Welcome to 2025! It’s a New Year and it’s also a Presidental transition year which means we’re all wondering where things may be headed this year economy-wise. A little trepidation is always expected anytime a new President is due to take office, but Americans are feeling especially uncertain about how President-elect Trump’s decisions may have a ripple effect on our personal economies. Kathryn Edwards , PhD Economist shares how the US economy is really doing and what it could mean for our walle...
Jan 08, 2025•46 min•Ep. 457
Is one of your New Year's resolutions to finally hire a financial advisor this year but unsure of where to start? We hear you. That’s why we’re bringing back this special mailbag episode with Pam Krueger, founder and CEO of WealthRamp, to tackle all your burning questions about financial advisors. From finding a fiduciary you can trust to navigating minimum asset requirements, we’ve got you covered. CHAPTERS: 02:00 Key questions to ask a financial advisor 07:00 Advisors and tax professionals: bu...
Jan 03, 2025•27 min
Today we’re diving headfirst into a question that has sparked both inspiration and existential angst for centuries: Finding your purpose. It’s a daunting idea, isn’t it? Purpose can feel abstract, elusive, and ever-shifting — something we’re constantly chasing but rarely confident we’ve fully grasped. Dr. Jordan Grumet, author of The Purpose Code: How to Unlock Meaning, Maximize Happiness, and Leave a Lasting Legacy has answers — and thankfully they’re not as complicated as you might think. CHAP...
Jan 01, 2025•48 min•Ep. 456
Today we’re bringing back our episode with Melissa Bernstein, co-founder of the renowned toy company Melissa & Doug, to discuss the critical importance of mental health. Melissa opens up about her decades-long battle with anxiety, depression, and existential despair, sharing how she learned to channel her struggles into light and creativity. We explore why so many women feel isolated, the power of self-acceptance, and how to build authentic relationships. Learn more about Jean Chatzky's mult...
Dec 27, 2024•35 min
This holiday season has been….stressful. And if it feels like you’re feeling more holiday stress this year than your male partner, you probably are. A 2023 poll from Yahoo News and YouGov found that 43% of women said their level of stress and anxiety increases during the holidays (compared to 32% of men). Resiliency and stress expert Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe shares her top tips for entering the New Year with less stress. Because when we’re less stressed we have more space to manage our needs (inc...
Dec 25, 2024•47 min
Did you know we’re spending over 11% of our disposable income on food—the highest amount since 1991? It’s time to take control of our grocery bills and find joy in the kitchen. That’s why we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes with New York Times food columnist Melissa Clark , author of Dinner in One, and over 40 other cookbooks. Melissa shares her genius tips for cutting down on time and effort in the kitchen while maximizing flavor. From one-pan wonders to her philosophy of simplifying ...
Dec 23, 2024•21 min
As 2024 comes to a close, it’s time to take control of your money and set yourself up for an even better 2025. How to do it? We’ve got nine actionable steps from HerMoney CEO Jean Chatzky. From rebalancing your investment portfolio after a booming stock market year, to making sure your cash is earning its keep in high-yield savings accounts, we share how to optimize your money. Takeaways: Gains in tech stocks may have caused your asset allocation to shift, increasing risk. Rebalancing protects y...
Dec 20, 2024•16 min
It’s a record-breaking year for holiday travel with AAA reporting that almost 120 million people will travel 50 miles or more to spend this holiday season with the people they love. If you’re one of those people traveling to spend to holidays with your parents or your partner's parents, may we suggest doing a little Swedish death cleaning while you’re there? No, it’s not as morbid as it sounds (and, if done right, it shouldn’t put a damper on your holiday spirit). Psychologist and Swedish death ...
Dec 18, 2024•46 min
The holidays are the perfect time to show gratitude to the people who make our lives easier, from housekeepers and hairstylists to restaurant servers and babysitters. But figuring out how much to tip — and how to fit it into our budgets — can feel overwhelming, especially with inflation making everything more expensive than it used to be. We’re bringing back this episode with Barbara Sloan , founder of Tipped Finance and author of Tipped: The Life-Changing Guide to Financial Freedom for Service ...
Dec 16, 2024•24 min
Many of us spend decades saving for retirement. But what happens when it’s time to spend those hard-earned dollars…how do you make them last? On the most recent episode of Your Money Map , our bi-weekly show with the Alliance for Lifetime Income, we talk about all things decumulation with the pros — Christine Benz, Director of Personal Finance and Retirement Planning for Morningstar, and David Blanchett, Research Fellow with the Alliance for Lifetime Income Institute. If you like this episode an...
