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Finding your passion in life sounds a bit out there, right?

We always think one day we’ll just stumble upon our passion it and be like “oh there it is!” While, that’s not necessarily the case, today’s guest shows us exactly how we can start to find what really lights us up and step in our greatness.

Kathlyn Hart is the founder of KathlynHart.com and host of the podcast The Big Leap Show. She is a motivational speaker and empowerment coach on a mission to support the next generation of female leaders to own their worth and step into their power.  

In this episode we talk about her journey from working for a non-profit, how she saved $16,000 to fulfill her dream of traveling the world, how to find what you are good at, and even tips for working with your significant other.  All this and much, much more in this value packed episode.

• Kat’s website
• The Big Leap Show Podcast
• How working at a non-profit drained her soul, even though she loved her mission
• What made her finally take control of her finances
• How her dream of travel led her to San Francisco and into architecture and design
• How to test your “dream life” before you jump head first and risk everything
• She saved $16,000 to fulfill her dream of travelling the world
• Is a silent retreat for you?
• What did she do when she had to choose between living on her own or travelling the world?
• What options do you have to live your dreams?
• Can you differentiate between something that’s just a passion or a business?
• How do you find what you’re good at?
• How important is branding?
• Tips on working with your significant other

And much more! If you are now part of #TeamKat, check out her website to learn more about her story.

Brittany– “Small victory- called credit cards to ask about lower interest rates. One reduced by about 2% for the next 6 months.”  #moneywin

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Have you ever heard of a psychotherapist turned financial therapist?

Me neither. Until I read the life changing book and chatted with author, Bari Tessler.

Today’s guest is the founder and author of The Art Of Money and BariTessler.com. The Art Of Money is a book that slowly worked its way up to my favorites. Bari discusses in a fully and entertaining way about how she helps people with money healing, practice, and money maps. She focuses on teaching people everything they needed to know about managing money in a practical.

In this episode we talk about her journey from social work to financial therapist, the curriculum behind the incredible year long financial program, money shames and how we can start to change the story we tell ourselves, money practices and what those are exactly, and we even discuss money maps (a more exciting way of saying budget). All this and much, much more in this value packed episode.

• Bari’s Website: baritessler.com 
• Read the book The Art of Money
• Why she requested going to therapy to help her better understand herself… as a teen!
• Why dance and movement has had such a profound impact on her life
• Her routine of hiking and being in nature every day
• Breaking through money shames and what to do to challenge them
• Money practices (money dates, monthly, quarterly and yearly practices) and how they can keep you in line
• How you can make bookkeeping FUN (seriously! this is great stuff!)
• Building a healthy relationship with money – including your debts
• Going on a money cleanse and creating your money map (aka budget)

And much more! If you are now part of #TeamBari, check out her website to learn more about her story.

Stephanie– “Today, I laid out my plans for have $1,000 in savings to start me off and have my first student loan (of many) paid off as well as paying off my two department charges!”  #moneywin

Lauren– “Small Victory : ALL of my credit cards are paid off. Next goal: tackle 8k of student loan debt & 4K on my car.” #MoneyWin

Share your money wins by tagging me on Twitter (@whitneyhansenco) or Insta (@whitney_hansen_co) or the private Facebook Group and using tag #MoneyWin for a shout out and recognition you deserve!

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Believe it or not, Elton John can be a huge motivator for paying off debt.

Today’s guest is, Melissa Thomas, the founder of MelissaTheCoach.com where she writes about money, and helps people pay off debt and get their financial life in order.  Melissa discovered Elton John when she was 14 years old and has a goal of seeing as many Elton concerts as she possibly can. (So far she’s seen 36 concerts!)

In this episode we talk about her goal of paying off debt by the time she was 40, why Elton John was her biggest motivator for paying off debt and living a financially savvy life, what she and her husband had to do to break 20 years of bad financial habits, how Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University was her saving grace, and even the hilarious story of how she started a dog sitting business.

