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Money Made EasyThriving Financially with Hilary HendershottWhen Hilary was in her 20’s, she was definitely not thriving financially. She was advising multi million dollar clients by day and coming home to a stack of bills she wouldn’t open because she couldn’t pay them.She was a massive overspender. Hilary was earning 6 figures and spending 6 and a half. She realized she had to repair her relationship with money and wealth.This was a very emotional time for Hilary. Looking at the numbers and realizing how in debt she was made her feel like a piece of crap. She was lucky enough...2021-05-0948 minMoney Made Easy41: Money Practices and Money Maps with Bari TesslerIn this part two episode, we discuss money practices and money maps. We jump right in to the practical and discuss money dates. For example, mixing in candles and chocolate, music of any kind, whatever will be supportive for you sitting down and taking a look at your money. Whether it’s 5 minutes or 15 minutes, every few days or at least once a week, it’s important to start. Ask yourself, “What is one step you can take around money today?” It may be just looking at your bank balance. However, you may discover fraud like Bari did and catching it early...2021-04-1433 minMoney Made Easy40: The Art Of Money with Bari TesslerThis week on the Money Made Easy Podcast we have on Bari Tessler, author of the book, “The Art of Money”. We get to find out all about how she went from wanting to be a solid gold dancer to becoming a financial therapist. Bari started therapy when she was 16 but other than going from wanting to be a dancer to a business woman and being interested in psychology, she started undergrad not really knowing what she wanted to be and do.
While spending a year in Israel, she put dance and psychology together and she briefly thought she made up D...2021-04-0352 minMoney Made Easy39: Get Good With Money with Tiffany 'The Budgetnista' AlicheThis week we have one of our favorites, Tiffany 'The Budgetnista' Aliche, on to talk about her new book, "Getting Good With Money". This is Tiffany's third time on the podcast because she is that good! Tiffany was on just a year ago to talk about her children's book, "Happy Birthday Mali More". She is now working on the animated version of Mali and her Youtube channel for those stories.
The subtitle to "Get Good With Money" is '10 Simple Steps To Becoming Financially Whole'. This book gets back to the basics of financial education. Financial education is so important...2021-03-2946 min
Money Made Easy38: Think Like A Breadwinner with Jennifer BarrettToday on the show, we welcome Jennifer Barrett. She is the author of “Think Like A Breadwinner” - a wealth building manifesto for women who want to earn more and worry less.
A financial journalist first, Jennifer then moved to the management track, working for Newsweek, New York Times, Hearst, NBC, CNBC. Now she works at Acorn - an app to help people save more money.
We talked about how she worked at DailyWorth - one of the first sites to focus on reaching women with money knowledge. And now thankfully, there are many sites that...2021-03-1542 minMoney Made Easy37: Paying Down Debt with Elizabeth Scott FrancisOn today’s episode of the Money Made Easy Podcast we have Elizabeth of @elizabethsaves on Instagram to talk about how to pay down debt. Her and her husband paid off $227,000 in a couple of years.
After buying a house, things started to spiral for them pretty quickly, Elizabeth explains. Little purchases here and there, started adding up.
When Elizabeth went to make a final payment for their honeymoon, she wasn’t sure if she would have enough credit to pay off the thousand dollars still owed. This was the first wake up call.
Sh...2021-02-1550 minMoney Made Easy36: Becoming Debt Free and What's NextWe’re welcoming back to the show today one of our favorites - Kate who is @thatdebtfreelife on instagram to talk all about becoming debt free and what’s next.
Of course, we wanted to hear about how if felt to be free of debt. Kate shared that it felt free and made her feel invincible.
First, Kate and her family went on a dream trip to New York at Christmastime. After their trip they then got back into their financial goals pretty quickly.
Saving up a bigger emergency fund was their biggest goal...2021-01-2646 minMoney Made Easy35: Introducing our Quarterly Book ClubHello friends and welcome to episode 35 of the podcast! We are very excited to announce…(drum roll please…)… our QUARTERLY BOOK CLUB!
Why you may ask? As you know, our sole purpose of this podcast is about educating ourselves and building a community of individuals who feel comfortable with talking about money. What better way to further our education with a book club that keeps us accountable and helps foster these conversations!!
