Certified Financial Planner Barbara Ginty interviews Ivy, a 31 year old who recently left her job as a senior staffer at a nonprofit in DC to travel full time while doing contract work. Barbara and Ivy discuss the freedom (and surprises!) that comes with being your own boss. They break down the finances of being a global citizen and how Ivy makes it work, and turns out she knows every airfare trick in the book!

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Certified Financial Planner Barbara Ginty interviews Sonja, a 43 year old who lives in NYC and 7 years ago left her job in high end interior design to start her own floral design business. She credits an effort to be kinder to herself as the inspiration for branching out on her own. They discuss the various emotional ties we can have to our debt and how getting rid of it is always more complicated than expected. In Sonja's case, this was a credit card debt strategy that came with a tax-season surprise.

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Certified Financial Planner Barbara Ginty interviews Cassandra, a 25 year old who lives in NYC and just started a job at an animal rights nonprofit. She makes 35k base salary and currently has some student loans in forbearance. Barbara gives her advice on how to tackle the loans, suggests an income based repayment program, and explains credit scores as they pertain to loan payments.

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Certified Financial Planner Barbara Ginty meets with Francesca, a 37 year old who lives on Long Island. Francesca is a former performing artist and current primary caretaker of her two-year-old. She earns extra cash with a few creative side-hustles. Barbara helps her with a strategy to tackle her credit card debt and they discuss the emotions and fears surrounding money -- especially when it comes to charging for her freelance work.

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Certified Financial Planner Barbara Ginty meets with Claire, a 27 year old who lives in NYC and makes 75k as an ecommerce manager for a fashion brand. They discuss Claire's experience advocating for herself when she took a new role and landed a higher salary. Plus, we get the lowdown on her new apartment and the secret to finally ditching the IKEA furniture.

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Certified Financial Planner Barbara Ginty meets with Ariana, a 33 year old Digital Project Manager in NYC who makes 85k. She is married to a musician and they own their apartment through a special HDFC program. Highlights include Ariana's distinctly millenial savings plan and hilarious insight into the dynamics of staying on the family cellphone plan as an adult.

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Certified Financial Planner Barbara Ginty meets with Ruby, a 25 year old who lives in NYC and is a manager at a TV network. She's got a few investments and is curious about the vesting schedule for her 401k. They go over why bonuses are taxed differently from regular pay, and Barbara explains different types of mutual funds. Ruby drops some wisdom on Barbara and teaches her the magic of "Netflix and run."

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Certified Financial Planner Barbara Ginty meets with Monica, a 29 year old who works for NYC as a transactional attorney. The go over the ins and outs of loan forgiveness plans. Monica also shares how she managed to save money by moving from Staten Island to Manhattan.

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Certified Financial Planner Barbara Ginty meets with Trish, a 26 year old in NYC who works in Ad Operations. They discuss the pros and cons of working for a large corporation, and her experience recently getting a credit card for the first time. Trish also shares her budgeting spreadsheet (which thrills Barbara!).

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Certified Financial Planner Barbara Ginty meets with Rachel, a family Nurse Practitioner in Upstate New York. They figure out a plan for Rachel and her spouse to achieve their dream of building a house while simultaneously saving for retirement.

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