Financial Autonomy for Women: The Personal Finance Podcast

Individuals who experience life with an ADHD diagnosis can often encounter challenges when managing their money.

In this episode, I sit down with Mariah Hudler, LCSW, MBA, CFT-I ™--mental health practitioner, Financial Therapist, business owner and someone who identifies as having ADHD--to talk about positive and often undervalued aspects of ADHD behaviors that can be a benefit in the financial realm.

Mariah supports her clients experiencing neurodivergence in being with the challenging expereinces and emotions that come with financial challenges while also supporting them in seeing the strenghts and assets that ADHD can offer.

Give this episode a listen (and share it!) to more about:

• How Mariah's ADHD clients initially come to her to seek support--they're usually presenting symptoms of something other than financial trouble
• How some of our world's greatest entrepreneurs used the creativity and and energy of their ADHD brains to build a variety of businesses and income streams
• How Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports clients in being with their challenges and also identifying how to move forward to create solutions
• How exploring your "Money Story" can help you gain insights into your current money behaviors
• "Dropping Anchor" and how this exercise can help us stabilize amidst the storm of our overwhelming thoughts and emotions.

To learn more about Mariah and find ways to work with her, check out her website at korufinancialtherapy.com.

Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your monthly spending.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com. Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. 20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me. Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach. Visit my Etsy shop for career-focused products.

Our perception of our financial situation and our actual financial situation are two different things.

In this episode, I talk with independant Financial Planner and Advisor Katie Kelbrants about the phenomenon of Money Dysmorphia--when the perception of our finanicial situation and our actual financial situation significantly diverge.

Listen for insights on:

• How our perception of our financial situation can drive our money decisions
• How no one's perception of their financial situation is inherently wrong or problematic; rather, our money perceptions are driven by the life experiences that make us human
• Why you want to take some time to find the right financial planner, the best one for you--who can meet you where you're at
• What our money stories and first money memories can teach us about our current perception of our financial health

To learn more about Katie, you can find her on LinkedIn.

Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your monthly spending.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com. Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. 20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me. Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach. Visit my Etsy shop for career-focused products.

Can BUDGETING actually be "joyful"?

Hard to believe, but...YES, it can.

In this episode I talk with Marin Laukka, Joyful Budgeting coach and founder of Yes& by Marin.

So many gems in this episode. Here are the highlights:

• How too much focus on "restriction" in budgeting can lead to burnout
• Working on the numbers and the mindset--together--helps us get to our goals
• Budgeting and its connection to choice, which naturally leads to: JOY.
• Practical steps we can all take to weave more joy into our financial lives

To learn more about Marin, sign up for her e-mail list and attend her monthly free webinar, sign up here.

Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your cashflow.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com. Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. 20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me. Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach. Visit my Etsy shop for career-focused products.

Pop Quiz: What's the longest relationship you'll have in your life?

Answer: Your relationship with Money!

That's right. We'll be in a relationship with money longer than any other relationship in our lives.

To honor that relationship, I sat down with Aja Evans, Financial Therapist and author of the forthcoming book Feel Good Finance (available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes and Noble) to talk about the wisdom she's accumulated from her financial therapy practice and what we can do in our 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s to live our best financial lives.

In this episode we talk about:

• How big life milestones are inevitably financial milestones
• The importance of turning inward to identify what we really want versus what we've been told we should want
• What changes as we enter different life stages: preferences, boundaries, bodily needs, etc.--and how this all ties into our financial wellness
• Having tough conversations with our loved ones to get our finances in order
• Normalizing and forgiving ourselves for past money regrets

To learn more about Aja, visit her website at ajaevanscounseling.com.

Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your cashflow.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com. Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. 20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me. Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach. Visit my Etsy shop for career-focused products.

Chances are, you know what you "should" do with your money--it's actually doing it that's the hard part.

You know why?--you're a human being!

In this insightful and energizing conversation with Fin Tech founder Jessica Baier, we talk all the ways that mindfulness can support us in better understanding our motivations around money, tapping into our values, and increasing our overall wellbeing.

This conversation is a GAME CHANGER!--one of my favorites I've had on the pod.

Here are some highlights:

• Why we need to focus on PROGRESS not PERFECTION
• How gender conditioning has affected us, how Jessica's mom shared: when her parents were creating saving funds for their children, the boys' savings was for property and the girls' savings was to pay for their wedding
• Our shared experience as women looking around saying: "should I be here?"--what that does to our confidence--and how we can change that.
• Jess's experience creating the Habit Money App--and why it's different from other financial apps--to help us build awareness about our financial decisions so that we can get to real changes
• Why instant gratification is far more satisfying than consistent, long-term action
• How the corporate systems employ smart marketing to make it really easy for us to spend and get to immediate gratification

My friends, there is SO MUCH in this episode. You've got to listen to it.

