From Debt to Financial Freedom: How Nurse Naseema McElroy Paid off a Million Dollars of Debtand Became Financially Intentional

Are you feeling stuck and overwhelmed with your finances?  In this episode, I chat with Dreamer Naseema McElroy, who proves that there's nothing you can't learn if you put your mind to it.

Naseema shares her journey from being a labor and delivery nurse, earning six figures but living paycheck to paycheck, to becoming more intentional about her finances, paying off close to a million dollars of debt and building generational wealth.

Naeema now has a six-figure side hustle and is thriving on her path to financial freedom.

So, tune in and learn how to build wealth intentionally. You won't want to miss this one!

In this episode, Naeema discusses:

• How to build wealth intentionally
• What it takes to build a successful side hustle while having a six-figure job.
• Normalizing money conversations with children.
• How she paid off close to a million dollars in debt.
• The importance of having a good social circle influence.
• The debt snowball method and Zero-based budgeting
• How financial freedom allows her to be an advocate as a labor and delivery nurse for Black women who experience higher maternal mortality 

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TOPIC POINTS

• How being a single mom urged her to be financially intentional [3:20]
• How she accumulated a million-dollar debt [4:51]
• Importance of a good social circle influence [13:06]
• Advocating for fighting against the black maternal mortality crisis [17:19]
• Managing house expenses in a high-cost state [19:54]
• Normalizing money conversation with children [21:18]
• Building wealth is creating a plan to invest in necessary things [25:03]
• The biggest takeaway is to understand debt and leverage [26:40]

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