Dec 13, 2024•39 min
The charitable giving landscape in 2024 is a tricky one. Because the truth is, Americans have become less generous in the last few years. Vox has gone so far as to say we’re in the middle of a “generosity crisis,” and fewer than half of us now give to charity on an annual basis. So, how can we make sure our favorite nonprofits continue to thrive? And how can we know what type of donations and philanthropic efforts will have the most impact? Nancy Brown , CEO of the American Heart Association sha...
Dec 11, 2024•44 min•Ep. 453
In this inspiring throwback episode, we sit down with Kyle Taylor , founder of The Penny Hoarder , a personal finance blog turned multi-million-dollar media company. Kyle shares his journey from being $50,000 in debt to building a business he eventually sold for $100 million. We discuss how to identify and monetize side hustles, maintain financial accountability, and avoid burnout while growing a business. You may even come away ready to launch a business of your own! Takeaways: Creative side gi...
Dec 06, 2024•18 min
We are almost at the end of 2024, and many of us are looking to the New Year as a chance for a much-needed fresh start. Now is a great time to reflect on the past 12 months and set some big goals — financial and otherwise! — for the year to come. And if you’re looking for advice on how to get a new job, you aren’t alone. Erin McGoff , better known as “Advice with Erin” on TikTok shares her playbook on how to get a job in 2025. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Reflecting on 2024 and Setting Goals for 2025 07:00 H...
Dec 04, 2024•48 min•Ep. 450
Today we are bringing you a mailbag question about retirement benchmarks, you know the ones: You want to aim to have one times your salary by age 30, three times by age 40, six times by age 50, eight times by age 60, and 10 times by the time you retire. These benchmarks are fabulous, but they're also not personal. Listener Tiffany joins us to ask how pensions, retiring early, and Social Security factor into these benchmarks. Learn more about our Finance Fixx program here . Use code PODCAST for a...
Nov 29, 2024•17 min
The holidays are right around the corner, which means the holiday “shopping season” is now in full swing. And while we love scoring a good bargain on just about everything, we score the best deal when we just don’t buy the thing in the first place. Shira Gill, an expert on minimalism, intentional shopping, and living your values shares how to stop ourselves from buying the thing BEFORE we buy the thing, and how to get creative with gift-giving, with heartfelt items that will mean a heck of a lot...
Nov 27, 2024•44 min•Ep. 450
Are you marking your calendars for Black Friday and Cyber Monday? So are we. It looks like shoppers are expected to spend more than ever this year — around $1,700 a person according to Deloitte . We thought it would be fun to bring our pals Jill Sirianni and Jen Smith, cohosts of the Frugal Friends podcast, and the new book: Buy What You Love Without Going Broke: Transform Your Spending and Get More of What Money Can’t Buy back on the show to answer all of your shopping questions. CHAPTERS: 00:0...
Nov 25, 2024•31 min
We’re so excited to reshare this episode with Leanne Brown , New York Times bestselling cookbook author of Good and Cheap: Eat Well on $4/Day ahead of Thanksgiving. We get into how it's possible to eat healthy while saving money and her favorite pantry and freezer winter recipes from everything toasts to hearty stews. Chapters: 00:00 Leanne Brown’s journey 06:19 “Good Enough” cooking 14:16 Favorite recipes and pantry essentials 20:01 Navigating rising grocery store prices Takeaways: Simplify mea...
Nov 22, 2024•27 min
Thanks to modern medicine, the average life expectancy has been on the rise for decades now, and women now have as much as a 15% chance of making it to their 100th birthday. So while our parents may have planned for closer to 20 years in retirement, we need to save and invest for closer to three or even four decades. Deb Whitman, Chief Public Policy Officer at AARP and author of “The Second Fifty” joins us to talk about how to prepare financially, and otherwise, for the second half of our lives....
Nov 20, 2024•40 min•Ep. 450
It’s clear there’s one thing HerMoney listeners can’t get enough of — retirement. There’s truly an endless amount to explore with this topic because whether you’re 65 or 25, we know the best time to start strategizing is NOW. And there’s one person that we turn to again and again for retirement advice, specifically when it comes to IRAs — Ed Slott . He's a CPA, a nationally recognized IRA distribution expert, and a best-selling author. This week, Ed was kind enough to join us again to tackle som...
Nov 18, 2024•24 min
We’re revisiting one of our most popular conversations with author and human performance expert Brad Stulberg , exploring what it means to achieve success without compromising your well-being or personal values. Brad explains how shifting from a traditional "if-then" mindset to a values-driven approach can help you find fulfillment, avoid burnout, and improve your life. Whether you’re aiming to make a career shift, reduce stress, or rethink your approach to investing, this conversation is packed...
