Financially Naked

On this episode of Financially Naked: Stories from The Financial Gym, our host is Emily Egan, PR Manager. She is joined by Rebekkah Holleman and Lisa Heavin, to talk about warm-up calls.

• The warm-up call is usually the client's first contact with The Gym, and the goal is to welcome new clients. Warm-up calls also help clients understand how The Gym will work with them and what The Gym can do to help them. This also helps The Gym get to know the client and learn about their goals, struggles, and what they are working on.
• Warm-up call associates match clients to trainers and match them with the right program.

Shownotes: https://financialgym.com/financiallynakedpodcast/episode21

On this episode of Financially Naked: Stories from The Financial Gym, our host is Victoria Sechrist, Level 3 Trainer. She is joined by her client, Claire, to talk about meal prepping.

Clare lives in Vancouver, Washington, and she is a licensed mental health therapist in a private group practice. She specializes in trauma, grief, perinatal loss, miscarriage, anxiety, and EMDR (eye movement desensitization to process trauma). She is currently doing video sessions.

In addition, Clare is an expert meal prepper. Prior to COVID-19, Claire's quarterly dining out number was under $100, which means she spends less than $33 per month on dining.

Claire got serious about meal prepping around age 20 or 21, because she had developed food allergies to wheat, dairy, eggs, banana, and pineapple. All baked goods are off limits.

Shownotes: https://financialgym.com/financiallynakedpodcast/episode20

On this episode of Financially Naked: Stories from The Financial Gym, our host is Shannon McLay, Founder and CEO of The Financial Gym. Shannon will talk about the plan for The Financial Gym moving forward, due to COVID-19.

Shownotes: https://financialgym.com/financiallynakedpodcast/episode19

On this episode of Financially Naked: Stories from The Financial Gym, our host is Emily Egan, PR Manager. She is joined by her trainer, Chandra Savage, Level 2 Trainer, to discuss the fear of money (chrematophobia), money prisons, and the spirit of money.

Chrematophbia is the fear of money. At some point in your life, you are going to have this fear, whether you are making too little or making too much. Chandra has had periods of time where she had a fear of money. However, she never feared having too much.

Shownotes: https://financialgym.com/financiallynakedpodcast/episode18

In this episode of Financially Naked: Stories from The Financial Gym, our host is Hector Lopez, a Certified Financial Trainer based out of Los Angeles.

A few years ago Hector was looking for podcasts in Spanish that taught financial literacy, and he couldn't find anything. That's why he decided to record an episode in Spanish about getting financially healthy. He wants to have something he would be proud to give to his parents and family to listen too.

Shownotes: https://financialgym.com/financiallynakedpodcast/episode17

On this episode of Financially Naked: Stories from The Financial Gym, our host is Jenny Maenpaa, a FinGym client and Founder of Forward In Heels, where she is a clinical therapist and also an author based in Chelsea, New York. She is here to talk to anyone who's feeling anxious about what COVID-19 means for their financial and personal health going forward.

NOTE: This episode was recorded on March 20, 2020 so certain things are true to that time and may developed since then.

Shownotes: https://financialgym.com/financiallynakedpodcast/episode16

Today, our host is Joy Liu, Level 2 Trainer at The Financial Gym. She is joined by Bridget Todd, Level 3 Trainer, to discuss how you can prepare mentally and financially for an impending recession.

Shownotes:

https://financialgym.com/financiallynakedpodcast/episode15

On this episode of Financially Naked: Stories from The Financial Gym, our host is FinGym Client, Will Paybarah who has a full time job and is also a freelancer. He is joined by his friend Scott, a full-time freelancer, to discuss the freelancing industry in relation to finances.

On this episode of Financially Naked: Stories from The Financial Gym, our host is Victoria, Level 3 Trainer, in Boston. She is going to discuss your goals versus expectations of other people and how that affects the major money decisions you make.

Podcast Notes

• Victoria sees plenty of clients that make really big money choices based on other people's expectations of them and not based on their own goals. This may mean that clients are going into debt to fulfill an expectation of a parent, sibling, friend, etc. It is usually not even something they want to do.
• Victoria came up with the top three goals she sees from clients, and when they dig a little deeper many find that these are goals are ones they feel they "should" accomplish. More often than not, these goals are pricey and have a major affect on their finances.
• During the first session, the naked session, one of the questions is, "What are your goals?". One thing Victoria is looking for is the word "should". That is the first clue a client is trying to live out expectations of other people.
• If you find yourself thinking you "should" reach a certain goal, ask yourself, Says who? Who says you should do that? Do you agree? If not, why are you working toward that goal?

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On this episode of Financially Naked: Stories from The Financial Gym, our host is Emily Egan, PR and Strategic Projects Manager. She is joined by FinGym Client Catherine Lavelle to talk about going back to school later in life and how to get someone else to pay for it.

Podcast Notes

• Catherine works in admissions at a college in New York. Recently, she started a company on the side to help people go back to school.
• In her work in admissions, she came across a lot of people who were looking to pick up where they left off five, ten, or fifteen years ago, when they had to quit due to life.
• The first thing Catherine recommends is to define your goals and figure out what is most important to you. Is it to finish in the shortest amount of time possible? Or is it to get a particular degree or to reach a particular goal?
• A good place to start is a weigh in to see where you are. Did you leave school with an associate's degree? Did you leave because you failed out or were dismissed?
• One of the secrets most people don't know is that your school wants you to finish. When you finish your degree, their completion rates go up and it makes them look better.
• If you leaving school was not on a positive note, you can make an appeal. How many credits do you have? What were your grades? Do you owe the school money? If money is a roadblock, talk to someone in admissions.
• Catherine tries to tease out the specifics to see where each client is and create a roadmap to move forward.
• Sometimes private schools offer discounts to returning students. Going back to the college you left is a great place to start. You may qualify for a reverse transfer and take classes at another school and apply them to a previous school toward a degree.