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Deep and Honest Conversations About How Money Affects Our Well-Being

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Uncoupling Your Finances with Nicole Antoinette

Nicole Antoinette, host of Real Talk Radio, comes on the show to talk about her experience going through the uncoupling process, where her and her ex sat down with homemade vegan pizza while mapping out how they were going to divide their assets on a Google spreadsheet.. We go over why navigating paperwork was fairly messy even though what they went through was Nicole calls the “easy version” of divorice (*hint* it had to do with the house). She also chats about some of her concerns post-divorce, her reason for embracing the van life for now and her hopes moving forward.

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What You Hear in This Episode:

  • Why Nicole and her ex decided to separate
  • What were some of the first conversations after agreeing to a divorce
  • How open Nicole was talking about money
  • How it was both easy and hard for Nicole to uncouple her finances
  • What prompted her decision to move into a van
  • What Nicole is still trying to figure out as far as her finances go

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Music by Donovan Dorrance

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Having “The Talk” With Your Parents With Cameron Huddleston

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Serious question – what if your parents had dementia, or alzheimer’s or some other condition where they can’t rely on themselves. As in, they need your help, including their finances? What are you going to do about it?

Cameron Huddleston was forced to talk to her mom about her finances when she started showing visible signs of Alzheimers. The good news you heard is that she got all the paperwork in order, including getting enough money for long term care. 

Cameron is an award-winning journalist and author of Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk: How to Have Essential Conversations With Your Parents About Their Finances. We chat about her experience becoming the power of attorney of her mom’s finances, how you can approach talking with your parents about how they’re going to handle their golden years all the way to the nitty gritty of the paperwork involved.

What You Hear in This Episode:

  • Why Cameron was hesitant to talk to her mom initially about her finances
  • How Cameron approached the conversation about estate planning and power of attorney with her mom (and suggests you do the same)
  • What the consequences are if you don’t approach your parents about their finances
  • How to start the conversation (hint: it has nothing to do with the numbers)
  • Where you can find resources and help to write a will, healthcare directives and power of attorney

Questions to Ponder:

  • How can you start the conversation about money with your parents?
  • When can you schedule a meeting with your siblings before you approach your parents?

*remember, let me know in the comments below your answers! If you’re a social media person, come find me on Instagram (@beyondthedollar) and send me a DM or comment on any one of my posts. I read every single one!

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*Thanks to Donovan Dorrance for the awesome theme music

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Handling Work Conflicts Using Emotional Intelligence with Razwana Wahid

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Today’s guest is Razwana Wahid, a trainer specializing in conflict management using strategies from the world of psychology and neuroscience. We chat about how to effectively use emotional intelligence in the workplace so that you can effectively be happier at work and maybe increase your income to boot. Razwana also goes deep into tools to start feeling good about your work situation now and how to keep going even when you may not like your job.

What You Hear in This Episode:

  • What the heck emotional intelligence means and how it relates to our work and our financial lives
  • What Razwana thinks are some of the main reasons we feel unmotivated or resentful of our jobs — whether or not our jobs actually suck
  • How empathy plays a role in emotional intelligence and to use it to improve your work situation
  • Tips and tricks to use emotional intelligence to navigate your financial life (including a super practical way to increase your salary!)
  • Why it’s important to be self-aware and using that to create boundaries in our work and money
  • What is intrinsic motivation what does it have to do with emotional intelligence?

Questions to Ponder:

  • Go back to an emotionally charged situation at your job or any aspect of your financial life. What would you do differently now that you know a bit more about emotional intelligence and how you can articulate yourself better?
  • What can you do to feel less responsible for someone’s financial actions, or something your coworker did at work?

*remember, let me know in the comments below your answers! If you’re a social media person, come find me on Instagram (@beyondthedollar) and send me a DM or comment on any one of my posts. I read every single one!

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*Thanks to Donovan Dorrance for the awesome theme music