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Money is often a massive stressor for couples. Particularly because it’s sometimes easier to avoid the conversation altogether. But, not talking about money can lead to some unfortunate secrets and issues that can destroy relationships. The more we discuss this topic, the less overwhelming it becomes and the more open communication we’ll have.

Today on the podcast, we’re sharing some of your money and relationship secrets, offering some advice, and answering your top money questions about how we manage money in our marriage.

Resources:
Register for: ‘Oh F*ck, Are We Ready to Talk About Money’ course

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We're your hosts, Alyssa Davies of Mixed Up Money, and my partner in crime, Nic Davies. Welcome to our show.

Visit my website: mixedupmoney.com​
Twitter: @mixedupmoney + Instagram: @mixedupmoney / @learnfromuspodcast
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Josie Balka is an on-air radio personality currently based out of Calgary. She started her career in a very small town, struggling to make ends meet, and has since been facing an uphill battle to make the financial progress many 20-somethings strive to achieve in their professional life. She is very upfront and honest about her lack of financial literacy but is willing to learn.

When you’re young, the idea of moving to a new city with more opportunities sounds like a literal dream. But, what we forget to consider is that living alone in a new place comes with a higher cost of living and more of a desire to Keep Up With the Joneses. When Josie took her first job in Calgary as a radio show host, she had no idea what she was in for, or how difficult it can be to live on so little.

Now, she operates without a budget and is looking to find her 'why' and repay her debt so that she can feel complete financial independence and eliminate her number one stressor: money.

Find Josie here:
TikTok
Instagram
Twitter

We're your hosts, Alyssa Davies of Mixed Up Money, and my partner in crime, Nic Davies. Welcome to our show.

Visit my website: mixedupmoney.com​
Twitter: @mixedupmoney + Instagram: @mixedupmoney / @learnfromuspodcast
Email: [email protected]

Is it possible to receive a college education without going into debt? The average cost of a program without living expenses in Canada is $12,018, while one year of in-state tuition in the United States is $21,370. No matter what way you spin it, the cost is unaffordable for most and particularly harms lower-income families who are trying to better their future.

Kara discovered her love of finances courtesy of her quarter-life crisis. Broke, underemployed and saddled with student loan debt, she realized that her lack of financial education was crippling her adulthood.

But everywhere she looked, it seemed like only rich, white couples were giving financial advice. Being a single pringle, and working 5 part-time jobs, Kara decided to start Bravely as a place where other people who didn’t fit in in the financial mainstream could come to learn about and change their money.

Kara paid off $25,302 in loans on a salary of less than $30,000, the final $18,000 in just ten months. After becoming debt-free in June 2015, Kara created Bravely to help other women take control of their financial lives.

Find Kara here:
https://bravelygo.co/
https://www.instagram.com/webravelygo/

We're your hosts, Alyssa Davies of Mixed Up Money, and my partner in crime, Nic Davies. Welcome to our show.

Visit my website: mixedupmoney.com​
Twitter: @mixedupmoney + Instagram: @mixedupmoney / @learnfromuspodcast
Email: [email protected]

Money can bring forth so many overwhelming fears that we face once we finally confront our debt, net worth, and the overwhelming desire to save enough for all of our life goals. 

No matter where you are on your financial journey, you are never alone in these worries and the ‘what-ifs’ that can prevent us from making progress. Today, Nic and Alyssa get candid and open up about their biggest money fears.

We talk about what steps you can take to overcome or manage your worries, and why the emotional side of money plays a significant role in how we think.

Resources:
Register for: ‘Oh F*ck, Are We Ready to Talk About Money’ course
Read: My First Big Girl Job Was a Financial Nightmare
Read: 5 Ways to Stop Blowing Off Your Debt
Read: A Guide to Investing for Beginners
Read: Everything You've Been Taught About How To Save For Retirement Is Backwards

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We're your hosts, Alyssa Davies of Mixed Up Money, and my partner in crime, Nic Davies. Welcome to our show.

Visit my website: mixedupmoney.com​
Twitter: @mixedupmoney + Instagram: @mixedupmoney / @learnfromuspodcast
Email: [email protected]

Buying a home is often labelled as the ‘American Dream’ — but the problem with this sentiment is that oftentimes, homeownership isn’t always the best financial decision. This is particularly true when you buy at a time that doesn’t make sense for you, or when you face home buyer’s remorse, which is more common than we may realize.

What happens when you buy a house at the wrong time? Even worse — when you go to sell and end up losing out because the market crashed and you have to cover closing costs? J. Money shares his story.

Award-winning personal finance blogger, fintech consultant, and daddy x3. With over a decade of building communities online, Jay’s projects have reached over 40 million views and are regularly featured in the media. An avid coin collector, money experimenter, and hip-hop fan, Jay loves connecting the online world with the “real” world and feels blessed to be able to do this every day for a living. His full story can be found here.

Find J here:
https://jmoney.biz/
https://twitter.com/BudgetsAreSexy
https://allstarmoney.com/

Resources:
Millennial financial planning for 2021
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

We're your hosts, Alyssa Davies of Mixed Up Money, and my partner in crime, Nic Davies. Welcome to our show.

Visit my website: mixedupmoney.com​
Twitter: @mixedupmoney + Instagram: @mixedupmoney / @learnfromuspodcast
Email: [email protected]

Finding out you're pregnant can bring forth a multitude of emotions. For some, it’s exciting. For others, it’s terrifying. For Bridget, the emotions were a mixture of the two. Now a lone parent to her daughter, Bridget loves advocating for mothers, sharing financial knowledge for other parents in a similar spot to her, and continuing to plan for her future with the true love of her life – her child.