To learn more about Jess and the Habit Money App, visit yourfinancialhabit.com. You can also find Jess and Habit Money on TikTok and Instagram @joinhabitmoney, where Jess talks a lot about her mindfulness journey, the journey of being a woman Fin Tech founder, and trying to break some of long-held stereotypes about money.

Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your cashflow.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com. Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. 20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me. Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach. Visit my Etsy shop for career-focused products.

Research tells us that women end up faring less well than men after divorce.

That was true for my guest for this episode--Abigail Lipson, licensed Realtor® and the founder and owner of SmartEgg Properties.

But not for long.

After her divorce, Abigail found herself rebuilding her finances and laying the groundwork for what has become a successful property management company.

ANd, here's the best part--she's on a mission to bring more women with her.

This episode is for every woman entrepreneur (or who's curious about becoming one!)--post-divorce/mid-divorce/or no divorce (or marriage) at all!

In this episode we hash out:

• How Abigail taught herself finance and real estate and doubled down on her skills and took risks to start her own business
• What it took for Abigail to say she's "not afraid anymore" of financial or business challenges
• How we all need someone in our lives who can see the "horizon" that we can't see just yet--that person that can see what we're capable of and what we can achieve, even if we can't see it just yet
• How women can support each other rather than doing it alone
• And, fear doesn't need to hold us back...we can choose to "do it scared."

To learn more about Abigal, visit her website at smarteggmgmt.com.

Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your cashflow.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com. Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. 20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me. Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach. Visit my Etsy shop for career-focused products.

You CANNOT miss this episode!

Life+work coach, speaker, author, podcaster, Tami Hackbarth--and I break it down for you to kick off a new year: "How to Be Great at Anything."

Tami and I talk about:

• How to break through the obstacles that are holding you back (spoiler alert: it's an inside job!)
• Why we need accountability to build the lives we long for
• Challenging our long-held beliefs about ourselves, the world, what's possible
• Why imperfect action is the only way!
• How the Fair Play method helps you and the people in your life get clear on what's most important for everyone to feel valued and supported (Tami is a Fair Play Facilitator through the Fair Play Policy Institute)
• Why you have to use your imagination to become the person you want to be
• The best advice out there: "Start now."

To learn more about Tami, visit her website at tamihackbarth.com. You can also listen to her podcast: "100% Guilt-Free Self-Care" and follow her on Instagram @tamihackbarth.

Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your cashflow.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com. Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. 20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me. Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach. Visit my Etsy shop for career-focused products.

If you're making "good money" you still need to do the things in this episode to MAXIMIZE that good money.

Maximizing that good paycheck leads to more

• wealth
• peace of mind
• stability

Could you use some of those? I thought so.

In this episode, I tell you:

• Why we need to maximize our paychecks (spoiler alert!--it has to do with gender pay/wealth inequity...)
• The 2 things you're not off the hook on just because you make good money (these are super important!)
• Why calculating your NET WORTH is for you (and not just for Oprah)...check out my free NET WORTH download here.

Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your cashflow.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com. Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. 20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me. Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach. Visit my Etsy shop for career-focused products.

Is asking for a raise hard for you? How about raising your prices with customers? Is negotiating a higher salary so anxiety inducing that you avoid it altogether?

If you've answered "yes" to any of the above, then this episode is for you!

In this episode, I talk about the two main areas we need to focus on in order to step into the empowerment needed to ask for the pay we deserve and feel good about it: our MINDSET and our COMMUNICATION.

In this episode, I talk about:

• Steps you can take today to improve, support and shift your mindset so your natural state of rest is on the solid ground of your worth
• Tips for how to communicate your value to others--the bosses, hiring managers, and customers that can pay you what you truly deserve
• How focusing on both of these areas build protective and supportive factors for you to not just ask for what you deserve but internally know your worth with confidence and conviction

Be sure to download my "How to Ask for the Pay Your Deserve" SCRIPTS for negotating job offers, asking for a raise, and raising your prices with customers.

Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your cashflow.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com. Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. 20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me. Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach. Visit my Etsy shop for career-focused products.

'Tis the Season....for Financial Boundaries!

Boundaries are limits that help preserve our time, energy and money. If we don't set them, we're sigining up for overwhelm and stress.

Listen to this episode (and share with a friend!!) if you're wanting to:

• Learn how to set financial boundaries that you'll ACTUALLY stick to
• Set boundaries around celebrations, gift giving, and spending for yourself
• Communicate those boundaries with the people in your lives--even though it might be awkward and scary!
• Set boundaries with children and create a richer holiday experience
• Wake up in January 2024 and feel ease and peace of mind rather than financial stress and overwhelm

Needing more resources to set boundaries this holiday season? Follow me over on IG @maureenpaleycoach for free resources I'll be sharing thru the end of December.

Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your cashflow.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com. Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. 20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me. Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach. Visit my Etsy shop for career-focused products.