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Marriage Kids and Money: Personal Finance for FamiliesCan Coast FIRE Survive This Market Downturn?Coast FIRE is when you've front-loaded enough investments to simply coast to retirement without any further contributions. But with this stock market downturn as of late, is the idea of Coast FIRE dead? We'll share how our portfolio is holding up and discuss what to do to keep our Coast FIRE dreams alive.
Second, we’re back with our Net Worth Win segment. This month, we’re featuring Michelle Onaka from Intentional Money Life. Michelle has grown her net worth to $900k by 37 years old. We’ll learn how she did it and how this helps her family...2025-05-0642 min
Sustain Your PassionEp. 54 Intentional Money Moves with Michelle OnakaWant to be more intentional with your money so you can use it to support your dream life? Listen to this episode to find out what Financial Educator, Michelle Onaka from Intentional Money Life, LLC. recommend your first five steps should be. 2024-01-0934 min
Your Business on PurposeE72: Intentional Planning for Financial Independence - A Guide for Business Owners with Michelle OnakaThe concept of becoming "work optional" offers a fresh perspective on traditional retirement. Instead of completely stopping work, this approach gives individuals the freedom to decide whether or not they want to work, based on their financial stability. To achieve this, one can automate their business operations, sell their business, or grow their assets to a point where they no longer rely on income from work.
Michelle Onaka is a highly knowledgeable financial expert and entrepreneur who specializes in providing strategic guidance to business owners seeking financial independence. With years of experience in the industry, Michelle has...2023-11-0827 min
Balance365 Life RadioMember Spotlight - How a Strong Commitment to the Process Helped Michelle Lose 40lbs Episode Overview “Why can I write a thesis and graduate with a Master's degree, but I can’t pass on chocolate?” Meet Michelle Onaka, a thriving financial coach from Oregon, who couldn’t understand how she could accomplish so much, yet still feel powerless against chocolate. Many women are asking themselves the same question every day. In this episode, Michelle shares her journey of overcoming overeating, learning the 'why' behind her nutrition habits, and developing the ability to listen to her body's needs. She goes into detail about her process and emphasizes the benefits...2023-09-2042 min
Keys to Financial ConfidenceBecoming the Person You Want to Be with Michelle OnakaIn this episode, we dive into Chapter 29 of "Keys to Financial Confidence: Unlock Your Best Life" with the insightful Michelle Onaka. We explore the concept of starting to behave like the person you aspire to be, especially when it comes to your finances. Michelle, a passionate advocate for intentional money management, shares her expertise on how our behaviors impact our relationship with money and offers practical steps to begin this transformative journey.
Listen in as we discuss:
Understanding the significance of aligning your actions with your financial goals
Overcoming the challenges of behavior change
Taking the...2023-09-1925 min
Birthful[Birth Stories] Wonderful Water Birth with Strong Fetal Ejection Reflex, with Michelle OnakaMichelle Onaka shares the ups and downs along the way toward having her child, including her fertility journey, then completely gutting their house during pregnancy, and following that up with a fabulous waterbirth. She shares with Adriana how immediate postpartum became a bit of a rude awakening, and how helpful it was to connect with a lactation consultant, a cloth diaper service, to start co-sleeping, and actually learn about how to navigate life with a newborn from a place of confidence (even if you can’t always know what’s going on). Get the most out of this...2023-08-3056 min
Investor MamaHow to Guide A Mom on What To Do with Their Money with Michelle Onaka from Intentional Money LifeEver wonder what you should do with your money? Should you be paying off debt, or contributing to your 401k or saving for your kids' college? Although you may want to be saving for all of these things, you may have limited resources. So how do you know where your money should go? Tune into this week's episode where we interview Michelle Onaka from Intentional Money Life where she shares her priority list of savings and investing. You won't want to miss it!2023-07-2056 min
FirstGenFMEp. 3 - Let's Talk About Money - Credit cards, Investing and Loan payments, oh my! With TRIO Counselor Michelle OnakaSend us a textMichelle Onaka, a recent TRIO SSS academic counselor, instructor, and data coordinator at Oregon State University, talks about engaging students in conversations around money. We talk about how to start conversations, about credit cards and debt aversion, investing, and even making plans to repay loans after graduations. Michelle shares the course she developed and her tools for helping students choose their own adventure by sharing resources from YouTube, blogs, podcasts, and other media. Michelle received her BA in Economics from Ohio University, and her Masters in College Student Services Administration from...2023-07-1136 min
Creative Magic Club - Grow Your Business with High Ticket Sales, Business Astrology, Money Mindset Coaching & Money AstrologySkills to Build Generational Wealth🎙️New Podcast Ep: Skills to Build Generational Wealth Have you ever felt like money management is really overwhelming and like you’re bad at it? Do you ever feel like big money and wealth is something for OTHER families and not something that people like YOU can have access to without a lot of struggle/luck? On this episode of the podcast Michelle Onaka shares the real money management principles that actually produce time freedom and wealth. We unpack this complex and very misunderstoo...2023-02-0927 min
The Money Mindset Podcast#75 Help Paying for College as a First Generation StudentWant to learn the tools and information you need to be strategic with your money when it comes to college planning? In this episode, we really dive into the different types of grants and which situation they best suit. We also cover how the system works and the different options that are available to you.
Meet Michelle!
Michelle Onaka is a mom of two young children, part-time university academic counselor supporting first-generation college students, and founder of Intentional Money Life. She loves to learn, strategize, support others, get into the nitty gritty, systemize, and demystify...2022-08-0848 minThe Money Mindset Podcast#63 Living Your Life With IntentionGetting through college or university with little to no debt sounds like a fantasy right?!
We always associate that process with a mountain of debt that stays with you for a long time. But that’s not the case and we need to work on spreading that knowledge and education to others.
Listen in as Michelle shares her journey of going from college to university, how she studied while traveling and how she was able to do all of these things without racking up a mountain of debt.
Learn what it takes to sp...2022-05-1634 min
The WalkshowPersonal Finance Fundamentals with Michelle OnakaThis week we are exploring the walk of life with creator of Intentional Money Life Michelle Onaka. Michelle creates educational Instagram-sized financial visuals, as well as short 2-4 minute videos that teach fundamental concepts about personal finance such as taxes, investing, and more. Michelle is not a financial advisor and her mission is to teach people the fundamentals so they can make their own decisions equipped with a better understanding. Music by Misha Zarins.Show Links: Michelle's Website: https://intentionalmoneylife.com/Michelle's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intentionalmoneylife/Walkshow Webs...2022-04-0347 min
The Baby Pro PodcastAre You Financially Fit When Raising A Family? With Michelle Onaka From Intentional Money LifeTalking about our finances may be dull or uninteresting for some, although what makes it that is the fact that most things we see for free overwhelm us. Blogs and articles that use terms that we barely understand make us lose interest in understanding finances. In this episode, Michelle Onaka, the CEO of Intentional Money Life, shares her story on how and why she started her company. Shelly and Michelle shared anecdotes of their budgeting experiences when they started having kids. They emphasized how money talk is essential between partners way before they start having...2022-03-3040 min