Tatarsha Harris is a domestic litigator with over 20 years of experience. She concentrates her practice in the areas of domestic and family law. She looks at her work as a posture of service. Most spouses interested in pursuing a divorce are not ready to be on their own. That’s why she tells her clients to know your finances. She stresses the importance of building a team that includes a therapist, CPA, financial planner, and attorney to support you during this major life discission.

Recently there has been a drastic increase in gray divorce, where individuals over 50, in long lasting relationships, decide to end their marriage. When making a major decision around ending a relationship with a spouse, you want to ensure you have the right representation. The most notable approach to divorce is litigation. However, there are other methods such as mutual consent, mediation, and collaborative. Attorney Harris values a collaborative approach to ending the marriage. The collaborative divorce is a method of negotiating a divorce settlement outside of court. The two parties reach an agreement on each aspect of the divorce contract, including child custody, visitation, and financial assets. The benefit is the separating parties set the terms instead of the court and resolution happens quicker.

Our guest, Darlena Austin is convinced that every individual is born to produce greatness despite all of life's adversities. Initially when she entered college her goals were to be in a field where she could make money while helping people. Her conclusion was to become a medical doctor. Then her academic advisor pointed out her strengths, her natural gifting. Darlena naturally excelled in the social sciences, humanities, and psychology. From this experience, she believes that you should flow with how you are wired.

This episode is with Melandee Jones Canady, IT Executive, at Abt Associates. She shares her career journey in information technology and the money lessons she learned from her family and life.

Dr. Tanja Thompson believes her experience in the military has greatly benefited her and her family financially. However, Tanja feels as women, you need to make sure you are able to take care of yourself. She emphasizes the importance of knowing yourself and self-worth. She clearly understands that saving, living beneath her means, and having a financial advisor has helped her and her husband grow their wealth. She has had hers since 1993 and meets often to strategize about money. Listen in on our discussion.

Zaneilia Harris has an enlightening conversation with Dr. Tisa Silver Canady. She is a highly sought after personal financial expert specializing in student loan debt. Her focus was sparked by her work with students in the financial aid department at a major university. She has helped students and families with the repayment of over $50 million in student loans. She recently launched a consumer education initiative, Melanin, Money, & Matriculation, to address the impact of the student loan crisis on wealth creation in the African American community. Her primary goal is to increase resource awareness and improve outcomes for Black student borrowers, so they are able to maximize the benefits they receive and minimize debt.

Melanie Gamble is an author, speaker and real estate expert and owner of 212 Degrees Realty, LLC. As a realtor in the Washington Metropolitan Area, she loves helping people own and keep their properties. This is her passion and spiritual mission.

She realizes, just like her, that other African Americans have lost land and homes due to their lack of knowledge. That why it is important to her to help people realize their dreams with building one of component of wealth, that is owning real estate.

Charisse Conanan Johnson, CFA (chartered financial analyst), is the original Wealthy Girl who will define what it means to be wealthy for years to come. She was inspired to write her book, A Wealthy Girl - 7 Steps to Prosperity, Peace, and Personal Power, as an homage to her maternal and paternal grandmothers. She feels wholistic wealth needs to account for both tangible and intangible assets. The sphere of wealth includes monetary assets, personal and professional relationships, social capital, skillset and your faith.

This episode provides tips and tools on obtaining college scholarships. Listen in as a mother and daughter share their journey through private school to receiving over $900,000 in scholarship awards.

Dr. Virletta Bryant is a licensed clinical social worker, speaker, and writer. She is dedicated to women of color having a safe, nonjudgmental, clinical space to work through traumas, relationships, and other societal stressors that can negatively impact the quality of one’s life.