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Speaking Up Against Workplace Harassment with Ashleigh Evans

Ashleigh recounts three incidents that happened before she left — two of them involved some form of sexual harassment , leading her to leave the Navy (and not necessarily in the best terms). Learn why she is thankful for her financial situation to help her cope with what had happened during her time in the Navy, what exactly happened, why she’s so thankful for a community that helped her get better with her finances, and whether or not she feels she’ll ever have closure over what had happened.

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What You Hear in This Episode:

  • Why Ashleigh felt like she couldn’t speak up at work, even in a more senior role in the Navy
  • What happened to Ashleigh that led her to transitioning out of the Navy
  • Why she had to defer her acceptance to Yale (hint: it wasn’t necessarily by choice)
  • Why her friend ended up calling her to make sure she got the mental health assistance she needed
  • Why Ashleigh may never feel closure over what happened

Resources:

  • Ashleigh’s website
  • 5 Things To Take From The FIRE Movement (Even If You Don’t Want To Retire Early)
  • The difference between FU money and FU, money!
  • Navy ‘gray-zone behavior’ study part of military sexual assault prevention and response effort
  • Study reveals Navy installations carry most risk of sexual assault, but not why
  • The Ultimate Guide to Money Mindset Mastery
  • Emotional Spending Guide
  • Values Based Spending Guide

Music by Donovan Dorrance

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Releasing Negative Societal Expectations on Kids with Miranda Marquit

Miranda Marquit, the founder of Freelance Writers Academy, comes on the show to about how she shifted from parenting from one where she would perpetuate the internalized beliefs she was passed down when it comes to the idea of success. Miranda goes over how she was raised, what her tactics used to be when it came to raising her son, and how she deconstructed her beliefs and most importantly, her relationship with her son to parent in a way that enables him to reach his version of success.

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What You Hear in This Episode:

  • How Miranda grew up and internalized certain beliefs about success
  • How she discovered she was basing her worth as a parent
  • Why Miranda believes your children don’t owe us anything
  • How Miranda changed her relationship with her son
  • What she wants other parents to know about raising independent children

Resources:

  • Freelance Writer Academy
  • Miranda Marquit
  • Your Children Don’t Owe You For Being Born
  • Parents: Your Kids Don’t Owe You Anything
  • Parenting: Raise Independent Children
  • The Ultimate Guide to Money Mindset Mastery
  • Emotional Spending Guide
  • Values Based Spending Guide

Music by Donovan Dorrance

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Losing $5.5 Million Dollars to Inheritance Theft with Emily Guy Birken

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 Emily who, after her dad passed away (and was worth 5.5 million dollars) ended up fighting tooth and nail to ensure that her stepmother didn’t steal all of her and her sister’s inheritance. 

Listen to find out why she was going to allow her stepmother to do whatever she wanted with her father’s estate until one incident which led her to saying “oh hell no!”

She goes into detail about the legal battle, what was in the estate planning documents that allowed her stepmother to spend all that money and how Emily stopped feeling angry so she could finally grieve her father.

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What You Hear in This Episode:

  • What happened so that Emily’s stepmother was able to dip into the money housed in her father’s trust
  • Why Emily was going to let it go until one incident with your stepmother led her to fight for her rights
  • How much Emily spent on legal fees
  • How long it took Emily and her sister to come to an “agreement”
  • Why Emily settled for less than what was “owed”

Resources:

  • Protecting Yourself from Inheritance Theft
  • Trust & Will
  • Do It Yourself Estate Planning – American Bar Association
  • How to Get Free Legal Aid in Your State
  • Why Values Are So Important to Money
  • The Ultimate Guide to Money Mindset Mastery
  • Emotional Spending Guide
  • Values Based Spending Guide

Music by Donovan Dorrance

Filed Under: Podcast

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Financial Risks (and Beyond) When Breaking The Cycle with Cait Flanders

Taking a different path in life is hard – but how do you do it without “ruining” your financial life? How can you take these sorts risks when everyone else around you doesn’t understand (and let’s be honest, aren’t supportive)?

Cait Flanders, bestselling author of ‘The Year of Less’ and her latest book “Adventures in Opting Out” comes on the show to talk about making why changes in our lives that are so scary, how can we navigate changes if nobody else is supportive, and even what if we *gasp* fail.

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What You Hear in This Episode:

  • Why we’re our own worst enemy when it comes to making changes, even if it’s good for us
  • How Cait structured her finances to be able to make various transitions in her life
  • Why hard things are actually good for us in our life adventures
  • What failure really means and how we can start to look for support systems around us when making changes

Resources:

  • Adventures in Opting Out – Cait’s Latest book
  • Cait Flander’s Website
  • The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store
  • Follow Cait in Instagram
  • Why Values Are So Important to Money
  • Removing Money From Your Self-Worth
  • The Ultimate Guide to Money Mindset Mastery
  • Emotional Spending Guide
  • Values Based Spending Guide

Music by Donovan Dorrance

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BONUS: Your Financial Legacy

Yup, we’re talking about your legacy – both financial and beyond. What does that even mean, and why is it so important to think about it right now, or no matter how young or old you are? And what does legacy have to do with “breaking the cycle” of harmful financial or other forms of behavior for yourself and those around you?

