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796: Tracy Matthews, Founder of Flourish & Thrive Academy Oct 17, 2018

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Today’s guest is going to share how to recover - and thrive - after losing everything.

At one point, Tracy Matthews had a successful handmade jewelry business, earning over $1 million in annual revenue. You could find her jewelry in over 350 stores internationally and worn by celebrities like Halle Berry, Orlando Bloom, and Kate Hudson. But, Tracy grew the business fast and made mistakes. In 2009, she made the difficult decision to declare bankruptcy and close shop.

The story has a happy ending. Tracy once again has a thriving custom jewelry business. She’s learned from all her failures and now teaches other aspiring jewelry designers how to grow successful businesses through her Flourish & Thrive Academy.

On the show: How did she pick up the pieces after her bankruptcy? And how *does* a jewelry designer grow a business in today’s market?

To learn more about Tracy Matthews, visit FlourishThriveAcademy.com, and follow the academy on Instagram @Flourish_Thrive.

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795: Dr. Bonnie Koo, Physician and Founder MissBonnieMD Oct 15, 2018

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How does a six-figure income turn into six-figures of debt?

Our guest Bonnie Koo was making six-figures by age 23 working on Wall Street. A career pivot into medicine quickly changed all of that when she attended medical school and took on $200,000 in student loans. She also racked up about $20,000 in credit card debt.

Bonnie, now a dermatologist, is on the other side of that money story. She’s since taken control of her financial life, she’s paid down the debt and has launched a site helping other professional women and doctors master their money.

Bonnie blogs at MissBonnieMD.com. She also co-hosts a podcast called Friends Talk Finance.

She shares the exact moment she decided to get serious about money. The book that helped her turn her financial life around...and a unique way to think about retirement planning that won’t make your head hurt.

To learn more about Dr. Bonnie Koo, please visit www.MissBonnieMD.com and follow her on Instagram @MissBonnieMD.

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794: Ask Farnoosh: I have extra income. What should I do with it? Oct 12, 2018

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This week on Ask Farnoosh ....Weighing the costs of graduate school, finding money for a start-up, optimizing extra income, and financial advice for physicians. So Money listener Lydia Benham joins the show to help Farnoosh answer your money questions. Lydia is an entrepreneur in the fintech/blockchain sector who's been investing since she was 25!

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793: Jenn Edden: Sugar Addiction Expert Oct 10, 2018

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Our guest today is in the midst of selling her belongings and packing her family of five into an RV, spending the next year traveling the country.

Today’s guest is Jenn Edden. She’s a sugar addiction expert, author and empowerment coach who helps female entrepreneurs learn how to increase their energy through proper nutrition. She is the author of Woman Unleashed: the highly sensitive woman's guide to radiant energy, unstoppable confidence and a 21 day plan to kick sugar's hold on you!

Lately, she’s become more interested in helping families and children overcome their sugar addictions and that is what sparked the big move.

Over the next year, Jenn, her husband and three children will be going from state to state to visit schools and universities to educate kids and young adults about healthy eating.

Jenn arrives at this major transition knowing a thing or two about being brave. She is a former medical school drop out and a survivor of a near-death home explosion. She’s got her handle on her health AND her finances. Hear how she and her husband did the math to figure out if they really could just afford to travel the country for a year with their kids.

To learn more about Jenn, follow her on twitter @JennEdden and visit her website, www.jecoaching.com. Her book Woman Unleashed is available on Amazon.

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792: Suze Orman, Author of Women & Money Oct 08, 2018

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Suze Orman is here!

This interview is probably one of my favorites for a lot of reasons. It was fascinating to hear Suze's views on women and money today and learn if they've changed over time. You may have thought Suze was enjoying retirement. Well, she's left...at least, temporarily, inspired since the #MeToo movement to relaunch a new and improved edition of her best-selling book, Women & Money.

This is going to be a little bit of a different format than typical episodes on the podcast. You will hear from me, as well as Adam Auriemma, the editor-in-chief of Money Magazine, who invited us to join a panel with him to share our thoughts around women and money. For the full video ov, head over to money.com.

Check out more of Suze's work at www.suzeorman.com. Her updated book Women & Money is available here.

