Financial Fluency: How Women Thrive Outside of the 9 to 5

Welcome to this week's episode of Financial Fluency. I'm talking to Sylvie McCracken. I've known Sylvie for a little while and she was one of the first ever Periscopers I followed!

As an entrepreneur it can be hard to think that the buck stops with you. The effect on your income of a child being off school, or something like breaking a leg can be huge. Sylvie understands this and believes that passive income is something which ALL of us entrepreneurs should have as a kind of insurance.

We talked about outsourcing, health, what iTunes meant for passive income and more.

Favorite Quotes!

This has got to be a business. Aint nobody got time for hobbies right now - Sylvie on getting into blogging

It's addictive - I want to outsource everything - Sylvie on outsourcing

Have them organize your child's party with a pony! - Jen on the first steps into outsourcing

When the internet decides to break, it's all hands on deck. So I have three coders. - Sylvie

Passive income seems like the golden goose - Jen

I think of passive income as like insurance for entrepreneurs - Sylvie

We were kind of luddites - Jen on finally getting her music on iTunes

Links:

Fancy Hands

Historically women have not had a whole lot of power over personal finances, but one power that women often  have had is some amount of choice over the household budget, over which product you buy, who you buy it from, where you buy it from and how much you pay for it. 

THIS is the power of the purse I'm talking about today!

Links in this episode

Buycott

All Are Green 

Continue the conversation in the FREE Financial Fluency Facebook Group. See you there!

This week's episode is with Nutrition Warrior Krisha Young.

We talked about how an overnight success is rarely what it seems, (unless you're a teenager plucked from a mall to a runway!) and how much work Krisha put in before she left her corporate position.

Listen in to found out what the dirty dozen clean fifteen are!

Today I want to talk to you about the internet and our money, and I want to tell you a true story from my own life. 

It may sound a little extreme, but it could happen to any of us, and it’s a story of dragon wings and unicorn horns. Or "what we're telling the internet about ourselves and how that affects our spending". But I prefer the first one!

Links in the podcast:

Pony Unicorn Horns

Dragon Wings

Welcome to this episode of Financial Fluency - today is a first on my podcast...we have a male on the show!

I'm talking to Laura Husson, and her infant son is here with us - listen in for cute baby noises (disclaimer, I take no responsibility for any ensuing broodiness).

Laura's brand, Look Good Online encapsulates your website and social media in a holistic way which I just love.

I first encountered Laura in a Facebook Group but it was when she was on Periscope that I really felt like I got to know her.

We talked about her accidental journey into retail, how she's passionate about helping other women find the freedom she has and an encounter with a school mum which left a not so nice taste in her mouth.

Find Laura here: Laura Husson

Today I want to talk about how to make changes in your financial life and your financial systems. The two main levers for making change in a system are changing what goes in and what comes out of that system. In the case of your finances – especially your personal finances – that is the income that flows in and the expenses that flow out. Links Resources Mentioned:I Will Teach You To Be RichAmazon Prime

After the success of my Investing for Beginners podcast (you can find it here), I decided to call in the big guns.Sandy Chaikin is Co-founder for Chaikin Analytics, a ground-breaking stock research and analysis platform. With no prior experience, Sandy started investing in 2012 with Chaikin Analytics and built a killer portfolio that continues to outperform the SP 500 and most money managers. Sandy is living proof that you don’t have to be a financial expert to pick winning stocks.We talked about how important it is for women to gain confidence and take control of our finances and Sandy explains a little about how Chaikin Analytics are educating people in Fearless Investing!Links we mention: Sandy's podcast and upcoming webinarsVanguard

In a lot of personal finance books Compound Interest is kind of called things like the eighth wonder of the world or the magic of compound interest, and we’re all kind of told to believe that if we can just get enough time behind our money, it will really make a huge difference in our life. But is that still true?Links I mention:https://www.readyforzero.com/