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What You Hear in This Episode:

  • Why the popular or “conventional” way of thinking about money mindset is problematic
  • How positive thinking can get you into trouble
  • How to think of money mindset as a shift in perspective
  • Examples of how a different perspective helps in your financial life /
  • 4.5 questions to help you better your money mindset

Resources:

  • How to Leave a Legacy Beyond Finances
  • The Well Lived Life by Lyndsay Green
  • Grieving a Spouse with Daniel Knopp
  • The Ethical Will: Life Is About More Than Your Possessions
  • The Ultimate Guide to Money Mindset Mastery
  • Emotional Spending Guide
  • Values Based Spending Guide

Donovan Dorrance

Filed Under: Podcast, Season 6

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BONUS: A More Practical Take on Money Mindset

This bonus episode explores why the conventional way of thinking about the concept of money mindset is problematic. Like, what does money mindset even mean and can it help us rake in the dough or solve all our money problems? Let’s tackle this, including why money mindsets as the only solution is problematic, and how we can approach it in a more nuanced and effective manner.

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What You Hear in This Episode:

  • Why the popular or “conventional” way of thinking about money mindset is problematic
  • How positive thinking can get you into trouble
  • How to think of money mindset as a shift in perspective
  • Examples of how a different perspective helps in your financial life /
  • 4.5 questions to help you better your money mindset

Resources:

  • Why Values Are So Important to Money
  • Removing Money From Your Self-Worth
  • The Ultimate Guide to Money Mindset Mastery
  • Emotional Spending Guide
  • Values Based Spending Guide

Music by Donovan Dorrance

Filed Under: Podcast, Season 6

By Beyond The Dollar

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Cultivating Self-Trust in Your Financial Life

What does self-trust have to do with your financial life? This episode will show you some specifics  and offer some guiding questions to help you make some small steps to trust yourself to make the best choices in your financial life. disaster?

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What You Hear in This Episode:

  • Why self-trust really helps you decision making in your financial life
  • What it means when you ask others for help or guidance
  • The myth of how self-trust automatically equals making the best choices
  • Guiding questions on how to cultivate self-trust in with your money

Resources:

  • Adventures in Opting Out – Cait’s Latest book
  • Cait Flander’s Website
  • The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store
  • Follow Cait in Instagram
  • Why Values Are So Important to Money
  • Removing Money From Your Self-Worth
  • The Ultimate Guide to Money Mindset Mastery
  • Emotional Spending Guide
  • Values Based Spending Guide

Music by Donovan Dorrance

Filed Under: Podcast, Season 6

By Beyond The Dollar

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BONUS: Giving Money Advice

Giving money advice is touchy territory, but should you do it? As in, if you see a friend or family member enacting behaviors that look like they’re sabotaging their financial life,should you intervene? What about if someone is directly asking you for advice? If so, how can you approach it in a way that doesn’t end up in disaster?

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What You Hear in This Episode:

  • What happens when you offer suggestions and it comes across as unsolicited advice
  • What it means when you check both you and the other person’s intention around advice giving
  • Why accountability is a great alternative to giving advice
  • How to create boundaries around money advice

Resources:

  • The Brutal Truth About Growing a Six Figure Freelance Writing Business
  • Family Expectations in Career Choices With Michelle of Savvy History
  • BONUS: Navigating Tricky Money Conversations
  • Having “The Talk” With Your Parents With Cameron Huddleston
  • The Ultimate Guide to Money Mindset Mastery
  • Emotional Spending Guide
  • Values Based Spending Guide

Music by Donovan Dorrance

Filed Under: Podcast, Season 6

By Beyond The Dollar

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Managing Insurmountable Debt While Sick with Sarah Potter

Sarah Potter comes on the season finale to talk about the time she she had to pay half her salary in medical bills, and how long it took for her to finally get a diagnosis for her debilitating illness. She also talks about why she married her now husband – it does have to do with love, but money was also involved – the shame she felt over her financial situation and why “safe” is her word of the year as it relates to her finances.

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What You Hear in This Episode:

  • How many medical tests and months it finally took for Sarah to get a real medical diagnosis
  • Why she believes her body gave out after dealing with an an abusive ex-husband, a special needs child and managing a business as a single mom
  • How her and her how husband are tackling her insurmountable debt (and which types)
  • What Sarah is doing to feel safe around her finances

Resources:

  • Patient Advocate Foundation – help with medical debt
  • Mother of Marketing
  • Your Color is Red
  • 7 Tips for Merging Finances in Blended Families
  • The Ultimate Guide to Money Mindset Mastery
  • Emotional Spending Guide
  • Values Based Spending Guide

Music by Donovan Dorrance

Filed Under: Podcast, Season 6

By Beyond The Dollar

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Grieving a Stillborn Child With Winter Redd

Trigger Warning: this episode talks about stillbirth and some graphic descriptions of birth.

Winter Redd, host of the podcast Still A Part of Us, comes on the show to talk about how one year ago she and her husband had to bury their stillborn child. She talks about what the costs were – both at the hospital and for the funeral – how she grieved, and how the power of community was the saving grace during such a trying time.

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What You Hear in This Episode:

  • How far along Winter was in her pregnancy when she couldn’t feel her son’s heartbeat
  • What she had to pay in medical costs and funeral bills
  • How a stranger changed how she viewed using money to help her community
  • How Winter wants to remember her son Brannan and the legacy she wants to leave to the world

Resources:

  • The Little Love Foundation (financial assistance for families who need funeral arrangements)
  • From diagnostics to autopsy to burial, stillbirths are alarmingly expensive in America
  • Hospital Costs Associated with Stillbirth Delivery
  • The Ultimate Guide to Money Mindset Mastery
  • Emotional Spending Guide
  • Values Based Spending Guide

Music by Donovan Dorrance

Filed Under: Podcast, Season 6

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