The Energy of Money Podcast: Recent Episodes
Dr. Maria Nemeth
The Spiritual Guide to Financial & Personal Fulfillment
"Money is congealed energy," said Joseph Campbell. "And releasing it releases life's possibilities. . ."
Thousands of people worldwide have learned how to build a powerful new relationship with their money and bring their dreams to fruition through Dr. Maria Nemeth's dynamic Energy of Money workshops. Now you can, too by listening to her latest podcast.
"It's the small, sweet steps that really change how our life turns out."
~Dr. Maria Nemeth
"I fairly sizzle with zeal and enthusiasm as I spring forth with a mighty faith to do the things that ought to be done by me."
~ Charles Fillmore, co-founder of the Unity School of Christianity
“I admitted to myself that I wanted it and I went for it again.”
~Patrick Winfield Vogel
In this episode of Energy of Money, Dr. Maria explores the true nature of scarcity and why the constant desire for more never leads to lasting fulfillment.
Scarcity is often seen as something to fear or eliminate, but Dr. Maria reframes it as a natural and necessary part of life. The feeling of not having enough is deeply wired into the human brain and has been with us for thousands of years. Even as our resources grow, the desire for more often grows with it.
She reveals why more money or more time does not solve scarcity and can actually intensify it. Instead of chasing more, she invites listeners to understand scarcity as the presence of limits. These limits are what give structure and meaning to our lives.
The episode also explores the difference between visionary reality, where possibilities are infinite, and physical reality, where limits exist. True mastery comes from learning how to bring ideas into form within those limits.
Dr. Maria also introduces a more intentional way to approach money and time by recognizing where energy is being used unconsciously. By becoming aware of spending habits and daily choices, it becomes possible to create greater fulfillment without needing more.
This episode is a powerful invitation to shift focus away from accumulation and toward intention. The question is no longer how to get more, but what is possible with what you already have.
In this thought-provoking episode of The Energy of Money, Dr. Maria invites listeners into a deeper inquiry — one that goes beyond purpose, goals, or ambition. Instead of asking “What is my purpose?” she poses a more revealing question:
What is the question to which your life is the answer?
Our lives are never neutral. Through our choices, behaviors, relationships, and values, we are constantly answering a question — consciously or unconsciously. This episode explores how to recognize the question your life has been answering and how to intentionally choose a new one.
This is not about judgment. It is about authorship.
In this episode of The Energy of Money, Dr. Maria continues her exploration of Erik Erikson’s eight psychosocial stages of development, focusing on the final three stages that shape our relationships, purpose, and legacy.
Drawing on psychology, lived experience, and reflective storytelling, Dr. Maria walks listeners through the emotional and psychological conflicts that arise in young adulthood, middle adulthood, and later life—and how unresolved stages can affect fulfillment, connection, and meaning at any age.
This conversation invites listeners to pause, reflect, and ask powerful questions about where they are in life and what they are being called to do next.
In this episode of The Energy of Money, Dr. Maria explores Erik Erikson’s Eight Psychosocial Stages of Development and why they matter far beyond childhood psychology. She explains how unresolved stages can impact fulfillment, relationships, purpose, and even our experience of money and success later in life.
In this episode of The Energy of Money, Dr. Maria breaks down what it truly takes to build lasting trust in our most important relationships. As the holidays bring us closer to family, friends, and colleagues, she offers practical insight into how trust forms, why it breaks, and how we can rebuild it with intention.
Dr. Maria explains the difference between judging trust and choosing trust, showing how quickly the mind gathers evidence to reinforce fear. Through real coaching stories, she highlights how simple mistakes often get misread as character flaws rather than human moments.
At the heart of the episode is her invitation to shift from judgment to willingness. When we say “I am willing,” we step into clarity, compassion, and courage. Dr. Maria shares how this shift opens new possibilities for connection and healing.
She closes with tools for demonstrating trust first and seeing the humanity in others. This episode offers a grounded and uplifting framework for strengthening relationships throughout the holiday season and beyond.
