Michelle Bobrow is a podcast listener and the founder of the Holistic Wallet. She started out working in the financial industry with a job she took on to pay off her student loans and got to experience predatory financial behavior and how these behaviors exhibited by certain financial industry players set people up to fail unless you beat them at their own game. She also found that traditional financial advice didn’t work for her despite being careful with her spending because the traditional ad...
Sep 10, 2018•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode of the podcast, my guest is Vickii Onabolu and she’s an incredible baker from the United Kingdom. She also happens to be one of my best friends and I’m honored to have her share her business story on how she transitioned from managing her baking business on the side while working a full time job to becoming full time business owner and pursuing her dreams of baking the incredible cakes that she’s known for. On this episode Vickii shares: - How she got into baking - What it took f...
Aug 23, 2018•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s episode is all about fashion and style on a budget! I thought it would be a great idea to lighten things up by discussing something we all want to do everyday and that’s looking and feeling good. To have this conversation with me today, I’ve brought in an amazing style expert and friend of mine. Her name is Janie Medley and she’s the fashion and lifestyle blogger (and also the incredible florist) behind Medley Style. Janie inspires women of today to not only shop smart, but to shop their...
Jul 30, 2018•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s episode is in partnership with Thrivent Student Resources (https://www.thriventstudentresources.com) which is a thriving hub of tools and resources related to helping you achieve your college dreams with as little debt as possible whether you’re going to a trade school, local university, vocational school or any other form of higher education. And the reason why I was interested in doing this collaboration to talk specifically about student loans is because the student loan crisis is rea...
Jul 19, 2018•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Elin is a purpose-driven business leader, author, entrepreneur and podcast host who believes in the power of story to elevate brands and individuals. She’s the CEO of White Knight Productions a company that produces video content for businesses, she also has her own podcast called “Ready, Set, Grit” - a podcast that inspires people to live their lives on purpose. In addition, Elin is passionate about entrepreneurship and helping others and her vision is to create a virtual ecosystem where entrep...
Jul 15, 2018•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast I'm sharing more insights to my life and background and who I am to do what I do particularly around pursuing my personal goals and building the Clever Girl Finance platform to help other women. Enjoy listening!
Jun 29, 2018•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bobbi Rebell is a Certified Financial Planner and the host of the Financial Grownup podcast. She is the author of the best-selling self-help and personal finance book called “How to Be a Financial Grownup: Proven Advice from High Achievers on How to Live Your Dreams and Have Financial Freedom”. In addition, she’s a keynote speaker, conference emcee, brand ambassador and a moderator. She’s also an award-winning TV anchor and personal finance columnist and has worked at Thomson Reuters, PBS (Night...
Jun 28, 2018•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Adrienne Garland is the CEO and Founder of She Leads Media, a media and marketing consultancy dedicated to enhancing the visibility and influence of women entrepreneurs and leaders around the world. The mission of She Leads Media is to inspire, educate and showcase women as the leaders we are through in person conferences, events and an online community. And on this episode Adrienne and I have a very honest conversation about our experiences in our past careers and our journeys so far in busines...
Jun 24, 2018•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode I'm sharing how I've simplified my finances by automating things despite my inconsistent income and how not automating was causing me to drop the ball around my savings and investing especially because I have so many things going on and what you can do if you are experiencing something similar. I'm also sharing an update on the progress I've made with the Clever Girl Finance book :) As a reminder (or if you haven't already), stop by the show notes pages for the detailed blog post...
Jun 11, 2018•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Meet Art Steele. Art is an estate planning and intellectual property attorney who has been practicing law for nearly 10 years. She left corporate America to launch her own law firm in 2014 and recently founded ArtSteele.co - an online resource that provides creatives with simple legal solutions. She is dedicated to helping creatives legalize their business through the information she provides on her blog. What we discussed on this episode: - Why estate planning matters and why its not just for c...
Jun 11, 2018•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Meet Adeola Omole, a podcast listener in Canada. She is a lawyer and wealth coach who has made it her life’s mission to help educate women about personal finance matters related to money management, investing strategies and debt management options. Adeola and her husband paid off $390,000 in debt including student loans, car loans, a line of credit, credit cards and their mortgage and now, they have 7 figures in assets now. She decided she had enough of living on the edge of financial ruin and m...
