Tune into this episode where Yazmir and Esther take over the podcast to share how they are managing their finances during these times of high inflation and the big financial changes they have made to stay on top of their goals!

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254: Coping With Inflation & Big Changes We’ve Implemented (Yazmir & Esther’s Podcast Takeover)

On today’s podcast episode, Mani and Jay share just how being accountability partners has helped them achieve their financial goals.

Mani and Jay are two young black women who have been friends for over 10 years and they are dedicated to helping one another achieve financial success. 

Their podcast "Fine & Filthy Rich" was created out of their desire to become more literate financially as well as build a safe space for women to gain financial freedom. 

They hail from the beautiful city of Denver, Colorado however both have relocated to new cities. Distance has not limited their friendship as they still find time to get together as often as possible to turn up and enjoy life!


WHAT MANI & JAY DISCUSSED:
- The important qualities to seek in an accountability partner
- How open they are about their goals with each other and the significance of transparency in their accountability relationship
- Key pieces of advice for someone looking for an accountability partner
- How to navigate an accountability partnership that is not working out
AND MUCH MORE


HOW TO KEEP UP WITH MANI & JAY:
- On their podcast: Fine And Filthy Rich on Apple Podcasts and Spotify https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fine-filthy-rich/
- On Instagram: https://instagram/fineandfilthyrich
- On TikTok @fineandfilthyrich


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❤ Get access to 30+ free courses, worksheets, savings challenges, and our favorite banking resources: https://clevergirlfinance.com/course-packages/

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258: How Mani & Jay Leverage Accountability To Achieve Their Financial Goals

On today’s podcast episode, Adeyinka Adegbenle shares how she got back on track and adjusted her mindset after losing 65% of her household income.

Ade(Yinka) is a former financial service professional turned Excellence Strategist, Educator, and Author. 

 At the height of the 2009 recession, she lost her revered job in the financial services sector. She was also heavily pregnant and had also just recently purchased a house. She and her husband were young and weren’t financially disciplined. 

That experience led them on the path of financial excellence and discipline. Today she used the lessons from that experience to help many others including her clients. 


WHAT YINKA DISCUSSED:
- How she navigated a job loss, a new baby, and becoming a homeowner during a very challenging time in her life. 
- How much debt she owed and what her "enough is enough" moment was
- What kept her up at night and how she got back on track
AND MUCH MORE


HOW TO KEEP UP WITH YINKA:
- On Instagram: https://instagram/thinkgrowexcel
- Via her website: https://www.waysofexcellence.com



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❤ Get access to 30+ free courses, worksheets, savings challenges, and our favorite banking resources: https://clevergirlfinance.com/course-packages/

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259: How Yinka Got Her Finances Back On Track After A Major Income Loss

On today’s podcast episode, Keesa  C. Schreane joins us to discuss how women of color can thrive in the workplace by recognizing and working through the key issues impacting them.

Keesa C. Schreane shares her expertise in creating corporate culture, workplace engagement, and improving corporate ESG as a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator, and in media, appearing in outlets including Black Enterprise, Cheddar News, CNBC, CBS, Essence, FinTech TV, and Latina.

She is the co-founder, co-executive producer, and host of London Stock Exchange Group's Sustainable Growth Podcast, discussing global ESG trends, regulations, and investment strategies with asset managers, asset owners, and c-suite sustainability and corporate officers.

She is also the author of Gambling on Green: Uncovering the Balance among Revenues, Reputations, and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance)  and Corporations Compassion Culture: Leading Your Business toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
 
Keesa holds a B.A. from Salem College, an M.A. from New York University and received an Executive Education Certificate from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Investment Strategies and Portfolio Management.


WHAT KEESA DISCUSSED:
- The historical events which have sown the seed of distrust between people of color towards organizations in the workforce.
- How can we identify racism and microaggressions in the workplace and what key actions to take.
- How we can improve the slow entry of women of color in emerging leadership roles.
AND MUCH MORE


HOW TO KEEP UP WITH KEESA:
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keesa-c-schreane-fsa-cams-6b45bbb/
Via her website: https://keesaschreane.com
On Twitter: @keesacamille
On IG: KeesaSchreane

❤ Get the best-selling Clever Girl Finance Books: https://clevergirlfinance.com/books

❤ Get access to 30+ free courses, worksheets, savings challenges, and our favorite banking resources: https://clevergirlfinance.com/course-packages/

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269: Recognizing And Working Through Workplace Issues: How Women Of Color Can Thrive

On today’s podcast episode, join Bola and Esther from team Clever Girl Finance as they discuss how you can choose to prosper in your relationship by, getting on the same page with your partner and acknowledging what works best for you both as a unit!

WHAT BOLA & ESTHER DISCUSSED:
- What liability means in a relationship
- Why financial independence for women is important regardless of their partner's income
- The qualities of a rich husband/partner
AND MUCH MORE

❤ Get the best-selling Clever Girl Finance Books: https://clevergirlfinance.com/books

❤ Get access to 30+ free courses, worksheets, savings challenges, and our favorite banking resources: https://clevergirlfinance.com/course-packages/

❤ Read the Clever Girl Finance Blog: https://clevergirlfinance.com/blog

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267: Choosing To Prosper In Your Relationship With Your Partner

Wishing you and yours a happy holiday season and an incredible new year. Be sure to tune into our 2023 goal-setting session!