The holidays can bring joy and also stress and loneliness. In this special episode of The Energy of Money, Dr. Maria shares a powerful parable that reveals how mindset, focus, and contribution shape our experience. Through a simple story and heartfelt reflections, you’ll discover why what you focus on expands, how bringing joy to others warms your own heart, and how you become the greatest gift when you choose intention over expectation.
Show Notes:
In this reflective episode of The Energy of Money, Dr. Maria shares timeless wisdom inspired by her travels through ancient Greece, Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey. As she explores ruins once built to last forever, she reminds us that true permanence isn’t found in stone, it’s found in the human spirit.
Dr. Maria unpacks the three components of physical reality density, impermanence, and unpredictability, and shows how understanding them can shift our perspective on what truly matters. Through vivid stories and gentle coaching prompts, she encourages listeners to:
✨ Appreciate beauty in the present moment — no matter how small.
✨ Reclaim creative energy by completing even one unfinished task.
✨ Live intentionally by seizing the day and cherishing what’s right in front of us.
From marble temples to marigold flowers, this conversation is an invitation to pause, reflect, and take one small step toward living more fully today.
Why do we struggle with money, even when we know better?
In this episode, Dr. Maria reveals the hidden difference between honesty and truth when it comes to your money mindset. Through powerful stories and a practical coaching exercise, she shows how childhood memories and limiting beliefs can distort your relationship with money.
You’ll discover:
- Why memory isn’t always reliable
- How “honest stories” about money can keep you stuck
- The truth that unlocks real financial success
If you’ve ever asked yourself “Why am I not more successful with money?”, this episode will change the way you think.
"Be more interested than interesting." In this episode, Dr. Maria unpacks the idea of the Credibility Quotient and why it matters so much for entrepreneurs. She highlights how trust is earned by consistently showing competence, integrity, and respect. The discussion explores practical ways to strengthen credibility, from active listening and clear messaging to increasing your visibility in the community. Dr. Maria also reminds listeners that genuine curiosity about others is one of the most powerful ways to form authentic connections and grow lasting credibility.
"To be vulnerable means to allow the winds of life to blow freely over your soul—to let life in, on life’s terms." – Dr. Maria Nemeth
"In a holographic existence, each small act contains the potential to shift everything." – Dr. Maria Nemeth
Why do we say "I deserve this"—and is it helping or hurting us? In this episode, Dr. Maria explores the deeper meaning and hidden traps behind the word deserve. From reward cycles to transactional relationships, she unpacks how this powerful word shapes our behavior, mindset, and self-worth. Learn how to break free from the “I Deserve It” syndrome and shift toward a life of clarity, gratitude, and grace. Plus, Dr. Maria shares a simple, science-backed nightly practice to retrain your brain and uplift your daily experience.
In this episode of The Energy of Money podcast, Dr. Maria explores the hidden cost of busyholism—a compulsive need to stay in motion at the expense of joy, clarity, and connection. She invites you to ask: Are you in the driver’s seat of your life, or are you being driven by endless to-do lists and perfectionism? Through heartfelt stories, practical reflections, and gentle wisdom, Dr. Maria offers a new path—one that includes rest, gratitude, and meaningful moments. Tune in and rediscover the power of slowing down.
In this episode of The Energy of Money podcast, Dr. Maria explores one of the six essential forms of energy for a fulfilling life—physical vitality. She invites you to consider your relationship with your body: Is it supportive and nourishing, or neglectful and critical? Through gentle insights and practical tools, Dr. Maria shows how befriending your body can lead to more clarity, ease, and joy in daily life. Plus, hear about her upcoming two-day course, Befriending Your Body, where you’ll learn to truly honor and listen to your body’s wisdom.