May 31, 2018•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dominique Broadway is an award winning Personal Finance Coach, Speaker, Finance Expert and the Founder of Finances Demystified & The Social Money Tour. Dominique has received various accolades such as the Top 30 Under 30 in Washington DC and the Top Financial Advisor for Millennials in the US. Dominique’s demystified financial advice, has been highlighted on Yahoo!, Huffington Post, Forbes, USA Today, Black Enterprise, Marketwatch.com, Ebony Magazine, Levo League, Refinery29 and other media outl...
May 24, 2018•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast My guest today is Keenya Hofmaier. Keenya is originally from Milwaukee, WI and spent three years working in New York City before moving to Paris in 2013 on a whim! She is a self-proclaimed “multi-passionate creative” and she released her first book, 30-Day Connect, in 2017. In addition, she participates in various conferences and speaking engagements around networking, leadership and women's empowerment. Keenya is also podcast listener, which is how we met, and she saved $30,000 over a short per...
May 15, 2018•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode, my guest is America's Money Maven, Patrice Washington. Patrice is a best-selling author, a captivating speaker and hope-restoring coach to women who want to do good work in the world, but believe they deserve to earn damn good money doing it. She’s been the personal finance expert of both Steve Harvey’s radio and television shows since 2014, as has appeared in dozens of media outlets such as Dr. Oz and Fox & Friends. She’s also been featured in hundreds of online and print publi...
May 10, 2018•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast As a money expert, I get asked a lot about how I manage my personal and business finances from budgeting to saving to investing to paying myself a salary and so I'll be sharing what I do in this podcast episode. I’m also sharing the latest with Clever Girl Finance and some personal updates as well. Enjoy listening! For the books, tools and resources mentioned in this episode, visit the main show notes page here: https://www.clevergirlfinance.com/podcast-episodes/how-i-manage-my-finances Get acce...
May 08, 2018•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast My guest on today's episode of the podcast is Rochelle Graham-Campbell. She is the co-founder and CEO of Alikay Naturals and has been coined a “beauty pioneer” by Essence Magazine. She is a YouTube guru with over 100k subscribers and 15 million views on her channel as well as an influencer, philanthropist and speaker. She started Alikay Naturals alongside her husband who is her co founder with only $100 initial investment and has since built it into a multi million dollar brand carried in over 1...
Apr 30, 2018•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode of the podcast my close friend Joy and I talk about finding joy in failure, specifically financial failure because life happens and we all make mistakes but then what? Joy is one of the happiest people you’ll ever meet and is a former banker turned beauty executive turned joyful uplifter, whose life’s work is to inspire people to live a life full of beauty and joy no matter what! She has been coined the Iman-meets-Oprah of her generation and her intention is to make failing less ...
Apr 23, 2018•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode of the podcast is all about the balancing act of building a meaningful life and business and the relationships involved and to have to conversation, my special guest is Monique Melton. Monique is a business coach, relationship expert, published author of the book EntrepreFriendships, a motivational speaker and diversity advocate. She supports creative business owners in building profitable and purposeful businesses while maintaining healthy relationships. She is a natural big-bold d...
Apr 10, 2018•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode of the podcast I'm excited to share a review of just how my Q1 went including what went well and what didn't and what I'll be focusing on next. I share the latest on my first Clever Girl Finance Book, how the Clever Girl Finance event in New York went, the vacation I recently took and how my business kept running while I was away and more. In addition, I also share a few quick tips to help you run your own Q1 assessment so you can set the stage for an incredible rest of the year....
Apr 06, 2018•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Meet Yuri Gibson. She is a designer and digital product guru who teaches other people how to create side hustles that mean business. Her first taste at hustling was working two jobs while attending college full time for seven years. She then graduated in a tanking economy which lead her down a career path she hated. That caused her to make a decision that would change her life - she moved aboard to teach English in South Korea and that's when her side hustle journey began. After living in Korea ...