We are excited to announce our very first book, The Art of Money: A Life-Changing Guide to Financial Happiness by Bari Tessler. Bari Tessle...2021-01-1907 minMoney Made Easy34: Examining Our Money Blocks with Katy Chen MazzaraToday we dive deep into examining our money blocks with Katy Chen Mazzara. She is a certified financial coach who helps creative types make more money, pay off debt, and achieve financial freedom.
Katy started off as a journalist then became a television producer for 15 years, working on shows like The Bachelor/Bachelorette, Real Housewives, Love and Hip Hop. Then she became certified as a financial coach, a life coach and she is a graduate of the UC Berkeley Program in Personal Financial Planning.
Growing up with parents who were at opposite ends of the...2020-12-1649 minMoney Made Easy33: Speaking Up To Make More Money with Helena BowenSpeaker Coach and Speech Writer Helena Bowen wants to help you speak up for your business. She believes storytelling is the best way to lead, inspire and persuade.
Helena Bowen has over 150 TED and TEDX Speaker Clients who have over 65 million views online. 20 of these have been featured as the "Talk of the Day" on TED.com and they've been translated into 35 different languages.2020-11-2400 minMoney Made Easy32: Becoming Boss with Kristen BossKristen Boss has a name made for business. She is a Mindset and Business Coach who specializes in helping women build their influence and grow their business that deeply aligns with their purpose. Pivoting from celebrity hairstylist to boutique owner to business coach has given Kristen a unique perspective. When she asked herself - Is this what I was meant to do? - she thought to all of the deep conversations she would have with those in her chair and realized she had been coaching for years. Questions to ask yourself when you’re trying to decide what to do...2020-10-2100 minMoney Made Easy31: Your Vote Matters with Amanda MontgomeryAmanda Montgomery is a business lawyer who helps small businesses and entrepreneurs with all of their legal needs. She truly believes your vote matters. Amanda shares that message with all of our listeners today. A passion for helping women and small business owners led her to serve this group. We talk about how growing up, she was paid for her grades and that worked for her. It was 33 days till the election when we recorded this episode. Now it’s 22 days till the election when this podcast airs. Amanda shares about how she came to be interested in politics an...2020-10-1300 minMoney Made EasyWhat’s New For Season TwoWhat’s New For Season Two
Angelica and Tetia welcome you back with a catch up on what they’ve been up tp and what’s new and coming up in Season 2 for the Money Made Easy Podcast.
Tetia has been walking and listening to audio books. You too can listen for free with the Overdrive App and your library card.
Angelica has been training for a marathon and landscaping their backyard. Free arm workout anyone?!!
Website updates, free resources, upcoming guests, and voting with your money are some of the things we talk about.
We go into how every dollar...2020-10-0600 minMoney Made Easy30: Season 1 FinaleWow friends! We had so much time to reflect back on this season and are extremely thankful to our guests for their time and wisdom. We couldn't have produced all of this amazing content without their expertise. And to our listeners, WE LOVE YOU ALL! Thank you so much for sharing our podcast amongst your loved ones and allowing Season 1 to be a huge success. We truly do this to help everyone navigate through money and life decisions. We hope you enjoy this episode as we recap the final episodes! We are gearing up for SEASON 2 and are so...2020-08-0446 minMoney Made Easy29: Financial Goalsetting with kids featuring Tanya Van CourtIn today's episode, we chat with the inspiring Tanya Van Court - Founder and CEO of Goalsetter. A revolutionary app devoted to helping kids and families save, learn and grow their money. This mission was inspired by her mother, an elementary school teacher who perfected the skill of bridging gaps for kids and knew the importance of giving all kids the same opportunities and education. Throughout Tanya’s professional and personal life, she created a passion for creating resources and educational tools for children. These experiences included leading digital products at Nickelodeon, serving as Senior Vice President of Pa...2020-06-2951 minMoney Made Easy28: Hidden Investing With Holly WilliamsToday on the show we’ve got Holly Williams, author of Hidden Investing - What The 1% Know That We Don’t. Growing up in Houston, Texas her parents did a good job of teaching her to put money in her 401k and live below your means.
When her parents died in 2010 and 2011, she realized they had done all of that but she watched them worry in their later years. When your take your money out you’re taxed at the full rate. Your expenses don’t go down when you retire.
