Your Financial Maven®
Your Financial Maven®, a Gold Award Winning Podcast, is hosted by Samantha Mittman Besnoff, CPA. It will challenge you to change the way you think about and understand money to be more financially empowered and less stressed. As Your Financial Maven® I will be bringing you my insights and expertise as well as through my guest interviews. It’s important to think about the psychological aspect of how our upbringing and experiences change how we make spending and financial decisions. I’ve spent almost 30 years in the accounting world in various areas and that is why I am known as Your Financial Maven®. Hosted and Produced by Samantha M. Besnoff, CPA Edited by Kris Zarnoch of KMZen Creative Music Written, Composed, and Performed by Daniel Shore
Episodes
It's the end of the year and you need to make sure your planning for taxes whether you are a small business or individual. In this episode, I give some overviews related to what you need to know. I will be back in January/February with some more updates as it relates to the new tax law and any other tax changes.
Wishing you all a Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!!
In this episode, I sit down and chat with Tina Coleman about Empowering Women 50+ to Reinvent, Thrive & Live Boldly and how understanding our money is part of that. She is the author of "50 Fabulous and Fuckable" and shares her journey to how she became a voice to help women 50 and over become empowered.
Her Call to Action: https://beacons.ai/transformbecourageous
This link takes listeners to my main hub where they can...
In today’s episode, I sit down with Jen Fizer, CEO of MKB, where they provide CFO and bookkeeping services. Jens background spans, startups, and multimillion dollar organizations. She loves to say that she specializes in turning the messy financials into clarity, cash flow, and profitability. Our conversation was filled with great information and talking about what she likes to quote “Cash in, Chaos out.”
You can find Jen here: webs...
Join me in my latest episode where I sit down with Shari Rash, Wealth Advisor, Speaker, and Podcast Host of "Everyone’s Talkin’ Money"—an award-winning, New York Times–Top 4 personal finance podcast. We had a great conversation about, you guessed it, Money. And not just about money but how to provide money mindset for Women. Shari blends financial strategy with money mindset to help women, families, and entrepreneurs ditc...
In this episode I sit down with Linda Grizely, Motivational Speaker, Financial Educator, and Realist with a Heart. Linda helps women who feel behind—financially or emotionally—reconnect with their self-worth and start making money decisions that actually reflect who they are and what they want. She is the creator of MeMoney™. She has a no-fluff approach to growth, became the foundation of her signature framework—a mindset-first ap...
Here is part 2 with Therese Nicklas, Certified Financial Planner™, Certified Money Coach(CMC)®, and Certified Success Principles™ Coach. Therese empowers mid-life executive and entrepreneurial women with smart strategies to build a new big, bold life with certainty, clarity, and confidence. She’s passionate about inspiring women to reach their full potential by helping them design a life they love, filled with joy, purpose, and bal...
In this episode I sit down with Therese Nicklas, Certified Financial Planner™, Certified Money Coach(CMC)®, and Certified Success Principles™ Coach. Therese empowers mid-life executive and entrepreneurial women with smart strategies to build a new big, bold life with certainty, clarity, and confidence. She’s passionate about inspiring women to reach their full potential by helping them design a life they love, filled with joy, purp...
A new tax law was signed on July 4th and this episode is Part 2 of the OBBBA. I will share what we know so far for Small Business Owners and some important takeaways.
You can find more information on the OBBBA here: IRS Guide to OBBBA
You will find a summary of the OBBBA facts for Small Business Owners here under the Small Business Tab.
Feel free to reach out to Your Financial Maven® at www.yourfinancial...
A new tax law was signed on July 4th and this episode is Part 1 of the OBBBA. I will share what we know so far for individuals and some important takeaways.
You can find more information on the OBBBA here: IRS Guide to OBBBA
IRS has released the tax inflation adjustments for 2025: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-releases-tax-inflation-adjustments-for-tax-year-2025
You will find a summary of the OBBBA facts here under the Individual ...
As Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners, we sometimes feel like maybe we are alone in this, but you not! I sit down in this episode with Melinda Jackson, a Grammy and Emmy Award-Winning Publicist about understanding your business as an entrepreneur and about the public relations business. Melinda shares her money story and the dichotomy between how she learned from both her Mom and Dad. She takes an "untraditional approach ...
Part of Understanding our Money is to pay attention to Eldercare. Join me in my latest episode as I am joined by Amy Friesen, Eldercare Trailblazer Expert and Bestselling Author of "BreadCrumbs." Amy is the co-founder of Tea & Toast Company that "takes the overwhelm out of senior living decisions, through bold ideas, fresh strategies, and an ever-growing library of helpful content." Our chat provides some g...
Do you want to feel "Financially Free?" Check out my latest episode where I sit down with Coach and Author Paul Craan. He is an author of two books: "How to Be Financially F.R.E.E!" and "Go From Boring to Brilliant!" Paul has been helping professionals for the past 15 years improve their presentation skills and also helping clients live a financially stress free life. He has a passion for helping othe...
Having a conversation about money mindset is so important. Join me in my latest episode where I sit down with Dr. Renée Baker, DBA, RCC™ who is an award-winning serial entrepreneur, economic empowerment advocate, community leader, and dynamic speaker. Our conversation talks all about money and how we have to remember to keep a positive view about it. Financial Literacy month just ended in April, but that doesn't mean we should...
We need to learn to love our Money. My latest guest, Julia Carlson, Business Strategist sits down with me to chat about her latest book " Money Loves You" and about our money mindset. Julia is an Award Winning Entrepreneur, Top Financial Advisor, Esteemed Author And Podcast Host. She has over 27 years of experience helping families and business owners with their wealth management and financial planning needs.
You can find...
Why Branding Isn't Optional. Showing up without it is like leaving your house naked. In my latest episode, I sit down with Kathryn R. Smith, a Business Consultant and talk all about why branding isn't optional and why its so important to have it. Starting somewhere is the first step, you don't need to jump all in on the branding.
Kathryn is an Ecommerce Consultant and is the Founder of Walton Birch and Co-Founder of B...
Do you run a small business? Do you do your own accounting and sometimes wonder if you got it all figured out? It's okay if you don't and outsourcing your accounting maybe the way to go. Join me in my conversation with CEO of Fully Accountable- Rachel Phillips as we talk about outsourcing your accounting. She is the founder and CEO of Fully Accountable, an outsourced, full-service, cutting-edge accounting firm that provi...
Tax Debt can be really scary if you not sure what to do. I sat down and had a fantastic conversation with Morgan Q. Anderson, EA all about Tax Debt and that "There is Always a Solution." This is a Part 2 of 2 of our fun and exciting conversation about what you need to be aware of when it comes to Tax Debt.
You can find Morgan here: https://www.goldenliontaxsolutions.com/founder.php
In addition check out what Morgan is off...
Tax Debt can be really scary if you not sure what to do. I sat down and had a fantastic conversation with Morgan Q. Anderson, EA all about Tax Debt and that "There is Always a Solution." This is a Part 1 of 2 because the conversation was amazing and enlightening.
You can find Morgan here: https://www.goldenliontaxsolutions.com/founder.php
In addition check out what Morgan is offering to you my listeners: "As a token o...
It's 2025 and Tax Season is here. In this minisode, I give some insights and tips for Individual Taxpayers.
IRS Resources:
www.irs.gov and you can also check out the IRS News too
Get Ready to file your 2024 Taxes
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It's the last day of 2024 and for Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs, I leave you with my final Do You Know Your Money Minisode!
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YFM wants to hear from you! Feel free to leave any money insights, questions, tips, or stories you may have. I cannot wait to hear from you: YFM Wants to Hear from You!
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