The "Clever Girls Know" Podcast: Recent Episodes
Bola Onada Sokunbi
Bola Onada Sokunbi is a Certified Financial Education Instructor (CFEI)and money expert who teaches women to ditch debt, save money and build real wealth.
Today’s guest on the podcast is Niqua of Financially winning! She completed her debt-free journey in May 2021, tackling $21K of student loan debt in 11 months. Originally from the Virgin Islands, she moved to the US mainland on her own at the age of 18.
Niqua uses Financially Winning to focus on providing resources and tips to help individuals with their finances, from budgeting to debt payoff and more! She is also a travel blogger, owns an Etsy Shop, and provides personalized coaching sessions, to help each individual create a financial action plan to improve their overall financial wellness and build wealth.
WHAT NIQUA SHARED ON THE EPISODE:
1. What her “enough is enough” moment was that motivated her to pay off her debt
2. The specific things she did to pay off her debt in 11 months
3. How she kept herself motivated throughout her journey
4. Her key tips for people starting or on their debt payoff journey
AND MUCH MORE!
HOW TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH NIQUA:
On her website: itsfinanciallywinning.com
On social media: Instagram.com/FinanciallyWinning AND Facebook.com/FinanciallyWinning
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On today’s episode, our special guest is Jessica Moorhouse and she shares how pursuing financial wellness can be the ultimate self care.
Jessica is a money expert, Accredited Financial Counsellor Canada®, speaker, award-winning personal finance blogger and, host of the popular More Money Podcast.
Having graduated Simon Fraser University in 2009 with a degree in film, as a way to learn more about personal finance and teach others, Jessica took a left turn and launched her first personal finance blog in December 2011. She then launched the More Money Podcast in 2015 which now has almost 2 million downloads.
Since then, she’s been the go-to millennial money expert in Canada, having been quoted in the media hundreds of times in addition to being a regular guest on CTV News’ Mind the Gap panel since 2018. She also gives presentations throughout North America to share her expertise and down-to-earth financial advice and teaches students how to build wealth by investing through her online course Wealth Building Blueprint for Canadians.
In her free time, Jessica loves to travel, bake, and read memoirs.
WHAT JESSICA DISCUSSED:
- Her perspective of self care from a financial point of view
- How to balance self care and personal finance without guilt
- The best self care investments
- Key financial or investing tips for our audience in Canada
PLUS MUCH MORE
YouTube video on the 10 things I no longer buy: https://youtu.be/49Z6O3vUnIg
HOW TO KEEP UP WITH JESSICA:
Via her website: https://jessicamoorhouse.com
Listen to her podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mo-money-podcast/id996219697
Via social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessicaimoorhouse
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicaimoorhouse
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessi_moorhouse
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/jessicamoorhouse1
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Do you struggle with sticking to your grocery budget? Join the club! In this video, I share the tips and tricks that help me stick to my grocery budget that you can leverage too to save more money!
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Have you ever taken a serious look at your spending and noticed any trends or habits you weren't too happy about? Well in this episode, I'm sharing the tops ways we waste money and tips to combat this wastefulness that will hopefully help you reduce overspending and save some money!
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Today, on the podcast we are talking about overcoming lack and scarcity mentalities and embracing abundance! To have this conversation, my special guest is Dr. Chavonne Perotte.
Dr. Chavonne Perotte is a life and marriage coach who helps women and couples develop the mindset to create happy marriages. She is also a trained as a social science researcher. She received her doctorate from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and focused her research on communication and intimate partnerships.
She is the author of Voices in Your Ear: New Conversations to Transform Your Mind and Renew Your Marriage and is the Founder of RelateAble, LLC. a coaching practice that provides private coaching to clients all over the world.
WHAT WAS DISCUSSED:
- How having a lack/scarcity mentality can be defined and identified
- Chavonne's personal experience a lack mentality
- How having a lack mentality impacts relationships, marriages, friendships, etc
- How to overcome having a lack/scarcity mentality
- How to go about embracing abundance without guilt
AND MUCH MORE
HOW TO KEEP UP WITH CHAVONNE:
Website: drchavonne.com
Podcast: Love Marriage Again with Dr. Chavonne
Instagram: chavonneperotte
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In today’s episode, Olivia Summerhill joins me to discuss how to avoid the money conflicts that lead to divorce. Olivia has been in finance for almost a decade, growing up with a family devastated by divorce and wealth. She decided to get into finance to control her future and found a niche after working with women going through divorce.
Today, Olivia works with women to help them navigate divorce, protecting their lifestyle throughout the divorce process. She works closely with her clients’ divorce mediators to negotiate the most advantageous settlements. After the divorce finalization, Olivia uses her knowledge of behavioral finance to work with her clients on topics relating to a divorce’s impact. Specifically, on psychological behaviors such as self-awareness, money patterns, and effective financial decision-making, her female clients can control and maintain their living standards.