Nov 15, 2024•33 min
What does the future of remote work really look like? Recently, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy mandated that employees must return to the office 5 days a week. So did Elon Musk for employees of both Tesla and X, which made us wonder: Are our remote or hybrid roles going to go the way of the dodo sometime soon? Nick Bloom , Stanford Professor of Economics weighs in on what the future holds for remote work, and how to get ahead in a remote or hybrid position. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 07:00 The Future o...
Nov 13, 2024•45 min•Ep. 449
If you listened to this week's episode with Michelle Singletary, personal finance columnist at the Washington Post, you know just how smart she can be about saving and investing, for her goals and for her family's long-term goals. You probably also won't be all that surprised to learn that a few years ago, she achieved something many of us can only dream of. She woke up one morning and she found that she had the elusive perfect credit score of 850. Listen in to hear how she did it. Chapters: 00:...
Nov 08, 2024•19 min
Getting older is pretty incredible. And that’s not just our opinion — lately, on the HerMoney podcast , we’ve been talking to some amazing women who have shown us that getting old is actually a life-affirming experience. We recently chatted with Tamsen Fadal on reinventing your career in your 50s. There was also Gwen Bounds , who took up Spartan Racing at age 47, and Bonnie Hammer who started a family in her 40’s. These women have shown us that there’s no timeline for accomplishing all of your d...
Nov 06, 2024•46 min•Ep. 448
We are right on the eve of what is going to be a truly pivotal election. And this year, more than many others, it seems there's a unique urgency in the air. At least part of that is because each candidate has pledged to make changes to critical facets of American life — including to our personal finances. Catherine Rampell, nationally syndicated opinion columnist at the Washington Post , joins us to dissect the issues and how the 2024 election can impact the broader financial system (and our per...
Nov 01, 2024•32 min
Every week on the HerMoney podcast, we talk about how to get control of your money, and in most cases, that means getting in control of your spending and knowing exactly where your money is going. Having this knowledge is so important because the truth is that many of us may be sabotaging ourselves financially. Sarah Newcomb , applied behavioral scientist at Edward Jones, and the author of Loaded: Money, Psychology, and How to Get Ahead without Leaving Your Values Behind, joins us to talk about ...
Oct 30, 2024•52 min•Ep. 447
If you listened to our episode with Sabrina Corlette, founder of the Center for Health Insurance Reforms, you are already armed with the information that you need to make a decision about which healthcare plan you want to choose when open enrollment rolls around.But no matter which one you choose, it's also inevitable that at some point you are very likely to receive a medical bill that you didn't expect. That's where negotiation comes in. Our guest today, Braden Pan, founder and CEO of Resolve ...
Oct 25, 2024•30 min
It’s that time of the year again: yes, it’s spooky season, but it’s also time for open enrollment. This year, it’s absolutely essential that we do a thorough review of all our health insurance options, and make sure we’re choosing the best plan for us — without paying a penny more than necessary. Sabrina Corlette, research professor, founder, and co-director of the Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) at Georgetown University shares the mistakes she wants you to avoid when choosing a health...
Oct 23, 2024•42 min•Ep. 446
Today we are bringing you a mailbag with listener Amy. She’s in her early 40s and she is wondering if she should hit the brakes when it comes to saving for retirement because of the other things on her plate. She's working on paying down credit card debt and she wants to be able to afford to move into a nicer home. So, what's the order of operations here? We’ll dive into some timely advice for her. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to Financial Priorities 02:57 Understanding Current Financial Situati...
Oct 22, 2024•17 min
Every year during hurricane season, we see that many of you have questions about how to lower the cost of homeowner’s insurance. And we get it — it’s so difficult to know exactly which policies are right for your specific property. Ben Keys , the Rowan Family Foundation Professor of Real Estate and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, shares how to know how much coverage we really need, and walks us through the steps to take to get a better deal on our policies. Chapters: ...
Oct 18, 2024•27 min
We know that aging is a privilege, but there is still so much negativity wrapped up with aging — particularly for women who are still thriving in their careers. There’s perhaps no greater blow than to be made to feel we’re “past our prime” just when we finally hit a point in life where we have more clarity and more to offer the world than ever. Tamsen Fadal, "The Midlife Mentor" on Instagram, joins us to talk about what she’s letting go of now that she’s in her 50s, and the misconceptions we all...
Oct 16, 2024•36 min•Ep. 445