"You are not your brain—you are the one who can shape it." – Dr. Maria Nemeth
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"The biggest mistake is a mindset of scarcity—the fear that there’s never enough. The solution is to begin circulating money. Even small acts matter." – Tom LeNoble
"Both paths are valid—just make sure you’re making an informed decision, and giving yourself the tools, structure, and support to succeed." —Dr. Maria Nemeth
Dr. Maria introduces The Energy of Money Deep Dive—a 5-session live book study designed to help you transform your relationship with money, led by Dr. Maria herself.
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"What if procrastination isn’t real? What if there’s only action or inaction?" – Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Any time you step beyond what you know, fear will show up. But the key is to move forward anyway—in small, manageable steps." – Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Miracles rest not so much upon healing power coming near us from afar, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for the moment, our eyes can see and our ears can hear what has been there around us always.” – Willa Cather
“It’s easy to bring light to a space that already has it, but it takes courage to shine your light where it’s missing.” – Dr. Maria Nemeth
"You are already the best version of yourself, because you are the only version of yourself." – Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Success means doing what you said you would do consistently—with clarity, focus, ease, and grace." – Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Life will almost always deviate from the straight paths we put in front of us." – Dr. Maria Nemeth
"There's no value in blaming others as a leader. You're responsible for your results. " – Trent M. Clark
"If you are watchful of the things you say and shift your focus, you will find success, as I define it: doing what you said you would do, consistently, with clarity, focus, ease, and grace." – Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Your voice of wisdom is an outgrowth of your standards of integrity—it's always there, waiting for you to listen and guide your decisions." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Miracles lie outside of our current structures of knowing, and over time, what once felt extraordinary becomes a part of our everyday reality." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Inner peace, joy, and compassion are right hemisphere phenomena that we all can experience more often by actively changing our thought patterns." - Jill Bolte Taylor
"Enjoyment is an energy, and when you learn how to use it, when you learn how to focus it, when you learn how to direct it, life becomes sweet." - Dr. Maria
"It's how to age with ease and happiness. You know, longevity, but not just longevity for longevity's sake, longevity in which you're experiencing a life well lived." - Dr. Maria
"People who live in gratitude have a different energy than those that live in fear and insufficiency." - Elfrena Foord
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." - George Bernard Shaw
"What do you expect to get out of each day? Because your brain will give you evidence for what you expect." - Dr. Maria
"The greatest thing is to be present in your life. Actually, be present, not distracted, but enjoy what's before you." - Dr. Maria
"You are not your brain; you have a brain. You are that which has the capacity to train your brain and focus it." - Dr. Maria
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"The only difference between people who are successful and people who aren't is that people who are successful, are successful, and people who aren't, aren't." - Dr. Maria
"Your anxiety and worries are a natural consequence of you desiring to stretch and grow." - Dr. Maria
"Psychotherapy is healing. Coaching is fulfillment, to live the life that you were meant to live." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"There's nothing more painful than living with a sense of regret that you didn't do some of the things that you wanted to do" - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Grace is your ability to see the unexpected blessings that are around you. And the gateway to grace is gratitude." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Success is doing what you said you would do consistently with clarity, focus, ease, and grace." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Be compassionate, loyal, and trustworthy, and let clarity lead you through life's choices." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Success is doing what you said you would do consistently with clarity, focus, ease, and grace." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"The greatest gift you can give someone is not money. In some ways, it's not your love, although love is underneath. It's your trust, your trust in who they are, that there's a basic goodness inside of them." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Be willing to see the good, expect the good, and as you feel good, do good. It's a cycle of true success and fulfillment in life." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Discover a way to feed other people, metaphorically if not actually. Find a place that you would love to get involved. Get out there; don't sit back with a sense of isolation and hopelessness. Stay involved because there is comfort in being part of a community. That's what we were designed for. We were not designed to be isolated." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Give the present of your presence; it costs only time, creativity, and the energy of relationship. The moments you create will linger in hearts far longer than any wrapped gift ever could." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts" - Winston Churchill
