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

Season 5

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Stress-Free Investing with Michelle Waymire

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Investing can be pretty complicated, but it’s not impossible to learn the ins and outs of it so we can retire comfortably. But why so much pressure? Is it because of the complicated jargon in the paperwork that we throw up our hands and say “I give up?”

Michelle Waymire, founder of Young + Scrappy, a specialty practice geared towards serving young investors has been where you are, afraid of looking at the paperwork and making some pretty big mistakes which she shares in this episode.

That’s why Michelle came on, to chat about some of the ways our brain is wired to work against us when it comes to investing, how we can get out of our way and being empathetic to yourself even if you’ve made mistakes in the past.

What You Hear in This Episode:

  • The main difference between saving and investing
  • What the underlying fear is around getting good with investing
  • Mistakes Michelle has made when it came to her old 401k account
  • What you can do before looking at your investing statements
  • How someone can approach learning about investing
  • How someone can commit to investing
  • Tips and tricks to overcome the fear of investing your cash

Questions to Ponder:

  • What do you think you’re really scared of when it comes to investing?
  • What can you commit to when it comes to one small action to do with investing?
  • What’s one hard thing you did that is even harder than investing?

*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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Negotiating Like a Badass With Tori Dunlap

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What goes through your mind when you hear the word “negotiation?”

Are you hesitant? Do you feel like you need to walk into a battlefield and unsheath your sword (hella scary!) or wear a power suit so you look “tough?”

Tori Dunlap wants to assure that it’s not the case at all. In fact, it’s more about a mutual agreement and a conversation you can have as soon as today. She comes on Beyond The Dollar to chat about how to approach negotiations from a mindset standpoint, why using some online resources can backfire on you when determining salary and small tips on how to boost your confidence when negotiating. 

Tori Dunlap is the founder of Her First $100k where she gives women actionable resources to reach their first six figures. Her career started with landing a digital marketing contract worth tens of thousands, and a full-time position as the head of marketing and communications for a global security company — all before she turned 22.

What You Hear in This Episode:

  • Why Tori feels she needs to fight back over sexist comments she used to hear at her old job
  • What the common myths around negotiation are and how we can approach it as a conversation
  • Other ways negotiation can affect your work and personal life
  • How you can start flexing your negotiation muscles
  • Why salary databases like Glassdoor aren’t always accurate when it comes to helping you negotiate for more

Questions to Ponder:

  • What you do in your daily life to practice your negotiating muscles?
  • What will you put in your “brag binder” to psych yourself up at how valuable your skills are?

*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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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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Be a Financial Weirdo with Jason Zook

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Have you ever read or listened to stories of entrepreneurs or high-level executives who seem they can do no wrong? As in, they earn a boatload of money and look super happy, you can’t help but want to be like them?

Like, to the point where you find yourself comparing what they’re doing to where you are, and you think you’re going to be better off chasing someone else’s version of success?

Jason Zook learned the hard way that striving for more wasn’t improving his life. Instead, he decided to “own his weird” by looking within and now he’s happier in his personal and professional life

Jason Zook is a self-described unconventional entrepreneur (I mean come on he got paid to wear t-shirts at one point) who comes on the show to chat about how comparison and not understanding our core values can lead to working the bone to earn more (or whatever people define as “success” in their financial life) and why having an “enough” number is essential for your well being. We dive into how owning your weird can do wonders for your money.

What You Hear in This Episode:

  • Why Jason decided to lean into his weird personality in his business and life
  • What happened when he went all in to “hustle porn” and working 24/7
  • Challenges he’s dealing with when it comes to his new business ventures
  • Why Jason believes in doing your own thing when it comes to money and life
  • What is an “enough” number and why Jason believes we should all strive for it

Questions to Ponder:

  • What is your “enough” number? 

*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