Money and Mocha: Recent Episodes
Rita Miller
Kick back and join the The Good Life Money Coaches as they get real and talk about the everyday topics that impact your financial freedom.
The Good Life Money Coaches are Leatrese Hopkins, Alyssa Johnston, and Rita Miller, three financial coaches obsessed with coffee, coaching, and helping everyone live The Good Life!
#004 - The Good Life Money Coaches - Rita and Leatrese explore what's keeping us all from saving for retirement. Does that daily Starbucks really make a difference? Are you eating through your future retirement with fast food and restaurants? Will Social Security save you?
In this episode, we discuss:
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American's retirement savings (or lack of)
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The limitations of Social Security
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The power of early and/or consistent retirement savings
Resource Links:
Retirement Calculator:
https://www.nerdwallet.com/investing/retirement-calculator?trk=nw_gn_5.0
We'd love to hear from you! If you have additional questions or want to set up a free consultation, connect with us at:
Rita Miller - rita@ritamillercpa.com
Leatrese Hopkins - LHopkins@hopkinsconsultingnetwork.com
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Join The Good Life Money Coaches, Rita Miller & Leatrese Hopkins, as they discuss what simplicity can mean and why it seems so elusive.
In this episode, Leatrese & Rita discuss:
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Why is simplicity so hard?
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Barriers to simplicity
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What does a simple life really mean?
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Action Steps
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Minimalism
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Resource Links:
The Minimalists https://www.theminimalists.com/
Monk Manual https://monkmanual.com/
Marie Kondo https://www.amazon.com/Life-Changing-Magic-Tidying-Decluttering-Organizing/dp/1607747308/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=life+changing+magic+of+tidying+up&qid=1685643549&sr=8-1
We'd love to hear from you! - reach us at:
Rita Miller - rita@ritamillercpa.com
Leatrese Hopkins - LHopkins@hopkinsconsultingnetwork.com
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The Good Life Money Coaches, Rita Miller & Leatrese Hopkins, look at the pros and cons of outsourcing tasks. What are the things you don't have time for? How can you leverage service providers to create the life you want? And is it worth it? What are you successfully outsourcing?
In this episode, Leatrese & Rita discuss:
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What services we're using and hope to employ
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Prioritizing your values
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Not a one size fits all
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Maybe it's not the right time
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Resource Links:
Monk Manual https://monkmanual.com/
Focus Organization https://www.focusorganization.org/
We'd love to hear from you - reach us at:
Rita Miller - rita@ritamillercpa.com
Leatrese Hopkins - LHopkins@hopkinsconsultingnetwork.com
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The Good Life Money Coaches are back! What better way to start Season 2 than by revisiting time management goals? This continues to be a hot topic, with all of us trying to make the best use of our time, yet being pulled in a million different directions by...well.. life!
In this episode, Leatrese & Rita discuss:
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Our struggles with goals
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Our successes and failures
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Time debt -what's that?
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Sticking with the good habits
Resource Links:
Monk Manual https://monkmanual.com/
We'd love to hear from you - reach us at:
Rita Miller - rita@ritamillercpa.com
Leatrese Hopkins - LHopkins@hopkinsconsultingnetwork.com
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011 - The Good Life Money Coaches - Rita, Alyssa, and Leatrese wrap up Season 1 as they discuss how they have been following their own advice and working on time management and weight loss goals. Resolutions for 2023 make an appearance. They also share the discoveries along the way.
In this episode, we discuss:
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Weight Loss and Time Management Journey
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The Power of Mantras in Achieving Weight Loss Goals
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Weight Loss Journey: Reflections on the Process
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The Impact of Late Nights on Weight Gain and Time Management
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The Power of Family Reflection and Communication
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Self Reflection using an Energy Audit
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2023 New Year's Resolutions
Resource Links:
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Energy Audit Tool - Rich Litvin
We'd love to hear from you! If you have additional questions or want to set up a free consultation, connect with us at:
Rita Miller - rita@ritamillercpa.com
Alyssa Johnston - alyssa@simplemoneycoach.com
Leatrese Hopkins - LHopkins@hopkinsconsultingnetwork.com
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010 - The Good Life Money Coaches - Rita, Alyssa, and Leatrese discuss the meaning of coaching and how it can help people to improve their finances and life.
