Do you have a kid who is passionate about and committed to participating in a sport, dance, music, gymnastics, or another expensive pursuit? Those activities can be EXPENSIVE, especially given the costs that come with training at a high level. Listen in for nine ideas for reducing the costs of financing your kid's dream.
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Is your dream to travel the world? Don't let a limited budget get in the way. In this episode, Debra discusses creative ways to reduce or eliminate some of the major costs of travel. These are not the "usual suspects" of travel hacking (credit card points, flexible travel dates, etc). Those can be valuable, but we go beyond the usual and talk about outside-the-box ways to travel for next to nothing.
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My kids have just flown the nest. In this episode, I talk about 12 financial and life lessons I hope I've taught them. These lessons can help you chart your own path and get ahead financially as you live with integrity and purpose.
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Is your dream to have a child? Are you single? You will hear many comments like "it will be too hard" or "it's not fair to the child" or "it's not the way it was meant to be." Baloney. If you accept these comments as truth, you won't get your finances in shape to make your dream of motherhood come true. So let's flip the script. In this episode, Debra lays out five reasons why it can actually be EASIER to parent alone.
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Divorced, or thinking about divorce? Listen in for steps to take to protect yourself financially, and all the ins and outs of buying a home post-divorce. In this interview with Divorce Financial Coach Shanda Deshield of Real Financial Guide, we go over ways women can save money of their own, what to do with the family home in case of divorce, and everything you need to think about when buying your home after a divorce. For show notes, go to moneysmartforlife.com/podcast.

Is your dream to own a home? You're not alone! In this episode, the first in a series about home ownership, Debra lays out the pro's and con's of buying a house. Listen in for five reasons buying a house is a great idea, and five reasons why you may be better off renting. For show notes, go to www.moneysmartforlife.com/podcast

In this interview with Parent Coach Kiran Gaind, we talk about the financial stories from our childhoods that can inform the actions we take to pursue our dreams. We also focus on entitlement: how a sense of entitlement can get in the way of pursuing our dream, and how we can help our children grow up without a feeling of entitlement - even when we're raising them in an affluent community. One nugget of wisdom from Kiran: "What if there's no such thing as 'fail,' only 'learn'?"
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What are you waiting for? Life is short, and the time to start pursuing your dream is NOW. In this episode, Debra talks about the choice you can make to live your own life - that you create - or to "sleep-live." She also reviews the three steps to take now to develop the financial ability to pursue your dream. Don't let money hold you back! If you want it badly enough, there's a way to make it happen.

Is your dream to become a parent as a single person, or if you have a partner but you're experiencing infertility? In this episode, Debra discusses the different ways people become single parents by choice or form a family in the face of infertility, including pursing assisted conception or adopting. She jumps into the emotional and practical challenges of each method and outlines the costs. Then she offers different ideas for cutting the costs of those paths and/or raising the money to cover them without going into debt. Even if you're not a high income earner, there ARE ways to make your dream come true.

Meghan Dwyer, financial planner, mom, and podcaster at "Money Isn't Scary," joins Debra to discuss some of the deep issues women face around money: when reality differs from what we've been taught to expect, when we may not feel worthy or deserving of high incomes or financial successs, when deeply embedded cultural stories inform the way we view ourselves and our financial lives. They start out talking financial planning and coaching, but soon jump into the meatier money mindset issues. See show notes at www.moneysmartforlife.com/podcast