"Creativity has to do with learning how to creatively get around the inevitable obstacles that are going to face you. Every time you want to put something from the realm of ideas into the realm of physical reality." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"You are that which has the capacity to shape your brain in any way you want it to be shaped" - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Give your brain some compassion. Recognize that your brain has only been trying to help you." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Miracles rests not so much upon healing power, coming suddenly near us from afar, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for the moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what has been there around us, always." - Willa Cather
"The gateway to grace is to be willing to see the blessings that are all around you. " - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"When you are grateful when you practice gratitude, you automatically start seeing these blessings." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Help us go forward with a particular goal or dream that we've had for a long time. If you put it together with time, you might see that there are ways for you to work more efficiently getting things done either on time or earlier so that you can afford the time to take a vacation." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"You see metaphors are not real. But they give your brain something to focus on, something to make sense of what is going on around you." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Every time you start measuring anything about you. You have to ask, who's measuring this? Who's observing this? And of course, I said, well, my mind." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"You might say one way of putting it is Think outside the box, but it's not thinking. You might want to say feel a different way, but it's not about feeling. What it's about is called a way of being." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Yes, open up your heart and your mind to the possibility of having it and then go to work and get it"
"Treat and move your feet" - Dr. Maria Nemeth
When you are willing to answer the question you don't want to ask or answer. You'll find a nugget of gold underneath. You'll have an AHA! And that is the beginning of a money breakthrough - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Money is energy. It's really nothing more than energy" - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Money is nothing more than congealed energy. You can hold it in your hands and do something with it" - Joseph Campbell
"Those who gaze outward are daydreamers. Those who gaze inward awaken. And that's a very famous quote from Rumi, who was a poet." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"So today we're going to look inward, not outward. Because when you look outward, you become be dazzled by all the shiny objects." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"Whenever we see the fear of missing out, it's always about the outward, not about the inward." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"As we're mentored, continue, to be creative, to be creative, to be successful, which is success, remember is doing what you said you would do consistently with clarity, focus, ease and grace or clarity." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"When you start taking that step to begin to do it." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
"If you're doing something that works, keep doing it. Don't stop." - Dr. Maria Nemeth
The definition of success is doing what you said you would do consistently with clarity, focus, ease and grace. Being financially successful, therefore is doing what you said you would do with the energy of money, with clarity, focus, ease, and grace.
It's about how to bring your ideas and dreams and the things you love. From visionary reality where they belong. You know, visionary reality is the home of the things that you know, you'd love, the things that you want to do, the things that you dream about doing and having.
No matter how hard you try, it's almost like the yes starts coming out of your mouth before you know what you're, you're saying. But what if we started to train ourselves to say yes, but saying yes to what? So if I love saying yes to, what can I say yes to? Let's say someone asks you to do something. To be on a board or a committee and they talk about it and it's so inviting and you wanna say yes, but instead of saying no to him or her, what if we paused the conversation and turn and focused on something else that we want to say yes to, which is more important than this other request.
You and I cannot sit back, and as well as would say, imagine that the gold is mining itself, refining itself, coining itself into double eagles, and double eagles incidentally are these beautiful, big golden coins and come rolling down the road, hopping into your pocket. No, he said we must take action.
Sometimes we feel good, sometimes we feel bad. Sometimes we have a lot of something, sometimes we have not so much love. You could put that, you could put hate, you could put peace, you could put war. Sometimes we have a lot of something, sometimes we have not so much love. You could put that, you could put hate, you could put peace, you could put war. In other words, gather forth like wheat from a field. And as I said, there's a time for war, a time for peace.
There's so many ways to become successful. And to see that if you fail at something, the very fact that you were going after that one thing says the following, if it's a dream of yours, that means it's just waiting for you. It's just waiting for you out there. And if you go and capture that dream, in terms of those of us who are entrepreneurs, for example, if you have a vision for a way to do business, don't give up.
When considering what one "loves" in relation to money, it is important to think about the underlying values, passions, and priorities that drive one's financial decisions.
Turn scarcity Into a lesson, to learn how to be sufficient, learn how to be expedient, and learn how to overcome obstacles.
January is a beginning and psychologically, there is something about beginnings for all of us.
