So Money with Farnoosh Torabi
Host Farnoosh Torabi is an award-winning financial strategist, TV host and bestselling author. So Money brings inspiring money strategies and stories straight from today's top business minds, authors and influencers. What was their financial journey and how do they master their money today? Hear from inspiring individuals and learn about their financial philosophies, wins, failures and habits. Plus, their secret guilty pleasures. On Fridays, tune in as Farnoosh answers your biggest questions about money, career, guests, you name it. Submit your question for Farnoosh at www.SoMoneyPodcast.com.
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May 7, 2021 • 31 min
This week, Farnoosh answers listeners questions about when is the 'right' time to start getting ready to buy a home, what to do with an old TSP retirement account, the truth about financial advice on TikTok and how to get over the fear of investing.
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May 5, 2021 • 34 min
Are you sensitive? Well then guess what - you have a superpower, says guest Melody Wilding, author of the new book Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions at Work. Wilding draws on decades of research and client work to examine the intersection of sensitivity and achievement in the workplace and offers neuroscience-based strategies you can use to reclaim control of your life and reach your full potential. Trust ...
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May 3, 2021 • 37 min
Guest Melissa Houston shares how she secretly racked up over $100,000 in credit card debt, the day she confessed to her husband and her emotional road to recovery.
More about Melissa: She?is a Certified Professional Accountant and a Business Finance Coach with over 20 years of professional experience.??Melissa?coaches entrepreneurs to become confident with managing the cash in their business so that they make their business more pr...
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It's a jam-packed Ask Farnoosh Friday with questions related to President Biden's tax change proposals, whether it's OK to paint your house versus pay off student loans, how to curb the impulse to spend on outings and vacations once you're vaccinated and finally, advice for investing in art.
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April 28, 2021 • 38 min
Our discussion around women and wealth continues with guest Rachel Rodgers, founder of HelloSeven and author of the the highly anticipated book We Should All Be Millionaires (out May 4). In her book Rachel teaches women how to make the kind of money that will give them the authority to make meaningful changes in their communities and close the opportunity gap that exists today. It’s not just about being wealthy, it’s about having a...
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April 26, 2021 • 31 min
Guest Catherine Alford shares advice from her new book, Mom's Got Money: A Millennial Mom's Guide to Managing Money Like a Boss, an instruction manual to help moms use the skills they already possess to become extraordinarily confident managers of their money.
More about Catherine: She is a nationally recognized financial educator who started her business with a $10 domain name and grew it into a multifaceted, six-figure di...
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April 23, 2021 • 31 min
In this week's Ask Farnoosh, one listener, who is close to erasing $100,000 worth of debt, wonders how to now move onto her savings goals when she's so exhausted from her debt payoff. Another listener wonders how high-earning women invest (or should invest) their money, and is there any benefit to keeping all of your investments at one brokerage? Farnoosh weighs in.
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We are in conversation with an entrepreneur named Canada’s Most Admired CEO in the growth sector. Kirk Simpson, is the co-founder and CEO of Wave Financial, an accounting software business, that was recently acquired by H&R Block for over $500 million CAD.
Like many founders, Simpson's journey didn’t come without its share of struggles and financial hardships. And today in this climate of economic difficulty and struggle fo...
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April 21, 2021 • 36 min
What compels us to spend on certain brands over others? Guest Leslie Zane runs Triggers Brand Consulting, the first female-founded brand consultancy in the U.S..
A Harvard Business School graduate, Leslie is known in the industry for her expertise in applying brain science to branding. She was the first person to include a man in an advertisement for a baby care product. Farnoosh and Leslie discuss the "triggers" that get u...
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April 19, 2021 • 38 min
We're discussing dating, finding love and the economics of today's modern romances with Jon Birger, author of Make Your Move: The New Science of Dating and Why Women Are In Charge. Farnoosh and Jon discuss the perils of dating apps, the best places to find love today and why we ought to redefine the idea of an "equal" partner.
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April 16, 2021 • 38 min
Did you read the article in New York Magazine this week about the young woman who made $6 million in her start=up company's IPO? And how she's very, very troubled by it? Farnoosh and co-host Georgia Lee Hussey, founder of Modernist Financial, analyze the situation! And answer your money questions including: Should I finance IVF? and What's the best investment for a 20-something earning a steady paycheck?
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April 14, 2021 • 32 min
Jannese is a nationally-acclaimed Latina Money Expert, Educator, Speaker, Writer and Business/Wealth Coach. She became an accidental entrepreneur after a job loss led her to create a successful Latin food blog, Delish D’Lites. Now, she helps her clients and listeners build successful online businesses that allow them to pursue financial independence and freedom. Jannese is on a mission to educate marginalized communities on topics ...
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April 12, 2021 • 36 min
Entrepreneur and writer Rachel Sklar joins the podcast to share the behind-the-scenes of selling her company The Li.st, a global community of high impact women in media, technology & entrepreneurship, why being a single parent has proven to be her greatest joy in life and Rachel's experience buying and selling bitcoin.
Learn more about Rachel and her work at RachelSklar.com. You can follow her on Twitter and IG @rachels...
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Listeners ask about how to best afford moving to a more expensive city, splitting rent when you earn less than your partner and how to get more comfortable with spending. Guest co-host is Brittney Castro, CFP and Founder of Financially Wise Inc.
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April 7, 2021 • 36 min
Though nearly half of working women in the United States are now their household's main breadwinner, most women still aren't raised to think like breadwinners. Financial expert Jennifer Barrett wants to change that. In her new book THINK LIKE A BREADWINNER Barrett aims to break barriers down and help close the gender gaps—in wages, wealth and leadership—for good.
More about Jennifer: She is the Chief Education Officer at Ac...
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April 5, 2021 • 32 min
At a time when we are more physically distant than ever before—how can we reverse the growing trends of disconnection to forge meaningful connections in business and in life? Guest Susan McPherson is the author of THE LOST ART OF CONNECTING: The Gather, Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful Business Relationships.
In the book Susan argues that we need to foster value-based connections by going back to basics. Technology she says, ...
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April 2, 2021 • 30 min
This week's Ask Farnoosh answers listeners questions related to paying off student loans and whether it's OK to invest at the same time, what to do with a $10,000 cash bonus from work, maybe invest in crypto? And what's wise: buying or leasing a car? Farnoosh weighs in.
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March 31, 2021 • 34 min
Tiffany Aliche, aka The Budgetnista, is back on So Money, sharing insights from her new #1 bestselling book Get Good with Money: 10 Simple Steps to Becoming Financially Whole.
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Guest Charlie Grosso is the founder of Hello Future, a nonprofit organization that bridges the education gap for adolescent refugees. The organization teaches the essential skills needed to become entrepreneurs and community leaders, starting with digital literacy and basic digital skills and later, storytelling, media literacy, critical thinking, problem-solving and financial literacy.
More about Charlie: She is Chinese-American a...
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March 29, 2021 • 23 min
Happy Monday! Delivering a special BONUS episode, in partnership with Fannie Mae, providing timely advice and support for struggling homeowners and renters impacted financially by COVID-19. The pandemic has hurt so many millions of Americans from being able to pay their bills, including their housing payments. It’s been especially challenging for people of color who have been disproportionately impacted economically.
Joining to pro...
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