Bridget Casey is the founder and content creator of Money After Graduation. From paying off debt to investing in the stock market, Bridget provides clear, actionable advice that will transform your finances. Bridget holds a BSc. from the University of Alberta, and an MBA in Finance from the University of Calgary. She is regularly featured as a millennial finance expert as a guest on BNN and CBC and was recognized as one of Alberta’s Top Young Innovators in 2016. Plus, so many other achievements that it’d be impossible to list them all in this introduction.

How to Financially Prepare for Baby [Free Webinar]: https://mixedupmoney.com/shop/financially-prepare-for-baby 

How to budget for your first baby: https://www.zolo.ca/blog/how-to-budget-for-baby

How much does it cost to raise a child in Canada? https://www.zolo.ca/blog/cost-to-raise-a-child

We're your hosts, Alyssa Davies of Mixed Up Money, and my partner in crime, Nic Davies. Welcome to our show.

Visit my website: mixedupmoney.com​
Twitter: @mixedupmoney + Instagram: @mixedupmoney / @learnfromuspodcast
Email: [email protected]

Read Bridget’s blog: https://www.moneyaftergraduation.com/

Follow Bridget on Instagram or Twitter and check out her investing course, the Six Figure Stock Portfolio

Read: The Impossible Price of the Motherhood Tax

Generational wealth is what families pass down to their children or grandchildren. Their assets can range from property to cash, to investment funds, to an entire company. Today, we want to discuss the ultra-wealthy and how they easily maintain generational wealth, while others struggle to get by and retire without any debt.

Today, we chat:

• What is generational wealth?
• FAQs about generational wealth
• Who has the most generational wealth?
• How do generational wealth and privilege intertwine?
• How to build generational wealth
• In what ways should we support our future children?
• Why is generational wealth so important?
• A gentle reminder about wealth-building

Links from today's episode:
Twitter thread on generational wealth
Generational wealth statistics

We're your hosts, Alyssa Davies of Mixed Up Money, and my partner in crime, Nic Davies. Welcome to our show.

Visit my website: mixedupmoney.com​

Twitter: @mixedupmoney + Instagram: @mixedupmoney / @learnfromuspodcast

Email: [email protected]

Learn From Us is a personal finance podcast to help make money feel less awkward and more relatable by sharing hard lessons we’ve made, as we interview people from the finance world, outside the finance world, and anyone who is willing to share a wild and interesting story that will benefit you, the listener.

Going to post-secondary is expensive, but when Cinneah went back to grad school she had a full-ride fellowship. That didn’t stop her from taking out $16,000 in student loans only to learn a valuable lesson.

Cinneah El-Amin is the creator of Flynanced, a debt-free travel and financial freedom digital platform where she empowers her community members to build wealth through travel.

At only 26, Cinneah has travelled to 28 countries across 6 continents and is often asked how she affords to travel. Realizing that many of her millennial peers were struggling with managing their money and yearning to travel without financial barriers, she created Flynanced to answer that call.

Since 2020, Flynanced has grown into a sought-after personal finance brand with over 30,000 community members. In her own finances, Cinneah became debt-free in 2020 after paying off over $23,000 of debt in 12 months. Since becoming debt-free, Cinneah has relocated abroad and is currently living and working remotely in Tulum, Mexico. She is a graduate of Barnard College of Columbia University and Wake Forest University School of Business.

We're your hosts, Alyssa Davies of Mixed Up Money, and my partner in crime, Nic Davies. Welcome to our show.

Visit my website: mixedupmoney.com​
Twitter: @mixedupmoney + Instagram: @mixedupmoney / @learnfromuspodcast
Email: [email protected]

Documentaries we mention:
Schooled
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal

Where to find Cinneah of Flynanced:
Follow Cinneah on Instagram or on her blog and website!

Learn From Us is a personal finance podcast to help make money feel less awkward and more relatable by sharing hard lessons we’ve made, as we interview people from the finance world, outside the finance world, and anyone who is willing to share a wild and interesting story that will benefit you, the listener. Let our experience be your guide. We like learning the hard way, but we don’t *need* to learn the hard way. Learn from us, and learn from our mistakes.

We're your hosts, Alyssa Davies of Mixed Up Money, and my partner in crime, Nic Davies. Welcome to our show.

Visit my website: mixedupmoney.com​
Twitter: @mixedupmoney + Instagram: @mixedupmoney / @learnfromuspodcast
Email: [email protected]

DUI’s are no joke. The financial implications and repercussions can change your life. Amanda Holden, the founder of Invested Development, shares her experience, the lessons she learned, and how one big mistake shaped how she lives her life in the present.
 
Amanda Holden is an award-winning money writer, speaker and educator. For six years, she worked as an Investment Counselor, where she worked directly with high-net-worth clients. Basically, she was doing a lot of hand-holding with old rich white guys all day. SURPRISE, helping rich guys get richer wasn’t her calling! 

Fast forward to today where Amanda creates a shame-free environment to inspire action in her students. She has already taught thousands of women how to invest through her business, Invested Development. 

With her background in investment management, she now works to get this information into the hands of the people she cares about—people who have felt left out of these important conversations about building wealth!

We're your hosts, Alyssa Davies of Mixed Up Money, and my partner in crime, Nic Davies. Welcome to our show.

Visit my website: mixedupmoney.com​
Twitter: @mixedupmoney + Instagram: @mixedupmoney / @learnfromuspodcast
Email: [email protected]

Where to find Amanda Holden of Dumpster Doggy:
Instagram, Twitter, her course and her blog!