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Frugal Friends Podcast

iHeartPodcasts and Jen Smith & Jill Sirianniwww.frugalfriendspodcast.com
Controlling your spending is hard to do. On every episode of Frugal Friends, we'll try to help you gain a little more control on one aspect of the countless directions your money is being pulled toward through frugality and a few laughs. If you're trying to save money, spend less, adopt minimalism, pay off debt or reach financial independence, we think you'll like the show.

Episodes

What to Do if You Have More Debt Than You Make in a Year

Debt is already overwhelming as it is but more so when it’s higher than what you make in a year. In this episode, we’re walking you through some practical steps to take, things to consider, and some truths about debt and income that will combat the lies your head might be telling you, so you can take to get on track toward becoming debt-free. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3SXeVuY 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/ebook 📣 Submit y...

Mar 24, 202348 minEp. 295

Frugal Living Tips For Spring

Spring is in the air and so it's time to get your finances in order! Let’s embrace the season by taking advantage of some ways of frugal living and saving up. So sit back, relax in your PJs, and grab a tea as Jen & Jill enumerates plenty of unique tips for frugal living and cleaning your finances for spring. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3F0q4pc 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/ebook 📣 Submit your bill of the week and get a ...

Mar 21, 202346 minEp. 294

Frugal Side Hustle: Cleaning Business with Ken Carfagno

Starting a cleaning business is inexpensive that's why it’s one of the fastest-growing industries since the pandemic struck us. We often don’t hear about cleaning businesses as much as the popular side hustles that are digital, but for those who are drawn into hands-on side hustles, this one’s for you! Listen as we talk and deep dive into setting up your own cleaning business as a side hustle with Ken Carfagno. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! bit.ly/3ZekcAz 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBo...

Mar 17, 20231 hr 6 minEp. 293

The Science of Simplicity & Your Money

Simplicity goes a long way. Do you know that adopting simplicity in your life can help you free up more money for what matters most to you, improve your relationships, and your health? In this episode, let’s take a few minutes to discuss the science of simplicity, its benefits, and how you can simplify your life to spend less. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3IrXldJ 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/ebook 📣 Submit your bill of the ...

Mar 14, 202357 minEp. 292

What To Do If You Have Nothing Saved For Retirement

Age doesn’t matter, especially on the topic of retirement. If you feel like you have nothing saved or you’re starting late on saving for your retirement, don’t worry, we’re here to give you practical tips and encouragement on your journey. In this episode, we're covering what may happen if you haven't saved for your retirement yet and how to make the most of your investment and ensure a comfortable retirement even if you're starting late. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3ZdIfzi 📑 Ge...

Mar 10, 202354 minEp. 291

Going Plant-Based on a Budget With Toni Okamoto

Many people think going plant-based IS expensive, but we’re here to challenge this misconception. A significant portion of our income goes to buying food, and many of you are interested in eating healthy while being conscious of your spending. In this episode, we delve into eating a plant-based diet while on a budget together with Toni Okamoto. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! https://bit.ly/3KsFJRC 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/ebook 📣 Submi...

Mar 07, 20231 hrEp. 290

Is it OK to Have a Car Payment? & How To Avoid an Auto Loan

No one was spared from how the pandemic changed the landscape of many industries, one of which is the reality of buying a car. In this episode, we recognize and acknowledge the current landscape of car payments and what we can do to become wise and discerning in pushing through an auto loan. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3XGsDTN 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/ebook 📣 Submit your bill of the week and get a shoutout from us http...

Mar 03, 202352 minEp. 289

Budgeting as a Contractor, Tipped, or Self-Employed Income Earner

A lot of people believe that the more you work, the more you make money. But we only have a limited capacity to do so. Self-employed individuals, small business owners, side hustlers, and those who want to start up a business, WE HEAR YOU. We all know how tricky budgeting can be when your income is irregular. So in this episode, we’re talking about the nuts and bolts of why you should budget and how to deal with your irregular income. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3XwieK9 📑 Get ou...

Feb 28, 202348 minEp. 288

Eat Healthier & More Affordably with Cassy Joy Garcia

Eating healthy should be manageable and easy, so we want to make it easier for you. A classic episode wherein we slice and dice eating more nutritious and affordable food with Cassy Joy Garcia. Cassy’s approach to meal prepping makes it attainable for you who may not have all the time of the week! 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3XuX7bk 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/ebook 📣 Submit your bill of the week and get a shoutout from u...

Feb 24, 20231 hr 1 minEp. 287

Should You Try a No-Spend Challenge?