We'll be covering:
- A review of 2022
- Creating a plan for your finances, career, and business
- Tips for maintaining your mindset and tackling imposter syndrome
+ MORE

This is going to be a working session so come prepared with your pen and notebook! 📝

DOWNLOAD the accompanying workbook here: https://www.clevergirlfinance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Choosing-To-Prosper-Workbook.pdf

❤ Get the best-selling Clever Girl Finance Books: https://clevergirlfinance.com/books

❤ Get access to 30+ free courses, worksheets, savings challenges, and our favorite banking resources: https://clevergirlfinance.com/course-packages/

❤ Read the Clever Girl Finance Blog: https://clevergirlfinance.com/blog

❤ Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/clevergirlfinance

2023 Goal Setting Call Announcement + Thank You!

On today’s podcast episode, Paco de Leon shares how working as a collection agent helped her understand the emotions people have about money.

Paco is an author, illustrator, and musician. She is the founder of The Hell Yeah Group, a financial firm dedicated to inspiring creatives to engage with their personal and business finances, and Hell Yeah, Bookkeeping, a bookkeeping agency for creative businesses. 

Her career experiences in banking, business consulting, financial planning, and wealth management have informed her financial philosophies.

She is a TED speaker and her work has been published or featured in The New York Times, Bloomberg, Vice, TIME, other publications, and on NPR. She lives in Los Angeles with her wife.

WHAT PACO DISCUSSED:
1. How she got into working as a collection agent and what she learned about empathy and the deep emotions people have about money.
2. How the debt collection process works.
3. Key tips to navigate debt in collections.
AND MUCH MORE

CONSUMER AFFAIRS RESOURCE ON YOUR DEBT COLLECTION RIGHTS: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/are-there-laws-that-limit-what-debt-collectors-can-say-or-do-en-329/

HOW TO KEEP UP WITH PACO:
Via her website: thehellyeahgroup.com
On Instagram: instagram.com/thehellyeahgroup/
On Tiktok: tiktok.com/@moneyzaddypaco


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268: How Working As A Collections Agent Helped Paco Understand The Emotions People Have About Money

On today’s podcast episode, Lauren Keys shares how she achieved early retirement alongside her husband before she turned 30.

Lauren put herself through college by waiting tables and earning merit scholarships. After graduating college debt-free, she worked in marketing at various small businesses. Throughout her eight-year career, she took time to travel, including a six-month sabbatical in Hawaii.

By age 29, Lauren had saved and invested enough to retire. She details her journey to financial independence on her blog, Trip Of A Lifestyle, which is focused on how to have fun while also saving enough money to quit working full time decades before everyone else. 

Trip Of A Lifestyle is a completely free resource to help more people get rich, work less, and travel whenever they want.

WHAT LAUREN DISCUSSED:
1. What the term "retire early" means to her
2. Her detailed roadmap of what she did to retire by age 29
3. Why planning for fun on her savings journey was necessary.
4. Her mindset and how she approaches challenges
AND MUCH MORE

HOW TO KEEP UP WITH LAUREN:
Via her website: https://www.tripofalifestyle.com/
On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tripofalifestyle
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tripofalifestyle/
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TripOfALifestyle/
On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TripOfALifestyle/
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/@toalifestyle

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❤ Get access to 30+ free courses, worksheets, savings challenges, and our favorite banking resources: https://clevergirlfinance.com/course-packages/

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270: How Lauren Achieved Early Retirement At Age 29

Tune into our 2023 goal-setting session on YouTube! ✨ 

We covered:
- A review of 2022
- Creating a plan for your finances, career, and business
- Tips for maintaining your mindset and tackling imposter syndrome
+ MORE

2023 GOAL SETTING LINK ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/live/djCyHPWsFtA?feature=share

DOWNLOAD the accompanying workbook here: https://www.clevergirlfinance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Choosing-To-Prosper-Workbook.pdf

Visit our new site CLEVER GIRL AUTHOR: https://clevergirlauthor.com

❤ Get the best-selling Clever Girl Finance Books: https://clevergirlfinance.com/books

❤ Get access to 30+ free courses, worksheets, savings challenges, and our favorite banking resources: https://clevergirlfinance.com/course-packages/

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2023 Goal Setting Session Replay Details + A Big Announcement!

On today’s podcast episode, join Bola and Esther from team Clever Girl Finance as they discuss how they are intentionally "Choosing To Prosper" with their finances!

WHAT BOLA & ESTHER DISCUSSED:
- What it means to choose to prosper financially 
- Why goal-setting is crucial to creating your path to financial success
- The significant goals they set that had a positive effect on their overall finances
- Financial challenges they overcame in order to achieve their goals
- How women can choose to prosper financially in every season of their lives
AND MUCH MORE

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❤ Get access to 30+ free courses, worksheets, savings challenges, and our favorite banking resources: https://clevergirlfinance.com/course-packages/

❤ Read the Clever Girl Finance Blog: https://clevergirlfinance.com/blog

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271: Choosing To Prosper With Your Finances

The Clever Girls Know Podcast is brought to you by Clever Girl Finance, one of the largest personal finance media/education platforms for women in the U.S.  that empowers women to ditch debt, save money and build real wealth in order to live life on their own terms! 

Hosted by founder and CEO of Clever Girl Finance, Bola Sokunbi, the podcast shares open and honest conversations with real women at different stages of their financial and life journeys to inspire and motivate other women on their own journeys too!

New tracks tagged #Clever Girl Finance