In this episode, we discuss:
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What a coach is and what they do
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Relationship between a coach and a client
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How coaching can help people in different areas of their life
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Coaching myths debunked
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Benefits of working with a coach or mentor - financial, life or fitness
Highlights:
The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as "partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. The results can be life changing. Clients often say they’ve created a new outlook on life – finding inspiration, courage, confidence, and answers to long-burning questions within themselves."
"...coaches are the curators of wisdom and knowledge that each client needs depending on where they're at and where they want to go."- Alyssa Johnston
Resource Links:
SCORE - https://www.score.org/
Become a Coach - https://becomea.coach/?utm_source=ICF-site&utm_medium=nav-link&utm_campaign=bac-traffic-direction
We'd love to hear from you! If you have additional questions or want to set up a free consultation, connect with us at:
Rita Miller - rita@ritamillercpa.com
Alyssa Johnston - alyssa@simplemoneycoach.com
Leatrese Hopkins - LHopkins@hopkinsconsultingnetwork.com
This platform content, including information provided by guests, is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. The content is not intended to replace or substitute for any professional medical, counseling, therapeutic, financial, legal, or other advice.
009 - The Good Life Money Coaches - Rita, Alyssa, and Leatrese talk about all things time management.
In this episode, we discuss:
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Organizing your time
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Tools: Planners, Lists, Calendars
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Setting priorities
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Struggles of Solopreneurs
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Energy Audit
Resource Links:
Energy Audit -
The 4 Disciplines of Execution - https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_4_Disciplines_of_Execution/wu4A8LJpYD8C?hl=en&gbpv=0
The Monk Manual - https://monkmanual.com/
Energy Audit - https://richlitvin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Energy-Audit-Tool-bw.pdf
We'd love to hear from you - reach us at:
Rita Miller - rita@ritamillercpa.com
Alyssa Johnston - alyssa@simplemoneycoach.com
Leatrese Hopkins - LHopkins@hopkinsconsultingnetwork.com
This platform content, including information provided by guests, is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. The content is not intended to replace or substitute for any professional medical, counseling, therapeutic, financial, legal, or other advice.
008 - The Good Life Money Coaches - Rita, Alyssa, and Leatrese talk about goal setting and strategies for successful execution.
In this episode, we discuss:
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Setting and Achieving Goals
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Things that can derail your efforts
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Setting S.M.A.R.T goals
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Looking back and evaluating past goals
Resource Links:
The 4 Disciplines of Execution - https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_4_Disciplines_of_Execution/wu4A8LJpYD8C?hl=en&gbpv=0
The Monk Manual - https://monkmanual.com/
S.M.A.R.T Goals - https://www.atlassian.com/blog/productivity/how-to-write-smart-goals
If you have any questions, reach us at:
Rita Miller - rita@ritamillercpa.com
Alyssa Johnston - alyssa@simplemoneycoach.com
Leatrese Hopkins - LHopkins@hopkinsconsultingnetwork.com
This platform content, including information provided by guests, is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. The content is not intended to replace or substitute for any professional medical, counseling, therapeutic, financial, legal, or other advice.
007 - The Good Life Money Coaches - Rita, Alyssa, and Leatrese talk about their weight loss journeys and the challenges along the way.
In this episode, we discuss:
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Our personal struggles and successes with weight, eating habits and diet plans
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How eating relates to money
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The cost of healthy vs unhealthy eating
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The impact of food on the environment
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Weight loss strategies for the New Year
Resource Links:
https://www.weightwatchers.com/us/
https://www.noom.com/
Intermittent Fasting
What are some challenges and successes that you've experienced in your weight management journey? We'd love to hear your story! Reach us at:
Rita Miller - rita@ritamillercpa.com
Alyssa Johnston - alyssa@simplemoneycoach.com
Leatrese Hopkins - LHopkins@hopkinsconsultingnetwork.com
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006 - The Good Life Money Coaches - Rita, Alyssa, and Leatrese talk about Payday loans and the trending, Buy Now, Pay Later payment options so many people are using.