We love no-spend challenges for what they can do, but we hate no-spend challenges when done poorly. The no-spend challenge may not be for everyone so hopefully, by the end of this episode, you can get an insight into whether or not you should do a no-spend challenge by looking at its benefits, dangers, and arguments against it. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3jRfN7q 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/ebook 📣 Submit your bill of the...

Feb 21, 202351 minEp. 286

How Your Parent's Finances Affect You And What to do Next

Money can be a tough subject to talk about but it's time to open up the discussion about the relationship between our parent's finances and the money habits we have today. In this episode, we encourage our frugal friends to embrace the awkward yet meaningful conversations about how our parent’s finances have shaped us and how we can continue to make smart decisions with our own money. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3Yy8gc5 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www...

Feb 17, 20231 hr 1 minEp. 285

How to Hack Your Next Vacation with Chris Hutchins

Planning your next trip? If you want to save money on your next vacation and don't want to use credit, you're going to love this episode with Chris Hutchins! We're going to talk about some simple hacks that can help you save huge on your next vacation that goes beyond finding cheap flights, travel reward points, and hotel costs. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/40nhb1Q 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/ebook 📣 Submit your bill of th...

Feb 14, 20231 hr 1 minEp. 284

Frugal Parenting Mindset Shifts

How can we take care of our kids while also modeling the things that will be beneficial for our future lifestyle? It’s not easy to instill a frugal mindset while being a parent, as you will have to consider your children in every decision you make. This episode goes deep diving into the benefits of a frugal lifestyle and how we teach them to our kids. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3XWqiF5 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/ebook 📣...

Feb 10, 202359 minEp. 283

Regaining Motivation When You Don't Feel Like Caring About Money

Motivation is elusive yet a sought-after feeling for most of us. Stop blaming yourself when you feel your motivation has depleted, that’s completely normal! This episode is all about working with our psychology (not against it) and figuring out how we can get back in control of our emotions so we can start making progress toward our financial goals. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3WLqwxy 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/ebook 📣 S...

Feb 07, 20231 hr 3 minEp. 282

How to Curate a Life With Less Stuff And More Intention with Christine Platt

Liberate your life by living less and being authentic. This episode is one of our most watched and anticipated interviews from our first Frugal Living Summit in 2021. Christine Platt also known as the ‘Afrominimalist’ shares with us how choosing authenticity and living less isn’t just liberating but how less IS liberation. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/40jntQi 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/ebook 📣 Submit your bill of the week...

Feb 03, 202350 minEp. 281

How to Take Care of Your Clothes (No sewing necessary!)

If you buy new clothes frequently, you might want to consider how you have been taking care of them. In this episode, we are talking about preserving the longevity of your clothes more than mending them. We’re also taking a closer look at taking care of your clothes without sewing. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3H5A8xm 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/ebook 📣 Submit your bill of the week and get a shoutout from us https://www.fr...

Jan 31, 202351 minEp. 280

Tips to Avoid Impulse Spending

Our habits can get the best of us and affect our spending intentions. As we end the first month of the year, we're sharing with you some ways to interrupt those impulse spending habits and tips to get to know ourselves better on why we circle back to them. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3WlN9bB 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/ebook 📣 Submit your bill of the week and get a shoutout from us https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/bil...

Jan 27, 202346 minEp. 279

Frugal Side Hustle: Salesforce with Brad Rice

You might have heard about Salesforce in the past without knowing much about it. It’s not just about tech nor it is solely about sales as this industry is actually quite in demand and significant within businesses. Together, let’s unravel the hidden gem of this side hustle that can take you to the top quicker than you can imagine. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3ZIGds4 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/ebook 📣 Submit your bill of ...

Jan 24, 20231 hr 6 minEp. 278

Is Hygge The New Frugal?

Coziness to us always meant the winter season, a fluffy blanket and a warm cup of coffee but the concept of Hygge begs to differ. We’re happy to wrap and warm you up in this most requested episode about ‘Hygge’, what it means, putting it into practice and how this aligns with frugality and financial independence. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3GFVi4Q 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/ebook 📣 Submit your bill of the week and get a...

Jan 20, 20231 hr 1 minEp. 277

Which Debt Should You Pay Off First?

It can get confusing and overwhelming when deciding which debt you should pay off first. In this episode, we talk about finding out the strategy and plan that is the best fit for you. There are standards and nuances where you can change the order of paying your debt so we’re here to talk about both— and you might even find the best one somewhere in the middle of the standard! 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3WXtvDX 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfr...

