Kate White, author of The Gutsy Girl Handbook: Your Manifesto for Success, offers her advice on negotiating and how being a "good girl" can hold you back. In Mailbag, credit repair services, Facebook scams and tax deductions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 11, 2018•36 min
Sheila Nevins, longtime President of HBO Documentary Films has spent years telling other people's stories. But in this episode she opens up about her own. We have a no-holds-barred conversation on what it was like to be a career-driven woman in the 1970s, the #MeToo movement, her relationship with money, and her feelings about aging. In Mailbag, saving before you start investing, and couples compromising on debt tolerances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Apr 04, 2018•39 min
After paying off $30,000 of debt in two years, Cait Flanders found herself spending too much because she never addressed why she got into debt in the first place. She went on a two-year shopping hiatus and discovered her spending was more emotional than anything else. In her book, "The Year of Less" she chronicles her journey and teaches us to hack our shopping habits for the better. In Mailbag, short-term and long-term investment decisions and lowering your credit card's interest rate. Learn mo...
Mar 28, 2018•34 min
It's time to start approaching each year and decade of our lives more intentionally. We're chatting with therapist Dr. Meg Jay, author of "The Defining Decade" about how to take control, reduce our anxieties and build identity capital. In Mailbag, how to gain more financial power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 21, 2018•35 min
Adam Grant, organizational psychologist, Wharton's top-rated professor and bestselling author offers up his surprising research on originality, including the fact that people who are "idea machines" are more likely to procrastinate, more likely to play it safe and just as likely to feel the same fear and doubt that the rest of us do. In Mailbag, we cover how to raise kids who want to be investors, and why you need a cohabitation agreement if you're moving in with the LOYL. Learn more about your ...
Mar 14, 2018•37 min
In this Bonus Mailbag, questions on tax brackets in retirement, credit cards for business expenses, balancing student loan repayments with retirement savings and getting the whole family on board for an estate planning discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 09, 2018•13 min
When it's likely safe to hand over your social security number, and when it's not. Also, questions on using trust money for student loans and managing finances as freelancers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 08, 2018•12 min
In today’s Bonus Mailbag, we cover Roth IRA conversions, high-yield online savings accounts and loans for flight school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 07, 2018•12 min
Dan Harris, author of 10% Happier and Meditation For Fidgety Skeptics, joins us to talk happiness, meditation and money. He shares how you can train your mind just the way you can train your biceps in the gym. We talk about what to do with the negative voice inside our heads, and he guides us through a meditation at the end. In Mailbag, planning for retirement early and exploring new ways to invest your money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 07, 2018•36 min
In today’s Bonus Mailbag, we answer your questions on entertaining pyramid schemes, exploring retirement plans for small businesses, using savings bonds to repay student loans and buying gold as an investment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 06, 2018•11 min
Mailbag-only episode on financial planners, retirement specialists, HSAs for long-term care and when to pull your credit report in the home-buying process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 05, 2018•11 min
A chat with Gianna Wurzl and Ashley Sumner, founders of Quilt, the new female-only coworking start-up that enables women to work out of one another’s homes. We talk purpose, passion, productivity, matchmaking and why working with other women helps you achieve your personal and professional goals. In Mailbag, credit cards in college, tax scams, and the cost of assisted living. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 28, 2018•42 min
You've all heard the joke, right? Well, we're not laughing, and neither is Joanne Lipman, author of the new book by the same title. (Subtitle: What Men Need to Know (And What Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together.) She's got actionable solutions for closing the salary gap, and tips for how to stand up for yourself and inspire more men to do so for you. In Mailbag, budgeting for healthcare and whether Roth IRAs can double as emergency funds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...
Feb 21, 2018•33 min
David Bach, author of the bestseller "Smart Couples Finish Rich" answers all of your questions on how to handle volatile markets (and trying to time them). We also discuss whether to dip a toe into Bitcoin or one of the other cryptocurrencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 16, 2018•33 min
This week, psychology experts and wife-and-husband duo Suzann Pileggi Pawelski and James Pawelski discuss their new book, Happy Together: Using the Science of Positive Psychology to Build Love That Lasts. The Pawelskis have clued into the fact that how we behave with money can make a big difference in the success or failure of our relationships. Whether you're single, dating, married, divorced or widowed, their wise words can help lead you in the right direction. In Mailbag, HSAs, credit card de...
Feb 14, 2018•37 min
This week we're talking power, purpose and legacy with Pattie Sellers, founder of Fortune Magazine's Most Powerful Women (MPW) franchise and SellersEaston Media. You'll learn the importance of knowing and sharing your story for personal and professional success, and how the "good girls" in us could be holding us back from making important jumps. In Mailbag, extended warranties for new cars, repayment plans for medical bills and first-time investment moves for millennials. Learn more about your a...
