Financially Naked

Our host is Hector Lopez, an LA-Based Financial Trainer. He is joined by his colleague, Garrett Faulconer to discuss their biggest money mistakes, money regrets and stories.

Some topics they discuss:

• Buying a used car while passing by and not being able to test drive it
• Investing in Bitcoin and all the money Garrett lost
• Overdoing it on subscription services and tech (gamers unite!)
• "Death by 1,000 cuts".

Shownotes: https://financialgym.com/financiallynakedpodcast/episode41

Due to the pandemic, Financial Trainer Crystal Martinez has been seeing life changes happening sooner with clients. This includes the mass exodus of clients from cities, buying homes earlier, buying cars to travel and career changes.

Crystal and Sara chat about the changes their clients are making and how to best prepare/ plan for them.

If you're feeling a little confused about where you are in life right now, this conversation will remind you that you're not alone in your feelings about the future.

Shownotes: https://financialgym.com/financiallynakedpodcast/episode40

Ever get stuck on how to effectively use LinkedIn to network or get a new job?

Our guest today is Yai Vargas, a Diversity & Inclusion Consultant and a LinkedIn Networking Expert. Yai provides tactical tips on how to use the free version of LinkedIn so it helps you the most.

Emily and Yai discuss:

• Yai leaving her corporate career to create The Latinista
• The amount of money you should ideally have saved before leaving your job to work for yourself
• How the "Open For Work" banner on LinkedIn works
• Optimal days and times periods to post
• Organizational tools like Trello
• Negotiating for a job
• Yai's work as a diversity and inclusion strategist

Stacy had been cautious about working with a financial coach because she wanted to work with someone who understood her beliefs about God because he is first and foremost in her life. Victoria, her Financial Trainer, was the answer to her prayers.

Stacy and Victoria chat about:

• Trusting in God when making big decisions like Stacy recently did (like leaving her job without another one lined up).
• Being a health advocate and spending time with a loved one who is gravely ill
• Living with constant debt

Every try to do something on the cheap and it ends up costing you more money and a headache??

Hannah Rounds, a FinGym client talks to host Emily Egan about the costly mistakes she's made while trying to live frugally and tips she has to save now once looking back.

Hannah talks about:

• Construction on their Fixer Upper
• Cooking at home
• Saving money on childcare
• Transportation

Even in a time like we're in now, there are people who want to give, people who want to receive, and a lot of solutions to be found.

Having the right network positions you to succeed and a lot of us have become very solitary. Your network is your net worth financially and for your happiness.

Amy Ogden is a professional extrovert she speaks with host Bridget Todd about tips for talking to strangers to expand your network:

• Start by talking to people who are 'paid' to be nice to you, including baristas, retail store employees, servers, and anyone whose job is to interact with you.
• Use compliments and questions.
• Put your phone away and look your the person in the eye.
• Make direct eye contact
• Get to an in person networking event early

shownotes:

https://financialgym.com/financiallynakedpodcast/episode36

Michelle and Luke are Financial Gym clients and the hosts of today's episode to talk about working for yourself.

Michelle is an entrepreneur and the founder of When I Grow Up Coach. Luke is a freelance writer. Michelle and Luke talk about the similarities and differences between freelancers and entreprenuers; their roles (Michelle is the breadwinner and Luke is the supplementer and 'teacher' for their daughter); the affordable care act, how Michelle grew her business; and how they work on their money together.

Shownotes:

https://financialgym.com/financiallynakedpodcast/episode35

When Financial Trainer Ornella started with The Gym in December 2019, she was also in the midst of opening a new restaurant, Mzizi Afro-Caribbean Eats, in Newark, New Jersey.

Ornella talks to our host, Emily, about the work and finances of opening a restaurant and the hard decisions she had to make in light of COVID-19.

Shownotes: https://financialgym.com/financiallynakedpodcast/episode34

Chad and Adena Jones are clients of The Financial Gym and business owners of Another Lane, which is a digital marketplace for high net worth sneaker resellers. Their goal is to help these resellers get control of their collection and to help them buy and sell sneakers.

Chad and Adena worked with their Trainer Victoria to create a plan for how they could leave their full time jobs to work full time on Another Lane.

Trainer Jenny and her client Claire are back for Claire' second quarterly review. They talk life and savings during quarantine.

• How Claire doubled her savings from February to April by automating
• What Claire's been spending her money on during quarantine
• The goodness of spreadsheets for tracking
• How they want to spend their money once quarantine is 'over'