Living an Intentional Life with Melissa Thomas (MelissaTheCoach.com)

Today we are chatting with Melissa Thomas.

Melissa is a financial coach, the author of the book Building My Yellow Brick Road: Life Lessons from Pursuing a Dream, and the blogger behind MelissaTheCoach.com.

But before doing all of that Melissa hit financial rock bottom in 2009 and slogged her way to successfully paying off over $43,000 in debt in just 4 years.

Timeline:

* 00:44 – Intro

* 01:17 – Melissa’s Financial Freedom Journey

* 07:01 – The Afford It Fallacy

* 11:31 – How much to save in an emergency fund

* 14:15 – Personalizing your Financial Freedom Journey

* 18:17 – Comparing Yourself to Others

* 20:05 – When your spouse isn’t ready for Financial Freedom

* 27:56 – Debt Free is Life Changing

* 29:21 – Leaving Your Comfort Zone

* 35:49 – Rapid Fire: What is one thing someone can do today that can have a lasting impact on their financial future?

* 39:26 – Rapid Fire: What is the best financial advice you have ever received?

* 40:00 – Rapid Fire: What is an internet resource such as Raise, CardCash or Rakuten that you recommend?

* 42:17 – Rapid Fire: What is one book you recommend everyone read and why?

* 44:48 – Contacting Melissa

Resources & Links:

* Financial Freedom Community

* Financial Freedom Community Facebook Group

* Dave Ramsey

* 100 Days of Rejection

* Rakuten

* Leap: Leaving a Job with No Plan B to Find the Career and Life You Really Want – Tess Vigeland

* MelissaTheCoach.com

* Building My Yellow Brick Road: Life Lessons from Pursuing a Dream – Melissa Thomas

* Facebook: MelissaTheCoach

* Instagram: MelissaTheCoach