Rewrite Your Money Story. Yanely Espinal
Money You Should Ask
Our relationship with money goes deeper than numbers on a spreadsheet? It all starts in our mind. My guest today is award-winning financial educator and author of the book "Mind Your Money," Yanely Espinal. She joins me to spotlight the emotional and psychological aspects that influence how we manage, spend, and even talk about money. Yanely shares openly about growing up below the poverty line, only realizing she was different when applying for financial aid programs in high school. She unpacks the guilt and scarcity mindset that held her back along with the shopping addiction tied to wanting...
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Gen Z Millionaires in Training. Dan Sheeks
Money You Should Ask
If you could travel back in time and give your 18-year-old self one piece of money advice, what would it be? Would you tell yourself to save aggressively, avoid debt traps or utilize frugal living hacks or invest in assets destined to explode? In this episode, I am joined by Dan Sheeks, a high school teacher and Author whose mission is to educate young people to think like millionaires. Dan Sheeks is the author of "First to a Million: A Teenager's Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence," He wrote this and the accompanying workbook specifically for Gen Zr’s to introduce money...
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Reset Your Money Mind. Brad Barrett
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Today I'm thrilled to welcome leading financial advisor Brad Barrett. As founder of One Capital Management, Brad takes a holistic, personalized approach to financial advising that examines the emotional and psychological aspects behind money. With nearly 20+ years experience empowering clients, Brad shares game-changing perspectives on achieving financial freedom by resetting your money mind. In this episode we delve into how our upbringing and early life experiences shape our core money beliefs. Whether it was a parent’s job loss or childhood money quarrels, those formative moments mold our...
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Sex Work, Money & Morality. Phoebe
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Can you relate to feeling undervalued or underpaid in past jobs or careers? How might that experience influence the career and money-making opportunities you pursue in the future? Sex work. The world's oldest profession, shrouded in controversy. Enter Phoebe, a spokesperson for the Prostitute Information Centre in Amsterdam, an activist working to empower sex workers and create change. In this eye-opening interview, Phoebe pulls back the curtain on the adult entertainment industry - its financial realities, social stigma, and her advocacy for destigmatization. This conversation explores...
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Lead With Purpose. Paulo Sellitti
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The stories we believe shape what we achieve, yet rarely do we question the narratives that we tell ourselves. Our guest Paolo Selletti assists purpose-driven clients in clarifying the narratives that form their reality. By getting to the heart of their unique stories, he helps unlock creative potential to transform how people see themselves and how others see their businesses. Paolo reveals how becoming conscious of our inner narratives is key. By examining the stories keeping us stuck, we can re-author our path aligned with bold visions in all areas, including financial potential. Tuned into...
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Ignite Your Financial Potential. FinCon 23
Money You Should Ask
Money, money, money! It's the thing that makes the world go 'round, yet it's also the source of stress, anxiety, and conflict for so many people. How should we think about money in a healthy way? What money beliefs are limiting us from reaching our full financial potential? in this episode of Money You Should Ask, recorded at FinCon 2023 in New Orleans, I roamed the halls of the nation's biggest personal finance conference, getting up close and personal with attendees and speakers to uncover their deepest money beliefs, biggest money mistakes, and most insightful money lessons learned....
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Balancing Business, Motherhood & Money as a Momprenuer. Virginia Elder
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Do you feel like a circus performer, frantically juggling motherhood, business, and personal finances? Our guest Virginia Elder has lived this struggle. She joined me at FinCon 2023 to share her story. While raising infants, coping with family crises, and working full-time, this mompreneur and founder of Podcast Abundance, accumulated over $80,000 in debt. Her rock-bottom breaking point became the catalyst to completely transform her money mindset. Virginia's story provides a roadmap for moms on how to master finances while succeeding as a mompreneurs and as a parent. Learn Virginia's...
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Building Wealth Across Generations. Acquania Escarne
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What dreams do you have for your family’s generational wealth and financial freedom? Entrepreneur, wealth strategist, and personal finance content creator, Acquania Escarne joined me at FinCon 23 and shared her life lessons in building wealth for herself and her family. After watching loved ones and close friends struggle around financial security, Acquania was inspired to take control of her financial future. At just 16 years old, she opened a Roth IRA - taking the first step into understanding her own ability to build wealth. Aquania runs the financial literacy platform The...
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United Against Elder Fraud. Kathy Stokes
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In 2022, Financial fraud exploded into a $9 billion per year criminal enterprise and the psychological tactics being used to groom trusting elders are disturbing. Even worse is how our society tends to blame the victims, leaving them silenced by shame and embarrassment instead of showing empathy. While financial fraud affects people of all ages, elders typically lose far greater life-altering amounts when targeted by scams. My guest today is a true advocate working on the front lines to support those affected and push for real change. Kathy Stokes is the director of AARP's fraud...
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From Homeless to King of Laundry. Danny D'Angelo
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What fuels someone to hustle their way out of childhood adversity and achieve massive financial success as an adult? Our guest today transformed periods of homelessness as a child into laundromat riches as an adult. Danny D’Angelo’s unpredictable upbringing shaped his pragmatic money mindset and hustler mentality from a very young age. After experiencing homelessness, Danny went on to make over $1 million in a single year in his late 20s after building a laundry empire and now mentors others in the business. Now the self-proclaimed “King of Laundry,” Danny shares his...
info_outlineRaise your hand if you've ever felt shame or embarrassment around money. I know I sure have.
In this episode, I’m thrilled to be joined by intuitive healer and women’s empowerment leader Alara Sage. She's here to shed light on why so many of us struggle to fully own our financial power, and how suppressing parts of ourselves keeps abundance at bay.
Get ready to get real about releasing ancestral shame, embracing our messy humanity, receiving vs giving, getting intimate with money, and healing money wounds.
Resources mentioned
Breathing into Connection & Power - Alana's free video series
Alara's podcast: The Ecstatic Woman
Alara's website: https://www.alarasage.com
Free quiz: Test your money nerve - https://testyournerve.com
More on this episode: https://go2.money/wounds