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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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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

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The Ultimate Guide to Money Mindset Mastery

If nobody else has already told you this, I will: if your emotions are all over the place, you will never get rich. Period.

Read all those articles on habits of the wealthy, take courses on creating passive income streams, whatever. If you believe deep down you don’t deserve riches, it won’t come to you.

As in, you gotta feel like money is already there for the taking my friend.

As in *ahem* you gotta work on that money mindset my friend.

When you train your mind to believe and get excited about being wealthy, opportunities will show up everywhere. You’ll be more open to try new things, get out of your comfort zone and make what once were hard decisions.

I firmly believe when you master your mindset, you’ll master your money. Here’s a handy dandy guide to help you get started.

psstttt….not sure if you have time to read this from beginning to end? Well you’re in luck, ’cause we’ve turned this guide into a PDF book so you can download and access it anytime. You’re welcome 😉

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Getting Rid of Stuff: Why It’s So Surprisingly Emotional

Once you’ve figured out your finances, that’s it right?

Wrong.

As someone who has been knee-deep in learning to love my finances for a very long time, I still haven’t figured it all out yet.

If someone out there says they do, run far far away from them.

Let’s be honest here. Figuring out your personal finances is an ongoing process. Always. Just because a budget or a spending plan works for you now, doesn’t mean it’ll work for you down the line. Life happens.

Take me for example, I thought I had wrapped my head around the whole emotional side of spending. I have had no desire to purchase frivolous items and have said no to quite a few people because I knew I would end up spending obscene amounts of money around them.

Not the case at all.

When I moved back from living in China for the past 8 years, I had to face a whole new set of challenges. Adjusting to a career which involves staying at home with my son all day. Still being away from friends and family. The exhaustion that came with moving, including where to store, move and ship all those items.

And let’s talk about all that stuff shall we?

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