Jan 17, 20231 hrEp. 276

Understanding Your Workplace Retirement Accounts with Delyanne Barros

Only a few people fully understand their workplace retirement accounts: 401(k), 403(b), and 457(b). Retirement accounts can be quite intimidating to be dealt with but each of them is very similar and important. Together with our good friend, Delyanne Barros, let’s talk about the differences between these accounts and what you should do with yours, how yours differs from another one, and having multiple accounts. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! https://bit.ly/3k1Y6lj 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal L...

Jan 13, 202359 minEp. 275

How to Align Your Spending With Your Values

Values-based spending is not new in the Frugal Friends Club as you may have heard us mention it innumerable times before. In this another foundational episode, allow us to take you through the deeper aspects of values-aligned spending such as knowing how to identify it, putting them into practice, and making sure your spending is truly aligned with your values. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3vH8H7F 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.co...

Jan 10, 202358 minEp. 274

Why You Keep Self-Sabotaging Your Budget (& How to Stop!)

Sometimes we find ourselves stuck in a cycle of doing things we don’t intentionally want to do and to make things worse, we think we’re incapable of breaking it. We may not have all the answers for you but this episode will surely have you questioning yourself, spending habits, why it happens and how do you keep track of it. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3Ii0u1m 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/ebook 📣 Submit your bill of the we...

Jan 06, 202358 minEp. 273

Managing Money the Lazy Genius Way with Kendra Adachi

What matters to you the most right now? As we enter another year of new beginnings, we reassess once again our values and priorities to align them with our new year’s resolutions. Starting our year with a bang as we had a talk with Kendra Adachi whose philosophy and systems were aligned with the Frugal Friends and offered great insights on the “Lazy Genius Way” to adopt in managing money. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3WvnsGm 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https:/...

Jan 03, 20231 hr 4 minEp. 272

The Best Money Saving Tips For 2023

Starting to feel that dreaded holiday spending hangover? No matter what your December looked like, January is the opportunity for a fresh financial start. If you're looking to pay off your credit cards fast or just do better with money this year The Frugal Friends are here with our Best Money Saving Tips For 2023 and beyond. In this episode, we're not regurgitating overused tips you can find on Google, we're talking about the four most significant changes you can make this year to save thousands...

Dec 30, 202254 minEp. 271

Top Financial Lessons Learned From 2022

History does repeat itself and there’s not a lot you can do to keep it from happening other than knowing what to do and how to prepare for it. This episode will cover our Top 4 Financial stories of 2022 and what they have taught us as it has been another unique year for our finances. Let’s reflect, have a deep dive and learn as we go back to some of the financial news we’ve heard throughout this year. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! http://bit.ly/3PImfc7 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook ...

Dec 27, 202249 minEp. 270

Listener Special: Your Burning Questions

Here’s a spicy and flaming hot gift from us to our dearest Frugal Listeners! Every year, Jen and Jill answer the burning questions you have set for them. The questions may get specific as we go through each of these 6 questions for this listener special episode. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! https://bit.ly/3PuGwBU 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/ebook 📣 Submit your bill of the week and get a shoutout from us https://www.frugalfriendspodcast....

Dec 23, 202258 minEp. 269

Why Paying off Debt is Important & Attainable

It’s never too late to start making your goals for the new year! We’re here to inspire you to make paying off your debt one of your financial goals for 2023. In this episode, your Frugal Friends Jen and Jill reiterate and emphasize some of the reasons why you should get out of debt and that it is not just to ease your financial burden but also, your overall well-being. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! https://bit.ly/3HxIOOX 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendsp...

Dec 20, 20221 hr 4 minEp. 268

Frugal Friends Book Club: 4 Books to Kick off the New Year

Books can be our turn for escape, rest, knowledge and tangible tools that open us to an endless of opportunities and possibilities. Here are 4 books you may want to read as we enter a new chapter of our lives in 2023 with a strong-willed frugal mindset. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! https://bit.ly/3BgtQJ2 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/ebook 📣 Submit your bill of the week and get a shoutout from us https://www.frugalfriendspodcast.com/bill-...

Dec 16, 202256 minEp. 267

Sustainable Minimalism & Frugality with Stephanie Seferian

Frugality intersects with so many things but our personal trinity in the Frugal Friends would be Frugality, Sustainability and Minimalism. The convergence of this trinity not only talks about managing money but also the lifestyle we can aim and aspire. Join us as we do a deep dive with Stephanie Seferian about “the trinity” and how they align to live your best frugal life. 🎙️ Get full show notes here! https://bit.ly/3W2i9O0 📑 Get our FREE Modern Frugal Living eBook here! https://www.frugalfrie...

Dec 13, 202258 minEp. 266