Holly worked at a successful Ad Agency and 15 years later sh...2020-05-2751 minMoney Made Easy27: Exploring the Enneagram and Money Habits with Bri from The School of BettyBrianna Firestone is the founder of The School of Betty, a platform that empowers women to create better relationships with their money, time, and energy so they can build financial freedom and lessen stress.
At the age of 23, Brianna found herself living in New York City with $30k in credit card debt, $20k in student loans, and barely making $30k a year. She then became more courageous than her financial situation, gave herself a pep-talk, and set out on a journey to stop drinking fancy coffee, become debt free, and educate herself around her money and...2020-05-1849 minMoney Made Easy26: An Entrepreneur’s Journey With Nicole ChiaramonteIn this episode, we hear all about the different directions and industries that have been a part of Nicole’s business life. She came from an entrepreneurial family and started as a 15 year old. She sold her first business at 18 and the adventure just kept going! Listen in to hear all the twists and turns!!2020-05-1250 minMoney Made Easy25: Starting And Growing Your Business with Nicole RodriguesThis week we talk to Nicole Rodrigues, founder of NRPR Group and also, author of a great new book, Beverly Hills Boss. In her book and on this episode, she shares all about starting and growing your business. And of course having 20 years of PR experience, she gives lots of great tips for promoting ourselves.
Even though Nicole had a vision for her future PR firm in college, she put in well over a decade of working for bigger firms first. She learned what worked and what didn’t work.
Then when she felt the time was right for her to...2020-04-2152 minMoney Made Easy24: Financial Education For Children with Tiffany ‘The Budgetnista’ AlicheFrom preschool teacher to award winning financial educator and now author, today we have Tiffany ‘The Budgetnista’ Aliche. We are talking all about her journey and her new book ‘Happy Birthday Mali More’, releasing April 27. This trailblazing book teaches foundational education to children ages 3-7 while championing the importance of service and community. Part of her Kickstarter presale plan included funding to cover printing 1000 books to donate to children in low income communities and it was so successful that she’ll now be able to give away 2000 books. Tiffany covers all the important components of learning about money in an endearing...2020-04-1329 minMoney Made Easy23: Episodes 10-20 Recap - Success & Money MashupSome of the best conversations we’ve had in every episode take place toward the end of each episode when we ask these two questions: What is your definition of success? and What are the 3 words that come to mind when you think about money? Listen in to hear the compilation of answers our guests give!2020-04-0741 minMoney Made Easy22: Episodes 1-9 Recap - Success & Money MashupSome of the best conversations we’ve had in every episode take place toward the end of each episode when we ask these two questions:
What is your definition of success?
and
What are the 3 words that come to mind when you think about money?
Listen in to hear the compilation of answers our guests give, from the first 9 episodes.2020-03-3153 minMoney Made Easy21: Helping You Keep Calm During A CrisisWe want to share ways to help and handle all that is going on right now.
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Chelsea Brennan @smartmoneymamas ⁃3/18 - 5:30 PM PST / 8:30 PM EST
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Additional Link of Resources for small businesses owners: https://www.honeybook.com/risingtide/business-continuity-plan-for-small-business
Resources: Lupe Prado Coaching - offering Free 30 minute call
Support - financia...2020-03-1838 minMoney Made Easy20: The Funny Connection Between Illness, Death and Money with Nora McInernyAs if money isn’t uncomfortable enough to talk about - this week we’re also talking about illness and death and how that affects your money. Our guest today is Nora McInerny. She was married to Aaron who died from a brain tumor in 2014. Since then she has written three books, started a podcast, “Terrible, Thanks For Asking”, given a TED Talk and started the Hot Young Widows Club for others who have lost the love of their life. A few of the things we talk about in this episode are sadness, shame, embarrassment, instant gratification and then more sha...2020-03-0943 minMoney Made Easy19: Negotiating Higher Salaries and Women Investing with Tori Dunlap from @herfirst100kTori shares about how she started a business at 9 years old and went on from there to help others learn about money. We talk about entrepreneurship, Instagram and how the ostrich approach doesn’t work. We talk about why negotiations are so important and how our self value is key. She touches on a lot of other benefits in addition to salaries that you can use in negotiations. And we also hear about why ‘LOL I’m so broke’ drives Tori crazy!! Let's listen in!
