Wouldn't it be nice to have an essential roadmap to help you feel more confident, clearer, and intentional in your goals at every stage of your career and your life? Guest Shanna Hocking has written a new book called One Bold Move a Day, which reveals that practical hands-on roadmap to achieving your own professional goals with intention and joy. This includes bold mindset shifts leading from where you are and recognizing the boldness, courage, and even the smallest and seemingly mundane moves we make every day...including getting up out of bed. 

More about Shanna: Leveraging her 20 years of experience in fundraising and leading large teams for multi-billion dollar nonprofit organizations, Hocking advises nonprofit organizations and families on philanthropic strategy, and helps organizations build stronger workplace cultures and develop leaders to reach their potential. Shanna is a frequent writer and keynote speaker on leadership, organizational culture, and personal growth.

This week on Ask Farnoosh, listeners have questions about their options when a prospective employer makes a low initial offer, the pros and cons to filing taxes jointly with your spouse and what to do with a $25k inheritance.

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Zarna Garg is one in a billion, an Indian immigrant mom stand-up comedian who believes brown women everywhere have a right to laugh at anything and anyone they want–including the sacred cows: brown men and their mothers. This week her Amazon Prime special dropped, taking the comedy world by storm with her perspectives on matchmaking, entitled kids, clueless husbands and tyrannical mother in laws.

She is a regular at the iconic Comedy Cellar and Carolines on Broadway in NYC, has performed in Vegas and the famed Kennedy Center, and is touring nationwide in 2022. A TikTok comedy sensation with over 100 million views and 510.7k followers (and growing FAST), Zarna won Kevin Hart’s Lyft Comics comedy competition on Peacock and the 2021 Ladies of Laughter Newcomer Award. She also won the Top Comedy Feature Screenplay Award at the 2019 Austin Film Festival and was a Nicholl Fellowships Semi-Finalist.

This episode originally aired on January 22, 2023.

Energetic, loud, and funny, Nathan Macintosh is a comedian and writer originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia now living in New York. Most recently performing for his second time on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC, Nathan has also appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on CBS, Conan on TBS, and in January released his first self produced special 'Money Never Wakes' which was highly reviewed by The New York Times.

Nathan's Comedy Special 'Money Never Wakes' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQd7kHYiNsQ

More So Money listeners are experiencing layoffs. Farnoosh provides important next steps to protect your money, health insurance and more. Plus: Are there any risks to money market funds? Mentioned: Apresgroup.com

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How we think and feel about money has major influence on our ability and desire to earn, invest and manage our money. Joining the show to help us work through some of our limiting financial beliefs is Dr. Risa Ryger, a Clinical Psychologist, International Speaker, and Author with 30 years of clinical and coaching experience. She is known as an Expert in Change, as she incorporates neuroscience to facilitate positive change for her clients and in her work with corporations and leadership teams.

 Stay connected with Dr. Ryger on LinkedIn and Instagram or visit her website. And special bonus: Head to Instagram and DM Dr. Risa the word "FARNOOSH" to recieve her "Stress Checklist & Guide".

About Elise: She is a writer, editor, and podcast host who lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Rob, and their two sons, Max and Sam. She is the host of Pulling the Thread, a podcast focused on pulling apart the stories we tell about who we are—and then putting those threads back together.

Farnoosh dives into how she is recession-proofing her finances, along with special co-host Nicole Stanley, founder of Arise Financial Coaching. Plus: Optimizing your time and job search post-layoff. Farnoosh picks a reviewer of the week for giveaways.

Listen to Nicole's past interview where she talks about battling financial anxiety and building her family’s net worth to over $250K on an annual salary of $56K.

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Erin Lowry is the founder of the Broke Millennial book series and the new BROKE MILLENNIAL WORKBOOK out this month. In our convo, we talk about how to figure out if and when you're making "enough," being the CFO in your household (without all the financial stress) and how to determine which money 'experts' to trust online and off.

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