EmpowerYou Financial

How do you determine the fastest route to your destination? Let's say you were driving, would you ask someone for directions? Would you use your experience and knowledge of the roads to plan your route? Would you get a map and eyeball your way based on what you are seeing on paper? Or, would get a GPS that could determine where you are relative to where you are going and outline your fastest route in the context of things like traffic, construction, accidents, etc.? Listen in as Eva shares why she believes in providing her clients with a GPS instead of generalized roadmap as she coaches them along the road to improving their personal credit and personal finance...

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Financial Freedom Friday | How To Effectively Use The Equity In Your Home

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Each month many of us are faced with the challenge of how to best spend our hard earned money. Some of us are able to make enough just to make ends meet while others may be fortunate enough to have something extra leftover. Regardless of where you are, we all have to think about how to best spend the money we have to first meet our basic needs and then to hopefully improve our situation for the better. Whether it be a consistent income stream or a one-time payment like a stimulus check, we all should take a moment to think about how we can best leverage what we have to eventually get what we want. We simply must be committed to spending our money wisely. Listen in as Eva shares her approach to spending wisely, what motivates her, and drives her to stay on track throughout the year...

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Financial Freedom Friday | Identity Theft Prevention

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Whenever we make one thing more important than something else we are by definition prioritizing. As busy adults, each day we make decisions around which things make it to the top of our to-do list. Sometimes on the weekends or when we are off of work, we put resting and relaxing at the top of our list. But during the week, we may focus on getting ourselves to work on time while also making sure our kids go to school with their homework complete and we put off resting and relaxing until Saturday or Sunday. Whichever way your life is setup we all make decisions on what things are considered priorities and which are not. Believe or not, we make the same types of decisions when it comes to our personal finances and personal credit. Based on how our life is setup right now, some things you put at the top of our list, while other things you don't. Listen in as Eva shares her experiences with prioritizing and how establishing priorities for herself and her family led her to purchasing her first home with $82K down saved in under a year at the age of 23...

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Financial Freedom Friday | Couples & Money

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How do you approach situations that make you uncomfortable? Do you do whatever you can to avoid further discomfort? Or, do you lean into the discomfort and take it as a challenge? Obviously, not every uncomfortable situation should be viewed as a challenge. However, there are many times in life, especially as we seek to grow ourselves personally, professionally, and financially where we will experience discomfort and that discomfort often represents the pathway towards our success. Listen in as Eva shares her approach to overcoming discomfort and why she leans into discomfort and often chooses to be comfortable with being uncomfortable...

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Financial Freedom Friday | Investing In Yourself

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If you have you been listening to the podcast you have heard Eva say several times, "get with the right people." But, what does she mean by this? Who are these right people? And, how can you judge whether or not someone is the "right" person? As we seek to improve our personal finances and personal credit we have to take risks and trust people along the way in our journey of leveling up. Listen in as Eva shares her criteria for what she feels makes up the right people and what she has learned from trusting the wrong people...

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Financial Freedom Friday | Rebuilding After A Hardship

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