Money You Should Ask

In this episode, Bob joins Entrepreneurs, Authors, speakers, financial mentors, Mark Lancia and his wife Mihaela Jekic to discuss their journey in creating a meaningful life.

Mihaela has gone from losing everything during the Bosnian civil war to earning a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering, founding multiple companies, and performing twice on a TEDx stage. She’s passionate about helping women business owners become profitable and thr...

Are you ready to live the Fired Up Epic Life? Then listen in as Bob talks with LIVETHEFUEL founder, Scott Mulvaney. Scott escaped the corporate life drag in 2009. As a corporate employee turned Wildland Firefighter, and now a Marketing Entrepreneur, Podcaster, and Author, Scott channels his health nut, adrenaline junkie energy into everything he influences.

Scott often thanks his transformative two years serving as a former Hotshot...

Are you allowed to enjoy your money or does making money come at a cost?

Bob connects with Judith Gruber, LCSW, CCEP, founder of Money and Self-Empowerment Co. to discuss the relationship of money and emotions. Judith and Bob share some parts of their own money-relationship story.

Judith believes that the journey of the soul is a healing process that restores energy and consciousness to the individual, which promotes creativity, se...

Whitney was a Marketing Manager in the corporate world when she found out she was pregnant with her second child. Wanting to spend more time with her kids, she scoured the internet looking for ways moms could make money from home. After months of searching with no luck, Whitney r...

Do you invest in your relationships? You should. Cultivating connections pay the best dividends. Financial guru, Fredric Steck, and our resident tax guru, Bob Wheeler, chat about the emotional and economic benefits of nurturing and maintaining sustainable personal and business relationships.

Our guest, Fredric Steck, is the former Managing Director of leading global investment banking and securities firm Goldman Sachs and retired i...

Have you laughed today? Twin sisters and laughter champions, Rachael Siegelman and Sarah Routman chuckle with Bob as they share the health benefits of implementing laughter into your life as a daily habit to help manage physical and emotional stresses. Laughter is the best medicine.

Rachael, a recovering lawyer, endured high doses of stress in her life. After re-evaluating her physical and emotional health, she trained with Sarah a...

How do emotions play a role in your career path? In this episode, Bob engages with Artist, Maggie Davis. She shares her
perspective on being an artist as well as the real barriers women face in the arts. She shares valuable information on trusting and following your passion.

As a 5 year old, Maggie began to draw and that never stopped. After investing time, money and belief in herself, her artistry grew to what it is today. Deep do...

Money You Should Ask has hit its 100th episode. Host, Bob Wheeler invites our first ever guest and fellow comedian Vicki Barbolak back to the hot seat as Bob and Vicki chat about the whirlwind changes in her life after appearing on AGT in 2018 and our first episode of MYSA.

Vicki was a voted fan favorite and was a top 10 finalist on Season 13 of NBC's America's Got Talent. Since then, Vicki has embarked on an international ...

Scott Henderson, Accredited Financial Counselor, educator, blogger and money mentor joins Bob to chat about his life journey in attaining #FinancialIndependence through financial literacy and simplifying finances and money.

At an early age of 8, Scott's childhood was turned upside down. From the outside looking in, Scott's family had it all, a luxurious home and a lavish life. But it was a superficial lifestyle built on deb...

Elliott Lester is an award-winning commercial, film, television and music video director and producer. He began his career as a music video and commercial director in the UK. After numerous life adventures, Elliott finally settled on calling Los Angeles home. Some of Elliott's film credits include: Love Is The Drug, Blitz, Nightingale, Containment & Aftermath.

Elliott's father's motto was "go out and live." ...

In this episode, Bob chats to financial mentor, blogger, podcast host, and author, Chris Mamula. Chris, set to follow the traditional path of work, save, retire and play, realized waiting to retire at 65 was not appealing. Chris questioned his assumptions of life and educated himself on investing, saving and tax planning, and with a little motivation and persistence, he found financial independence at 41.

Now, he draws on his exper...

House hacker, real estate investor, entrepreneur, financial mentor and podcast creator, Andrew Kerr chats to Bob about the misconception that having a college degree equals success in career, life, and money. Sure, it may give parents bragging rights, but can you have a prosperous life without going to college? Ask Andrew.

After spending six and half years working in banking, Andrew moved into the nonprofit sector. He loved his job...

On this weeks episode, Susan Liverpool shares with Bob some of her financial journey as a single mother, registered nurse, poet, author and a creative force. She pulls back the curtain on her childhood on Chicago’s Southside. She opens up about the painful realization that as a black child, attempting to have a voice might get you killed, affirmed by the assassination of Martin Luther King. She talks about the struggle of trusting ...

On this episode, Bob chats to school teacher and financial blogger, Jamie Griffin. After realizing the $100,000 of combined student loan debt with his wife, created too much stress in their life, and knowing that teaching careers would not make them instant millionaires, Jamie started his first budget to achieve their dream of starting a family. They learned how to budget, made some lifestyle changes and paid off all their debt wit...

Leisa Peterson, CFP® is a coach, educator, podcast host and founder of WealthClinic and author of the new book "The Mindful Millionaire." Leisa helps people elevate their financial consciousness by realizing their true potential in creating financial security for themselves.

Leisa spent 25 years working in personal finance and real estate development, doing "the right thing" while separately engaging in mindfulness ...

Bob Wheeler & holistic practitioners Laura Matsue & Bernhard Guenther discuss the energy of money and how spirituality and money are interconnected. Laura & Bernhard share their perspective that money is fuel, allowing them to be of service without being drained, financially, or emotionally. They reveal that their journey to a healthy relationship with money was not immediate and not initially on the radar. Listen in as...

David Bennallack joins Bob for a conversation about financial life lessons. David is an Emmy award-winning writer, producer, and news director. David is a two-time recipient of the National Edward R. Murrow award for news reporting. In his 40 year career in local journalism, he has also been honored by the Associated Press in Texas, Ohio, Georgia, Arizona, and New Mexico; as well as the Texas Headliners, Press Club of Dallas, Houst...

Writer, playwright, screenwriter, and founder of the financial blog, Literally Broke, Scarlett McCarthy, chats to Bob about how she now consciously manages her money as a creative artist. In 2019 Scarlett paid off 15k in debt on a 35k salary and became passionate about sharing her financial lessons along the way. And it all started with a simple spreadsheet listing out her debt when she realized that something had to change.

Scarle...

In this episode, Bob chats with entrepreneur, Toni Patillo. She is a real estate broker, a motivational speaker, educator, blogger, radio host, positivity influencer, and an all-round mover and shaker.

Toni began her career in production, working for Dick Clark Productions and Motown Records. She advanced into negotiating intellectual property and later in life shifted her attention to negotiating real property, where she founded T...