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2020-03-0453 minMoney Made Easy18: Talking Weddings and Business Advice with Holly GrayHolly creates Colorful Celebrations for Creative Clients with Anything But Gray Events. She shares all about the different levels of service she offers for event and wedding planning. She shares the shocking statistic about how the average woman is widowed at the age of 66. And Holly shares business advice about charging your value and your worth. She also talks about expectations and communication and deciding your top 3.
Instagram - @anythingbutgrayevents
Website - anythingbutgrayevents.com2020-02-2547 minMoney Made Easy17: Wedding Expenses - Angelica Is Getting Married!!Angelica is getting married this Thursday! So this week we talk all about when you should start talking about wedding costs and why. Huge wedding or down payment on a house? Discussing a budget and setting expectations for each the bride and the groom and how to make it a fun experience for both of you is important.2020-02-1837 minMoney Made Easy16: Being Fearless with Money featuring Chelsea Brennan of Smart Money MamasIn this episode we cover a lot of ground. We talk about how it’s important to be encouraging and not have fear around money. She talks about how ‘a little bit better than yesterday’ is better than great one day and ten steps back the next. She shares with us about how financial abuse is the most common form of domestic abuse and how to be aware so this doesn’t happen to you. Self worth does not equal net worth. Always remember you are worthy. We discuss ways to help your kids learn about money at different ages and...2020-02-0645 minMoney Made Easy15: Investing Basics with Amanda HoldenThis week we cover a lot of the Investing Basics - mutual funds, 401k’s, index funds, Roth IRA’s and more! Amanda Holden - @dumpster.doggy - explains in easy to understand language all we need to know to start making our money work for us. Is it a quick and easy money maker? No, but it is an important, dependable way to grow our money over time. It’s also not as hard to learn about all these different types of investments as you might think - especially with Amanda explaining it for us and making it fun to lis...2020-01-141h 03Money Made Easy14: 2020 Goal Setting with Business and Life Coach Lupe PradoWe’re starting this year off right, thanks to Lupe Prado. She recommends starting with a year end review and asking yourself “What did I learn?” Next, give thought to what you want your future to look like. Decide on a word or words to guide you and remind you of what you want this year to be about for you. Set specific goals in a timeframe that feels right for you - quarterly, monthly, weekly and even daily. Come up with some affirmations to help remind you of the direction you want to move. Make a Wheel of Review...2020-01-0752 minMoney Made Easy13: Talking Taxes with Jessica NunnWe talk all things tax forms this week - w2’s, w4’s, w9’s, 1040’s, 1099’s,1065’s, 1120’s, exempt, withholding, swipe right, swipe left - what?!! Jessica Nunn with Skytale Group helps us make sense of it all. Listen, rate, review and share!
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https://www.irs.gov/individuals/tax-withholding-estimator Tax Deadlines: https://yearli.com/deadlines?cmpid=G-329-SL-Y-6&gclid=Cj0KCQiA89zvBRDoARIsAOIePbBYVTnBgfn19GywK1T_jHrgUdqwioWjX8HRFBCbRz35NOmN8F102Z8aAkh6EALw_wcB2019-12-1746 minMoney Made Easy12: Talking All Things Money with Millennial Money Expert Tonya Rapley of My Fab FinanceTonya Rapley is an internationally recognized millennial money expert, mompreneur, and founder of the award-winning site, My Fab Finance. She is the author of the Amazon best-seller, The Money Manual: A Practical Guide To Help You Succeed on Your Financial Journey and co-host of the Colorfull Lives podcast. In 2014, she graced the cover of Black Enterprise magazine and was deemed the "New Face of Wealth Building" and has been recognized as one of the “Top 10 Most Influential Women in Personal Finance on Twitter”.
She created the BanishTheBalance Challenge in 2016 and helped her community eliminate more than $250,000 worth of debt in 60 days...2019-12-1146 minMoney Made Easy11: Save More. Make More. Spend Less. Give More. Enjoy More. Tips for each day!!Start out the last month of the year strong so you can start the new year even stronger. It’s the two of us giving tips for each day of our 5 day challenge!