WHAT WAS DISCUSSED ON THE EPISODE:
How divorce impacted Olivia growing up
The major money conflicts that can lead to divorce
The types of behaviors that tie into financial conflict
Advice for couples to minimize financial conflicts from escalating into divorce
AND MUCH MORE
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH OLIVIA:
Learn more about her resources and services: at https://summerhillwealth.com
Listen to her podcast, Divorce for wealthy women via
https://anchor.fm/summerhillwealth
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Bevin Morgan is a Financial Wellness Coach who specializes in helping Black female entrepreneurs and creators gain confidence in their financial futures. She has been passed over for promotions and is intimately familiar with being stuck in jobs where the responsibility seems to increase while the salary never does. She has started and failed at more businesses than she can count but has used that experience to find her passion. Through all of that, she has become completely debt-free and has started her journey in real estate investing.
WHAT WAS DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE:
How Bevin became debt-free
Why she decided to invest in real estate
How she prepared to purchase her first unit
How she determined profitability on her first investment
How she manages rent collection, cash flow, and repairs
The issues and challenges she’s faced
* and more
THE RESOURCE BEVIN MENTIONED:
biggerpockets.com
HOW TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH BEVIN:
Via IG @bevinmorgan
On her website: Bevinmorgan.me
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On today's episode, Dannie Vann shares how she navigated a divorce and getting herself back on her feet financially all in the same year. She went from not having a bed when she moved out to finding a better paying job, negotiating her income, getting her own place, and finding emotional peace.
MORE ABOUT DANNIE
Dannie is the founder of Penniestowealth.com, a financial coach, and a Certified Financial Education Instructor (CFEI). In 2 years, she eliminated over $130k in debt and has helped guide her audience to financial freedom. She educates her online “Wealthy Fam” on budgeting, investing, and frugal living tips while sharing the high and lows of her own financial journey.
WHAT WAS DISCUSSED:
How Dannie navigated getting divorced and saving $60k all in the same year
How she managed the emotions and mental health of navigating her divorce and finances through a pandemic
How she went about saving $60,000
Her key advice for women going through a similar journey
AND MUCH MORE
KEEP UP WITH Dannie
Instagram/Twitter: @penniestowealth
Website: penniestowealth.com/
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Today, my guest Tara Jones-Williamson is sharing her journey to paying off $60k in 2 years as a single mother!
Tara is a feminine Financial Success Coach and Lifestyle Designer who is dedicated to helping women slay their financial and lifestyle goals. Over 10 years ago, she created and executed a plan that allowed her to press reset and go from financial struggle and failure to financial success and freedom.
With her daughter on her lap, she paid off over $60,000 of debt as a single mother. She then launched Your Pretty Pennies, an online financial lifestyle brand, where she educates and empowers women to move from making poor financial choices to using their income to manifest their best lives.
WHAT WE DISCUSSED:
- Why Tara decided to create a plan to help her reset and pursue financial success and the aha moment that caused that decision
- How she managed to do it on just a single income
- The specific things she did to pay off the debt
- The lessons she's you teaching your daughter today about money and financial wellness
AND MUCH MORE
KEEP UP WITH TARA
On Instagram: @yourprettypennies
Via her website at www.yourprettypennies.com
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Ariel Belgrave is a leading voice in women's health. At the very start of the pandemic, Ariel quit her job at Facebook to pursue her business full-time after running it as a side hustle for 6 years. In this interview, she shares her journey with us on exactly how she did it!
MORE ABOUT ARIEL
As a certified health coach, fitness trainer, and the CEO of Gym Hooky, her mission is to help women achieve their dream body without fad diets or working out every day.
Her commitment to women's wellness has earned her opportunities to work with Fortune 100 companies, influence the health programs of top colleges, and receive recognition from major outlets such as The Today Show, Women's Health, Shape, Elle, Glamour, PopSugar, and Huffington Post.
WHAT WAS DISCUSSED:
- How she made the decision to quit her job during the pandemic
- The first things she did to launch her fulltime business
- How she's monetizing her business today and adding additional streams of income
- How she tackles those fears that every business owner has
- Why health should be a priority for us as women especially right now
AND MUCH MORE
KEEP UP WITH ARIEL
Instagram/Twitter: @gymhooky
Website: www.gymhooky.com
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Ready to get your money moves on for the new year? Here are 10 key money moves to make for the next year!
ARTICLES MENTIONED:
- How to save and pay debt at the same time: https://www.clevergirlfinance.com/blog/pay-off-debt-or-save/
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How a credit freeze works: https://www.clevergirlfinance.com/blog/should-i-freeze-my-credit/
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