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About Jennifer Barrett
Jennifer Barrett is the Chief Education Officer at Acorns, a financial wellness app with more than 8.5 million users, and the founding editor of its popular money site, Grow. She previously held management roles, including: General Manager at Hearst Digital over the Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Redbook and Seventeen digital brands; Personal Finance Editor at CNBC Digital; and SVP and Editor-in-Chief of DailyWorth, a female-focused financial media company. She’s a contributor for Forbes and has also written about money for publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Worth, Money, and Newsweek, where she was a staff writer and editor for seven years. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons.
She is also the author of “Think Like A Breadwinner.”
What You’ll Learn
In this episode we talk about:
- The different messages boys and girls receive growing up pertaining to money
- How Jennifer realized the impact systemic beliefs had on her life individually
- Ways to approach talking with your kids about money
- Jennifer’s view on what causes the gender wealth gap
- How to start making conscious and practical decisions about your desired financial future
- How to structure saving for your goals
- The differences between housing markets in different parts of the country
- The importance of a growth mindset
- Common issues women face when taking breadwinning roles
- Societal pressure related to motherhood
- Setting boundaries in order to create a work-home balance
Resources
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