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791: Ask Farnoosh: Financial Planning for a Special-Needs Child Oct 05, 2018

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Farnoosh, what are your thoughts on 0% financing offers for new cars? Is hiring a financial advisor a waste of money? How best to plan for a child with special needs?

Joe Saul-Sehy, host of Stacking Benjamins co-hosts. Joe is taking his show on the road and is in the midst of a 3-city tour. He'll be in Kansas City on October 9. Get the full tour schedule here: www.stackingbenjamins.com/tour

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790: Karen Bergreen: Stand-Up Comic Oct 03, 2018

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If you’ve been following me on Instagram or get my newsletter, you might know that I recently took stand up comedy classes here in NYC at Manhattan Comedy School. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do. It scared the heck out of me...so naturally, I had to try it. My next performance is TONIGHT at Gotham Comedy Club at 7pm, actually. And so I thought who better to have on So Money today than my comedy school teacher, comic Karen Bergreen.

Over the past decade, Karen has been keeping audiences laughing all across the country. She’s been on Comedy Central, the Oxygen Network, VH1, The View, and LIVE at Gotham.

She’s also an author of two fiction books, Perfect is Overrated and Following Polly: A Novel. She and I talk about the highs and lows of being a female stand up comic, growing up in New York City when people *didn’t* want to be labeled as “rich.”..and Karen’s transition to comedy...She graduated from Harvard, and went on to law school. How and why she pivoted is where we begin the conversation...

To learn more about Karen, visit KarenBergreen.com or find her on Twitter @KarenBergreen.

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789: Angela Duckworth, Author of Grit Oct 01, 2018

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Would you consider yourself gritty?

Grit is being able to pursue long term goals, even if that pursuits take years. Grit is when you view your life like a marathon, not a sprint. Grit is when you don’t consider a failure an end point. And, today’s podcast guest is the world’s foremost expert on grit, and she’s here to tell us how we can get more of it and why it’s so important.

Today, I’m welcoming Angela Duckworth to the show. She is the New York Times best selling author of the book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance...now in paperback. She’s a psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned her PhD, and she’s the Founder and CEO of Character Lab, a non-profit that helps use psychological science to help kids thrive.

Angela and I discuss how grit can be learned, her financial perspectives formed as the daughter of immigrant Chinese parents, Eastern versus Western parenting values...and we explore the plot of the hit book and movie Crazy Rich Asians.

You can learn more about Angela by visiting her website, www.angeladuckworth.com and www.characterlab.org and follow her on Twitter @angeladuckw.

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788: Ask Farnoosh: What should I do with my money and career BEFORE having kids? Sep 28, 2018

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Special co-host Jamila Souffrant, founder of Journey to Launch, is back on the show, this time co-hosting and helping answer a wide range of questions from So Money listeners.

Today's questions: Is it better to make an additional principal payment on a mortgage each month or invest in an index fund? What to do when you're in your 60s with no savings or retirement? What can a professional woman in her late 20's - who wants children one day - do to prepare best for the time and money constraints of parenthood?

To learn more about Jamila, visit JourneytoLaunch.com. You can also follow her on Instagram.

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787: Claude Silver, Chief Heart Officer of VaynerMedia Sep 26, 2018

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Ever wish there was someone at your company, whose job is to enhance your well-being, happiness and fulfillment at work?

Today I’m welcoming Claude Silver to the show. She is the Chief Heart Officer for Vayner Media, the powerhouse media company created by none other than Gary Vaynerchuk, who is also a bestselling author and by many accounts, one of the most recognized entrepreneurs in the world.

As Chief Heart Officer, Claude she has a very special job, and is responsible for improving and inspiring Vayner Media’s 800+ employees. Her role is to help nurture the amazing culture at Vayner Media and ensure it’s a place where all employees feel at home. Don’t we wish more companies prioritized this?

Growing up, Claude wanted to either be a philanthropist or a movie director, but at the heart of it all, she just enjoys helping people. Today we’ll talk to this inspiring woman about how she landed this unique job title, the book that changed her life and how she tries to, as she says, "light people up at work each day."

You can follow VaynerMedia at VaynerMedia.com and follow Claude on Twitter @claudesilver.

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