That I can't make the amount of money that I want to be making, that I can't keep the amount that I should be kept after all that I make. But there's this sense that I have some sort of internal law.
In other words, completing something allows almost at the same. Something else to arise for us as a possibility. Something that had been in the background, but now it comes into the foreground because you've taken action to complete one area, having to do with your relationship with money tried out.
If I look at my relationship with money, it gives me information about my life, how I do money is how I do my life.
Our relationship with this energy of money reminds us that money is simply a form of energy.
Money has its hand in everything that we think of in our culture. The energy of money seeps its way into all the other energies.
Would it be more that you were working to strengthen your relationship with money? Because money is out there and the question is, what is your relationship with this energy of money?
To leak money means that whatever you spend the money on, you don't get a sense of enjoyment out of it. It's just like fog.
And then there's a physical reality, and one of the facts of physical reality is that we experience limits, so one of the features of physical reality is scarcity.
The thing about the word abundance doesn't it conjure up for you in your mind, these thoughts of standing somewhere in a field with your arms.
No matter what you're thinking or feeling, you know, to be willing says, I'm bigger than my doubts and worries about money.
People who experience feast or famine with money, many of those are people who earn commissions in life.
People who are successful, keep going and people who aren't, tend to give up on their goal or dream or themselves, especially when it comes to some dream or goal having to do with their relationship with money.
Many of us coaches take a portion of our practice and we save it for people who cannot pay a whole lot of money.
A metaphor is something concrete that we use to explain an experience we're having, that's not very tangible.
This week Dr. Maria Nemeth talks about Winning at the Lottery of Life. You’ll know how difficult it is to unexpectedly have to deal with this energy, even if you’ve spent countless hours dreaming about what you’d do with it if you got some!
This week Dr. Maria Nemeth talks about the Energy of Physical Vitality. She poses the question, "Where has my vision been cloudy when it comes to money?" Listen in as Dr. Nemeth shares how sometimes we may need to step back and look at our relationship with money differently in order to gain a better perspective.
In life, there are times where we find ourselves asking questions like "what's wrong," "what's going on with me," or "why is this happening?" This week Dr. Maria Nemeth goes over the concept of ordinary questions versus transforming questions. Ordinary questions often lead to a singular answer, whereas transformative questions can lead to a plethora of answers and self-discovery. Listen in as Dr. Nemeth teaches us how to shift our mindset and ask ourselves transforming questions.
As the old saying goes, "Time is money." In this episode, Dr. Maria Nemeth talks about the energy of time. There's only so much time in a day and sometimes that fact can give us some anxiety. The concept of "time scarcity" is one that many of us are familiar with. So much to do, but so little time. Listen in as Dr. Nemeth shows us how to navigate through time scarcity and give us a better understanding of the energy of time.
Sometimes in order to justify our desire or need for something, we rationalize it by saying we "deserve it." It may come from a good place--perhaps you worked hard one week and simply want to reward yourself with a treat. However, this can quickly become a cycle and a habit--a habit that can be hard to break. In psychology, this is called operant conditioning. Operant conditioning states that a behavior that is rewarded will occur more often. Dr. Maria Nemeth calls this cycle the Deprivation Cycle. Listen in and discover how to break the cycle and regain control of your energy of money.
When it comes to money, we can experience a lot of anxiety. Sometimes that anxiety can be overwhelming to the point where we don't even want to think about money. In this episode, Dr. Maria Nemeth talks about how to handle money anxiety with your self coaching model. Listen in and find how to look, see, tell the truth, and take authentic action when it comes to your relationship with money.
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What's the difference between transformation and change? A change is simple, getting a haircut, changing your clothes, and other mundanities. Transformation is completely different; it's a process. Transformation allows us to go through a process that ultimately stays with us and may improve our lives and our relationship with money. Listen in as Dr. Maria Nemeth explains how to find ways to transform your own life.
