Michelle's goal is to empower women with money and help them take away the blame game from the money decisions they make. Her money story starts when her mother lost her job in the airline industry prior to the 9/11 incident. That time, Michelle was in graduate school and working at Starbucks. It was also when her mother had a tough time replacing her job because of the recession that hit Colorado. They had to live together in a small space and Michelle's money issues started to come to light. Providing for herself and her mom, she came more into debt.

Her mindset issue was probably one of the biggest issues she had to fix. It took her years to stop blaming herself and her mom with the money problems they were going through. After her parent's divorce, Michelle had received no support from her father unlike her half-sibling. To start change in handling her finances, she started a year-long no shopping challenge that eventually killed her unnecessary shopping habit. Other things she recommends doing is to have a "shift in splurging" that she talks more about in this episode.

Today, Michelle believes she is in the middle of her money journey. She runs a personal finance blog and podcast called Michelle is Money Hungry which is her channel to serve people with the best way she can at this point in her life. She emphasizes the need to build a community around you to be able to grow her life. Tune in to know more about our guest, what her advice is to her 27 year-old self and to women, and tips on how you can have the lifestyle you want by using some strategies.

Her recommended resources are: Mr. Money Mustache, 1500 Days to Freedom, Frugalwoods, and Our Next Life

• Build a community around you
• Money Mustache, 1500 Days to Freedom, Frugalwoods, Our Next Life
• Biggest learning: Money flows back and forth into your life
• The same lifestyle you want can be possible, you just need a strategy
• Advice to 27yo Michelle: This too shall pass but you also have to put in the work
• Advice to women: value what you do