Mar 26, 2018•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Regina Byrd is an accountant, motivational speaker, author, business owner and financial educator. Her company, Prosper with Regina, helps high school and college students learn financial literacy empowering them for a life of financial success. Outside of her many businesses she also gives back by speaking to children at local libraries about finances. She understands the hurdles that young people must overcome to have a good financial head start after college. She believes that everyone should...
Mar 19, 2018•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Stefanie O’Connell is a nationally recognized millennial money expert and author of the book, ‘The Broke and Beautiful Life’ and she has appeared on CBS News, Fox & Friends, ABC World News and The Dr. Oz Show. Her work has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Glamour, SUCCESS magazine, Oprah Magazine and various other print and digital media outlets. She’s all about helping women on how to develop rich habits and feel as confident with their money as they do in the ...
Mar 09, 2018•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Have you heard that the average millionaire has 7 streams of income? Well you heard right! On this episode of the podcast, I’m discussing the different types of income streams and sharing examples for each of them. Ideally, your wealth building strategy should be a based on a combination of four actions taken consistently that I would describe as the four pillars of wealth building and they include: 1. Reducing your expenses (debt, living expenses etc) 2. Budgeting properly 3. Increasing your in...
Mar 07, 2018•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the podcast today I'm going over some key situations that will require you to review your budget in detail. Budgeting is a key financial action when it comes to building wealth. Your budget helps to guide your spending and saving decisions and basically helps you stay on track with your financial goals. As you get comfortable with creating a new budget in advance of every new month (because no two months are alike), it's important to keep in mind that certain situations might require you to r...
Mar 01, 2018•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Weddings can be very, very, expensive and today, my guest is a listener of the podcast and also an expert wedding planner who is sharing some amazing wedding planning insights. Her name is Tereill Peay of CaterToTheBride.net and she’s all about helping you get creative (and cost effective) when it comes to planning the wedding of your dreams. Tereill saved $20,000 while planning her wedding by getting a portion of her wedding sponsored and she’s mastered exactly how you can create the wedding of...
Feb 28, 2018•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode I’m sharing a couple updates on what’s happening at Clever Girl Finance including the fact that I’m writing my first book! - What I covered on this episode: I’m get into answering some of the questions that have been sent to me and they include questions on: 1. How to end living pay check to pay check when you earn a good income. 2. Where and how to properly save for vacations. 3. The difference between investing and trading. 4. How to manage being an entrepreneur and an introver...
Feb 20, 2018•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast When it comes to personal finance the main focus is typically on the outcome - the financial success but it’s also very important to discuss the transitions and emotions that leads you to that financial success and what it feels like to be on that journey including the peaks and valleys. To have this conversation, I’ve invited an amazing lady and friend of mine Xenia Viray. Xenia is the owner of a women’s clothing boutique in Brooklyn called Myths of Creation (mythsofcreation.com), focused on bu...
Feb 13, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast The topic of divorce can be very touchy and even considered taboo but is a topic that needs to be discussed especially because 1 out of ever 2 marriages in the United States ends up in divorce. To have this conversation, my guest on this episode of the podcast is Cassandra Cadeau. Cassendra is the CEO of Gifted Financials (giftedfinancials.com) an organization that helps women learn how to effectively manage their money and live a lifestyle of financial abundance. She’s also the founder of the l...
Feb 06, 2018•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s podcast is focused on helping you prepare your resume as you look for a new job or if you are looking to transition careers, because your resume is the first touch a recruiter or the HR department at a company has with you and getting employed especially at the right job ties heavily into your personal finances. To speak on this important topic, my guest today is Lauren McGoodwin, the founder of careercontessa.com which she founded in 2013 after working in recruiting for a tech company a...
Jan 31, 2018•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's tax season ladies! Receiving a tax refund check can make a big difference towards improving your finances and achieving your financial goals, so it's a good idea to create a clear plan for what to do with your refund in advance of receiving it this way all that money doesn't just slip through your fingers unaccounted for and on this episode I'm sharing a few suggestions to help you out. Also, I'm sharing some of the most commonly overlooked tax deductions that you should keep in mind when y...
Jan 25, 2018•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