• Why she went into teaching
• How Elton John changed her life when she was 14 + motivated her to pay off debt even faster
• Got rid of $43,000  in debt
• How important budgeting was for getting rid of the debt
• What they had to do to change 20 years of bad money habits
• The Christmas that caused their life to change
• Her philosophy of not buying your dream home, but buying something that will give you cash-flow. This gives you the income to live the life you want.
• Melissa’s budgeting tips
• The hilarious story behind starting a dog sitting business
• Couponing and how she started self-teaching

And much more! If you are now part of #TeamMelissa, check out her website to learn more about her story.

Nick– I started a HSA account and plan to fund that as well for retirement. #moneywin

Share your money wins by tagging me on Twitter (@whitneyhansenco) or Insta (@whitney_hansen_co) or the private Facebook Group and using tag #MoneyWin for a shout out and recognition you deserve!

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If you’ve ever been interested in investment properties, this episode is for you.

Today’s guest is joining us from Canada.  Limor Markman is the founder of Limor.money where she writes about money, and being financially fabulous. Limor started her journey when she needed save up enough money to travel abroad.

In this episode we talk about her goal of helping 1 million women get 3 difference income streams, property investing and why waiting to buy might not be the best strategy, why she spent over $20,000 on seminars to further her education, and even some really practical tips for achieving your goals.

• 17 Money Goals for 2017 Blog post
• Limor’s website: limor.money
• How she planned on saving $27,000 dollars for the trip with the current minimum wage at $6.40
• Why she bought her first property in her early 20s.
• Spent almost $20,000 on seminars to further her education
• Her philosophy of not buying your dream home, but buying something that will give you cash-flow. This gives you the income to live the life you want.
• Don’t hope and pray the market will go up when buying property.  Try to buy something that can generate cash-flow right away.
• The nice thing about buying a house, if it burns down, insurance pays you back.  If you buy a stock and it crashes, you lose your money.

And much more! If you are now part of #TeamLimor, check out her website and download her ebook.

Amy-  “Paid off the balance of my car today! $800 or so. Also paid off all the credit cards I had mistakenly opened during Christmas. About $1,000 on balances.”   #moneywin

Allie- “Just wanted to share an exciting money win today- I paid off my first of three credit card debts today, in full, and made a big payment towards the second! Credit card debt free by 2018 is in my sight!” #moneywin

Share your money wins by tagging me on Twitter (@whitneyhansenco) or Insta (@whitney_hansen_co) or the private Facebook Group and using tag #MoneyWin for a shout out and recognition you deserve!

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Imagine walking away from intently paying off $148,000 of debt to pursue your dreams.

Today’s guest is one that motivates the heck out of me. Kayla Sloan is the founder of ShoeAholicNoMore.com where she writes about money, intentional living, and getting out of debt. She’s also a podcaster at FinancialConversation.com. Kayla has a fascinating story about walking away from intently paying off $148,000 in debt to pursue her dream of full-time entrepreneurship.

In this episode we talk about the reason she started Shoe Aholic No More, the time she was laying in bed not able to sleep because she didn’t know if she had enough money in her account for groceries, how she created a very successful career as a freelancer, why she’s not a fan of job boards, and even heartfelt advice on how to pursue your career as a freelancer.

Stick around to the end too, because Kayla really opens up and shares how she used shopping as an outlet to helping her feel better about a painful divorce.

• Kayla’s free ebook: How to start your own business and be your own boss and Pick Her Brain 
• Side hustling as a freelancer
• Why freelancing is more stable than a “normal” job
• Job boards and why those aren’t the best option for landing clients
• The night she lay in bed stressed out because she didn’t know if she had money for groceries
• A painful divorce and how it led to a shopping problem
• What to do if you are trying to get out of debt

And much more! If you are now part of #TeamKayla, check out her website and download her ebook.