Feb 07, 2018•30 min
Closing the gender pay gap is Mika Brzezinski’s mission. As co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and the force behind the “Know Your Value” movement, she shares proven how-to strategies for all women, in every industry. In Mailbag, personal loans, prepaying mortgages and 529s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 31, 2018•34 min
Daniel H. Pink, author of “When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing," says timing is a science — not an art. He shares how we can make systematically better decisions at work, at school, at home — and for our wallets. In Mailbag, retirement catch-up moves and when to take a severance package. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 24, 2018•35 min
At AARP's Family Caregiving summit we had some amazing conversations with bestselling author Lee Woodruff (who cared for her husband, ABC's Bob Woodruff, after he suffered a traumatic brain injury while reporting in Iraq), Sheila Lirio Marcelo, CEO of Care.com (who founded the site as a young working mother with two young children and ailing parents) and actress and activist Holly Robinson Peete (who at 19 years old was the caregiver for her father and, two decades later, for her son with autism...
Jan 17, 2018•50 min
When the worst headache of her life turned into a near-death experience, CNBC’s senior personal finance correspondent Sharon Epperson was forced to stop and reevaluate how she manages her family and career. She’s healthy now, and here to share how she managed, with everything from emergency savings to estate-planning. In Mailbag, lifestyle inflation and how to control it when you receive raises or other windfalls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jan 10, 2018•36 min
Jill Martin and Joy Bauer are my NBC TODAY sisters, and for the past few years, we’ve teamed up for segments to help you with your money, health and organization-related resolutions. And that’s exactly what we’re doing in this episode. In Mailbag, estate planning with a parent and how to handle your 401(k) when your company goes Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 03, 2018•34 min
“Know your worth and then add tax.” Robin Arzon, lawyer-turned-health-and-wellness-influencer, is the bestselling author of “Shut Up And Run,” and the VP of Fitness Programming for Peloton. She gets us focused on our health and wealth so that we can make this year our best one yet. In Mailbag, 401(k) rollovers, financial considerations for caregivers and how to prioritize credit card debt with building emergency savings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 27, 2017•31 min
Are you happy at work? Does your job excite you? Does it make you feel fulfilled? Does it make you feel like you have a purpose? This week Kathryn Minshew, CEO & founder of TheMuse.com, tells us how to find more joy and fulfillment in our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 20, 2017•34 min
Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from 2006 to 2011, Sheila Bair steered the agency through the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and was the woman responsible for the successful safekeeping of $6 trillion of Americans’ savings. Her leadership earned her the nickname the “new sheriff of Wall Street.” We discuss the lessons all of us can take away from the last recession. In Mailbag, how to find a financial planner and remove a delinquency from your credit report....
Dec 13, 2017•34 min
With over a million charities in the United States alone, figuring out where to direct your money can be an overwhelming decision. How will your donation line up with your values and goals? How will it change the world? They're big questions, but we've got answers from Katherina Rosqueta, executive director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy. In Mailbag, questions on car deals, 401(k) rollovers, stock options for kids, and year-end tax planning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...
Dec 06, 2017•36 min
Kathleen Burns Kingsbury, wealth psychology expert and author of the book “Breaking Money Silence,” says that in a world where money can grant self-worth, power, respect, freedom and even love, there can be prices to pay for money silence. In Mailbag, we talk building money confidence, choosing an online bank and picking the right credit-monitoring service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 29, 2017•37 min
Before you do any shopping this week — either in-store or online — take 35 minutes to listen to this episode. We're with Dan Ariely, professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University. He discusses his book, Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter, and answers: Why does paying for things often feel like it causes actual pain? When is a sale not really a sale? In Mailbag, investing in your early 20s and how to broach estate planning with your parents. Le...
Nov 22, 2017•39 min
A follow-up chat with fellow financial journalist Stacey Tisdale. We discuss feminism, race, resilience and entrepreneurship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 15, 2017•37 min
In this Mailbag-only episode, we're talking about taking on a mortgage in retirement, buying a new car, using rewards credit cards strategically and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 10, 2017•18 min
When we shut off the lights and can’t shut off our brains, what should we do? This week, we sit down with Nancy H. Rothstein, The Sleep Ambassador, to discuss why our sleep is suffering, how to turn it around and why doing so is in our finances’ best interest as well. In Mailbag, we talk personal loans, where to keep emergency savings for the best returns, and traditional and Roth 401(k)s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 08, 2017•34 min