Day 1 - Save More
Day 2 - Make More
Day 3 - Spend Less
Day 4 - Give More
Day 5 - Enjoy More
Filled with so many ways to put more money and fulfillment in your life.
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www.newyorkathome.com2019-11-2554 minMoney Made Easy09: Building your Business with Jaclyn Johnson founder of Create and CultivateWe’ve got Jaclyn Johnson on the show today. She is the founder of Create and Cultivate - the premier weekend event for women in business. She shares tips on salary negotiation, funding your business, establishing yourself as a brand and she even talks about if being an entrepreneur is right for you. We talk about all the things to create and cultivate your best future and have fun while doing it!
https://www.createcultivate.com/2019-11-1828 minMoney Made Easy08: Budgeting Basics and Beyond with Tiffany The BudgetnistaIn this powerful episode we learn all about how Tiffany was always the one giving money advice to friends thanks to the great job her parents did in teaching her and her sisters about money. Then the recession hit and it hit Tiffany hard. She had to regroup, go back to basics and start over. This is where she learned to bring compassion into the mix. And this is how The Budgetnista was born. Listen in for all of her great advice and learn how to apply it in your own life!!
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2019-11-1149 minMoney Made Easy07: Tips and Tricks to Live Debt Free with Kate from That Debt Free LifeKate Kingsley got serious about paying down her debt a couple of years ago and has now paid down over 6 figures. Super exciting news - she will have it all paid off and be debt free this month!! She shares with us that she will do a "No Spend Challenge" and her whole purpose behind it is to reduce frivolous spending or spending that's not necessary. Listen and find out how she has paid off her debt and how you can too!
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https...2019-10-2350 minMoney Made Easy04: Let's talk about DEBT with Miss Wise of Wise Woman WalletIn this week’s episode, we’re talking to Miss Wise, on Instagram @wisewomanwallet - all the way from China. She has crushed some serious debt and saved a sizable reserve while living there and plans to be debt free in 2020. We’ll hear why she moved to China to get out of debt and some of the things she has unlearned about money and how that can help you too. And no surprise - we talk about money mindset too!! Please snap a screenshot and share it in your stories if you’re enjoying the show!! And of course...2019-10-1544 minMoney Made Easy03: How To Create An Abundance Money Mindset with Lupe Prado CoachingToday we talk to Lupe Prado, a Career, Business and Life Coach. She shares how she looks for things throughout the day to be thankful for and says “abbondanza” as a way to express gratitude for something big or little. Abbondanza is abundance in Italian. We talk mindset, money blocks, ideas for discounts to ask for and affirmations. Lots of good information everyone can benefit from and say abbondanza about. We would love for you to share your abbondanza moments and your affirmations with us too. So join us on Instagram and let’s keep the conversation going!
https://www.instag...2019-10-0737 minMoney Made Easy02: Say Yes To Money And Happiness with Sarah Von BargenWow! This episode with Sarah of Yes and Yes Blog is GOLD - she is living the life of her dreams and not letting money get in the way. In fact, she knows all the deets to get you living the life YOU want and not have to eat top ramen every night or be in loads of credit card debt to do it. She creates the best resources to get you winning at the money game, check them all out on her website at yesandyes.org and @yesandyesblog on Instagram.2019-09-2443 minMoney Made Easy01: The Heart Behind Money Made Easy PodcastIn this week's episode -- OUR FIRST OFFICIAL EPISODE -- we talk about how this podcast came to be and how our money mindsets were established. Tetia and Angelica share their background with money growing up and how it's affected them today! We also talk a little bit about what you can expect in the coming shows. We want you to know we are here to better serve YOU. Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or topic ideas you want to hear!
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Angelica and Tetia2019-09-1627 minMoney Made EasyWelcome to the Money Made Easy PodcastWelcome to our FIRST episode of the Money Made Easy Podcast. This is just a teaser to get your minds and hearts ready for the knowledge we're about to drop! We’re here to talk about all the things! Earning it. Saving it. Investing it. Do you have questions? We do too. And we're here to help find the answers. Join us as we learn all we can about money. We want to make money easy to understand and easy to talk about. We're talking about it all - the good, the bad and the MONEY!! Check back here fo...2019-08-1302 min