Forgiveness can be a difficult process. Those feelings of resentment or anger can be overwhelming. However, hanging on to those emotions can get in the way of your own life. They can impede your own personal progress and growth. In this episode, Dr. Maria Nemeth shows you how to start the process of forgiveness.
It's not often that miracles happen. That's why they're called miracles! In this episode, Dr. Maria Nemeth talks about money miracles. One money miracle that one might want is a sudden influx of cash. However, Dr. Nemeth shows that there may be other kinds of money miracles, the kind that brings joy to your life and those around you. By taking a closer look at your life, you might just find that there have already been a few miracles.
Listen in this week as Dr. Maria Nemeth breaks down your structure of knowing. The structure of knowing, as Dr. Maria puts it, consists of a number of conclusions that people draw regarding money. In this episode, Dr. Maria shows you how to take a look at your own structure of knowing and identify what your conclusions are and why they may prevent you from fully experiencing the energy of money.
So far, Dr. Maria Nemeth has shown how money is energy and how you do money is how you do your life. You've seen how it can bring clarity, focus, ease, and grace into your own life. In this episode, learn how to contribute that energy to others and bring happiness onto their lives as well.
Napoleon Hill once said, "If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way." In this episode, Dr. Maria Nemeth talks to us about how even the smallest of actions can add up to big results. As she likes to say, money is a reflection of other parts of your life. Listen in as she explains the benefits of saving the smallest piece of the energy of money and putting it where it will do the most good.
"I find that when I say I deserve something, my tendency is to spend more money than I normally would," Dr. Maria Nemeth says. In this week's episode, we go over, what Dr. Nemeth calls, "operational conditioning." AS she puts it, when you do something and it's rewarded, there often is a tendency to do it again. It's a cycle that may sometimes lead to burnout and fatigue. Listen in as Dr. Maria Nemeth explains the ins and outs of operational conditioning and how you can avoid falling into the same trap.
Listen in this week as Dr. Maria Nemeth discusses driven behavior, and why success and satisfaction might not always follow. Learn how to identify when you're facing driven behavior, how to shift your habits, and ultimately find the energy of enjoyment again. Ask yourself, would it be okay with you if life got easier?
Humans are creatures of habit. This week, Dr. Maria Nemeth talks about some good and bad money habits that she's learned over the years. Listen in as she breaks down the psychology behind them and how you can learn to change them little by little.
Scarcity and abundance is an interesting concept. Sometimes, our fear of scarcity and our desire for abundance begets more scarcity. Our desire for more can often lead to a sense of despair. Listen in as Dr. Maria Nemeth shares her knowledge on scarcity and abundance and how to better our lives by understanding it.
Scarcity and abundance is an interesting concept. Sometimes, our fear of scarcity and our desire for abundance begets more scarcity. Our desire for more can often lead to a sense of despair. Listen in as Dr. Maria Nemeth shares her knowledge on scarcity and abundance and how to better our lives by understanding it.
The definition of success is doing what you said you would do, consistently, with clarity, focus, ease, and grace!
Dr. Maria Nemeth explains how you can use some helpful tools to help you towards your dreams and goals. She focuses on clarity and your life's intentions in this episode. Are you clear about what your business needs? Do you have clarity of what your goal is or should be?
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NEW YEAR, NEW YOU!
If you’re like so many of us, you may be facing the New Year resolutions with a “resolve of iron,” making promises to yourself that this year will be different. It sounds something like the following:
Marge, a 37-year-old business owner, put it this way: “This year I’ll keep my promises I made! I won’t give in to the temptation to give up on my pledges to exercise, lose weight, and spend more “me” time in meditating and yoga. I know my friends are probably laughing at me, but it’s true. This time I’m going to make sure I do what I said I would do.”
Does this sound familiar? If it does, you’re not alone.
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In the episode, Dr. Maria Nemeth explains exactly what the energy of money is and how it impacts our lives. She will also explain how to avoid holiday spending hangovers, and to be willing to try new things.
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Dr. Maria Nemeth sits down with CEO Kalika Yap to discuss how you can control your money during the surge of holiday spending.
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