In this episode, we discuss:
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Payday Loans - Who's using them and why?
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Breaking the cycle of Payday loans
- The explosion of Buy Now, Pay Later (Afterpay, Klarna, etc.)
- Buy Now, Pay Later and impulse spending
Have you used Payday loans or Buy Now, Pay Later? We'd love to hear your story! Reach us at:
Rita Miller - rita@ritamillercpa.com
Alyssa Johnston - alyssa@simplemoneycoach.com
Leatrese Hopkins - LHopkins@hopkinsconsultingnetwork.com
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005 - The Good Life Money Coaches - Rita, Alyssa, and Leatrese get real and break down the pros and cons of renting versus home ownership.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Rent payments and mortgage payments. NOT an "apples to apples" comparison!
- Closing costs
- The challenges of moving
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Repairs & maintenance costs are real
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Budgeting & planning for home ownership
Got great home buying or apartment shopping hacks? Tell us about them at:
Rita Miller - rita@ritamillercpa.com
Alyssa Johnston - alyssa@simplemoneycoach.com
Leatrese Hopkins - LHopkins@hopkinsconsultingnetwork.com
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004 - The Good Life Money Coaches - Rita, Alyssa, and Leatrese tackle health plan choices and dilemmas during Open Enrollment.
In this episode, we discuss:
- The high cost of health insurance
- High deductible plans
- Affordable Care Act
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Employer vs self-employed plans
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Medicare premium costs
- Self-employed premium tax deductions
Tell us your open enrollment wins (or nightmares) at:
Rita Miller - rita@ritamillercpa.com
Alyssa Johnston - alyssa@simplemoneycoach.com
Leatrese Hopkins - LHopkins@hopkinsconsultingnetwork.com
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003 - The Good Life Money Coaches - Rita, Alyssa, and Leatrese discuss different scenarios of vacation planning and some ways to save money and get more enjoyment out of the experience of travel.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Planning vacations around children's school trips, spring break, weddings and off-peak seasons
- Saving and paying for vacations
- The Cost of Traveling: How to Save Money and Enjoy the Journey
- Traveling to Germany
- Getting the most out of your vacation travels
Share some of your favorite travel tips and destinations in the comments or reach out to us at:
Rita Miller - rita@ritamillercpa.com
Alyssa Johnston - alyssa@simplemoneycoach.com
Leatrese Hopkins - LHopkins@hopkinsconsultingnetwork.com
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002 - The Good Life Money Coaches - Rita, Alyssa, and Leatrese discuss getting financially, emotionally and mentally prepared for the holiday season.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Stress during the holiday season
- The impact of traditions and ideas to create new ones
- Gifts vs. Experiences
- What has changed since the pandemic?
-How to Have an Enjoyable and Memorable Holiday Season on a Budget
Free Holiday Tradition & Gifting Alternatives Guide https://linktr.ee/ritamillercoach
Share some of your new stress-free holiday traditions in the comments or reach out to one of us!
Rita Miller - rita@ritamillercpa.com
Alyssa Johnston - alyssa@simplemoneycoach.com
Leatrese Hopkins - LHopkins@hopkinsconsultingnetwork.com
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001 Welcome to Money & Mocha with The Good Life Money Coaches!!!
We are three financial coaches that have become good friends over the last 2 years. Grab a coffee and connect with us as we join forces to talk about where everyday living and finances intersect.
Rita Miller - rita@ritamillercpa.com
Alyssa Johnston - alyssa@simplemoneycoach.com
Leatrese Hopkins - LHopkins@hopkinsconsultingnetwork.com
This platform content, including information provided by guests, is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. The content is not intended to replace or substitute for any professional medical, counseling, therapeutic, financial, legal, or other advice.