Renita Williams-  Her money win is launching her first book “Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy But Budgeting is.” She has sold over 100 copies so far and the book is hilarious, entertaining and most importantly educational!   #moneywin

Joe Koss- Joe officially had his highest grossing year of income. #moneywin

Share your money wins by tagging me on Twitter (@whitneyhansenco) or Insta (@whitney_hansen_co) or the private Facebook Group and using tag #MoneyWin for a shout out and recognition you deserve!

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If you’ve ever had a distaste for frugality, this is the episode for you.

Today’s guest has a background in fashion design, but could care less about fashion. Mindy Jensen is the community manager at BiggerPockets.com. She shops at thrift stores, and keeps expenses as low as possible. If this sounds like torture to you, it’s actually the opposite. She does this so that she can spend heavily on areas that matter to her.

In this episode we talk about paying off $60,000 in 5 years, why everyone should embrace frugality, why she doesn’t care about fashion despite studying fashion design, how she and her husband invest and flip in fixer upper homes, and she even shares how she carried drywall in her car at one point.

• Free money tracker
• What being frugal means to Mindy’s family
• Investment strategy that allowed her family to hit retirement goals sooner
• Real estate investing in fix and flippers
• What to do if you are trying to get out of debt
• Thrift shopping tips and how to find inexpensive clothes for a fraction of the cost
• Why saying no to your kids is critical

And much more! If you are now part of #TeamMindy, check out the community she manages for more money inspo.

Danielle-  waited to sell her snowboard until this winter and got more out of it. (She’s doing this to help fund her upcoming one year living internationally trip.)   #moneywin

Lauren- didn’t take out any debt for the holidays and only stuck to purchasing gifts for her family and grandparents. #moneywin

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• Check out the survey  from Experian
• 55% of people feel stressed about finances during the holiday
• 56% said they spend too much during the holidays
• Steps to beating holiday stress:
  • You are not obligated to buy anyone anything
  • Stick to your budget
  • Avoid last minute trips to the store
  • Remind yourself it doesn’t really matter

Rebecca– “I’ve decided to move back home with family to save over $1,600/month to payoff credit card debt. I’ve mapped out my plan and I’m committed for 2017 for a max of 6 mons of being at home (4 hour commute to work, 2hrs each way) I’m also working on my side hustle to bring in extra income and putting it straight towards debt. I just sold 2/3 of my furniture via Facebook for $700 today and feel closer to my goal of being credit card debt-free.”   #moneywins

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Happy holidays!!

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What were some things you did when you were 15 years old?

Likely you were playing sports. Watching TV.  Playing video games.  But most likely, you weren’t on TV for couponing, right?

Well, today’s guest Jordon Cox was.

Today’s guest is now 19 and kicking butt in the personal finance industry and  is easily one of my favorite people in the world. He’s joining us from the UK. Jordon started couponing at age 15 as a necessity to help his newly divorced mom save money. He went on the tv show Extreme Couponing and took frugality to an entirely new level. He shares practical advice that anybody can use on the UK’s largest financial website Money Saving Expert. He’s also a writer for the popular site CentSai.

In this episode we talk about extreme couponing, why he doesn’t pay full price for anything, what frustrated him about the school system and consequently dropped out of school at 16, where to find coupons, how to organize them, and even why paying for a date with a coupon is the cool thing to do.

• Read his blog posts: MSE.me/jordon
• Extreme couponing when he was 15 and  saved $1,000 in 3 months because of couponing
• doesn’t pay full price for anything
• What frustrated him about the school system, leading him to dropping out of school at 16
• What he would put into curriculum in schools
• The best way to start couponing and where to find coupons
• How you can use coupons as a way to give back
• How he organizes his coupons
• Branding tips for yourself or business

And much more! If you are now part of #TeamJordon, check out his website for more money inspo.

Karen Owens– “I downloaded Digit and I’ve saved $100 this month! I love that it takes such small amounts so I never feel like I’m short or missing that money.ALSO. I started a new class at the studio! I just had two women sign up for their first month and they brought 6 women to their second class! So, it’s looking like it’s going to be successful!”  #moneywins

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