I the biggest myths around our credit score, becoming empowered to take control of our finances as women, extreme saving, and how everyone just needs to back off the "latte factor." Read more...

This week I'm sitting back down behind the mic for another soloshow and we're talking all about my love for budgeting (that's sarcasm, folks) and how I have 7 savings accounts. You might think I'm crazy insane, but no, having multiple savings accounts actually helps me save hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars a month. And I'm going to show you how you can adopt my easy budgeting and saving strategy. [Get all the good stuff over on the show notes here.]

This week on Words and Money I’m talking to Sarah Li Cain, a teacher currently located in China, turned freelance writer and personal finance blogger. Sarah writes over athighfivingdollars.com and shares her stories about personal finance, but dives deeper into the psychology and meaning behind why we spend our money, how we can feel good about our money decisions, and love our money like we mean it.   WHAT WE TALK ABOUT: Sarah's "Money Story" Dealing with resentment and shame when paying off debt she racked up with an ex-boyfriend Why Sarah treats her money like her best friend Sarah introduces HighFivingDollars.com and shares what she's observed with other's money spending decisions. Sarah helps us learn how to celebrate our money choices... Read More

Hilary Hendershott is a Certified Financial Planner focused on financial coaching, money mindset tools, and wealth management for women. She is also the host of the new podcast, Profit Boss Radio, a show highlighting inspiring women who have created success in their financial and professional lives.  What we talk about: How Hilary got interested in Finance and helping women with finance in particular Hilary’s biggest influence of money growing up Understanding your core beliefs around money – Listen to Hilary’s TedXTalk The importance of retirement – Why should we be thinking about retirement and saving for it now? If you build a good investment portfolio, it doubles about every 8 years. Hilary breaks down the Numbers! Retirement plan options. 401(k) – Tax deferred. Grows tax-free. Pay tax on the way out. IRA – Tax deferred. Grows tax-free. Pay tax on the way out. Roth IRA – Pay tax now. Grows tax-free. Pull it out tax-free. Explanation of the different accounts – The rock analogy Retirement accounts –

Jessica Moorhouse is a fellow personal finance podcaster on the Mo’Money Podcast, seasoned blogger at JessicaMoorhouse.com, and new internet friend of mine. Jessica writes about saving money, frugal living, and integrating more balance into our lives. In this episode we discuss so much from the difference between American and Canadian finance, saving and preparing for the cost of your wedding, (that one thing we tend to underestimate our entire lives) and side hustles - why you should do one and how to find them. Jessica is an open book. She’s so honest in her answers and truly is your best girlfriend that will talk openly to you about money.   HOW WE KEEP THE CONVERSATION ROLLIN': The Mo’Money Podcast and the influence of being a personal finance blogger and podcaster Differences between American and Canadian Finance Wedding Budgets – When to start saving and how to know how much it will cost Jessica’s Wedding Unveiled on her blog Her Wedding and What it Really Cost Part 1 and Part 2 Her Wedding Budget: One