What if your heart is for adoption, but your budget is not?

Heather Marshall and her husband were in the same boat about 10 years ago, but now they are the proud parents of two beautiful adopted children. Now Heather encourages other to-be-adoptive parents that money shouldn’t have to hold you back from the dream of growing your family.

In this episode, she breaks down all of the different types of adoption, what kinds of costs you can expect to pay, and all of the ways to get help if you can’t fund the adoption alone. She also passes along encouragement to other women who have their own passion project calling their name.

Brene Brown’s The Power of Vulnerability is another book you should add to your personal-development reading list. The foundation of the book was based around Brene’s 10 Guideposts for Wholehearted Living, all of which can easily be implied to our financial success or even to just our personal success.

In this episode, I’m sharing my favorite takeaways + lessons from the book, as well as several examples of how you can start applying the 10 Guideposts to your own life to achieve all of your goals + desires.

While the #debtfreecommunity is dominated by women, we have a few men who are chiming in and changing the conversation. Alfred, from Frugal Freddy, is one of those brave men speaking out about money from the husband + father’s perspective.

In this episode, Alfred shared his advice for getting the men in our lives on board with the budget. Plus he shared tips for earning extra money, must-hear advice for beginners, and words of wisdom for balancing a happy marriage with a happy budget.

This year we’re not playing small. This year we’re not going to fall off the wagon. This year we’re taking all of our goals to the next level…together!

In this episode, I'm taking you on a deep dive inside my own 2020 goals, breaking down my action steps, walking you through my thought-process, and sharing LOTS of encouragement for YOU with your own goals.

Any goal you plan to actually achieve must start in the heart and in the head before it’s ever visible to the outside world. Amazing women like this week’s guest, Katie Jenks, knows all about that journey.

Katie is sharing all about how the heartbreak of a miscarriage, the chaos of household clutter, and the overwhelm of debt brought her into a journey that eventually changed her entire life. While working through the hard realities of life Katie found her inner and outer strength. Now, she’s inspiring women with her incredible 100+ pound weight loss, and her bright smile and positive outlook on life.

Setting your New Year’s Goals isn’t something you want to rush through. In fact, I have 7 steps that I take before I even actually set my goals.

In this episode, I’ll break down all of the seven steps that will help you lay a solid foundation for your new year, and I’ll explain why these steps are crucial to the success of your big vision.

Not only is a new year right around the corner…a new DECADE is beginning.
This is your clean slate. This is the push you’ve been waiting for! 2020 can easily be your best budgeting year ever if you break-free from your old mindsets and habits….and we’re here to help you do just that.

In this recorded live workshop, Alli and I will bust 4 common money myths, answer frequently asked questions, and pass along some encouragement to help you start 2020 on the right foot.

People are breaking free from the over-sized houses that are packed full of clutter and have huge mortgages attached to them. We’re going tiny, decluttering, and living debt-free.

In this episode, I’m chatting with Vee Weir from Vee Frugal Fox about her recent cross-country move, how she manages to work-from-home with three dogs in a small apartment, and she’ll share her best tips for doing a digital declutter. We’ll share how we’ve both embraced Minimalism during our debt-free journeys, and we’ll both pass along some words of encouragement for anyone just getting started.

Having a simple life oftentimes starts at home. That's right! Erin Tannehill shares how her path to a decluttered life started by decluttering her home one item at a time.

In this episode, Erin shares her best tips for getting started with Minimalism and all of the positive changes you’ll see in your life as a result.

In this episode, we’re wrapping up our budget themed month with my Instagram bestie and Powersheets accountability partner, Alli Williams. Alli shares what it’s been like to go from a debt-free single woman to a married woman paying off her husband’s $150k worth of debt. She shares how her life has changed now that she's married and deep in debt, and also what she’s not willing to cut back on in her budget.

Alli also lets us in on the struggles she sees her coaching clients facing with starting a budget and making their goals happen, and how to overcome them.

In this episode, I'm talking to Budget Girl herself, Sarah Wilson about all things budgeting. She talks about her rock bottom moments, how it felt to share her entire journey with the world through YouTube, and about how she's transitioned from budgeting as a single woman to now budgeting in a relationship. Plus Sarah gives some heartfelt advice for all women regarding their financial knowledge, and she reminds us that money is truly what gives us options and freedom in life.

The path between living on maxed-out credit cards with financed eyelashes to having a no-spend-year is a bumpy one. The mindset work that is required to make this drastic change is definitely not for the faint of heart, but women like Ashley Ahmad are proof that it can be done.

Ashley from @ashsavingcash is sharing the ins and outs of her journey to becoming debt-free as a young nurse right out of college. She’s sharing what led to her rock-bottom money moment, how her mental health also went on a downward spiral as a result, and how she hustled her way back out of survival mode.

Working towards your goals and maintaining a positive outlook can sometimes seem impossible. When you’re prone to anxiety or going through a down season you can feel like an achievement of any kind is an uphill battle. I’ve been through these seasons too, which is why I’m sharing my secrets for making progress on your goals…even during the rough patches of life.

I’m talking about what’s held me accountable over the years, what you can do when you’re feeling unmotivated, and how to still follow through during your personal seasons of winter. Plus, I’ll share about my favorite secret goal setting weapon, The Powersheets…and how they can help you achieve your dreams.

Mental health plays a role in every aspect of our lives from our careers to our finances. Taking our sanity into account on our intentional living journeys is something that we’re finally starting to talk about as a society…I think mostly thanks to the Millennial Generation.

Yunhwa from Savings Cents is a great example of an educated young woman who got to a breaking point with her life and then decided to make drastic changes. After leaving her career, Yunhwa started pursuing minimalism, debt freedom, and just plain ol’ happiness. She got intentional with her life and hasn’t looked back since.

She’s joining me this week to share her story with the hope of helping you on your own journey to more sanity and more savings.

The year is winding down as we come into the 4th quarter. As the weather cools off and the holidays get closer and closer, we’re going to be more tempted than ever to just put our feet up and coast through what’s left of 2019. BUT, I know my Sunny Side Up sisters aren’t ready to call it quits on this year quite yet!

So, I’m hosting a M.B.N. Challenge (Mind, Budget, Nest) to help us finish the year on a high point. Remember those big goals you set back in January? Well, if you want to actually achieve all of them before it’s another January…then you’re in the right place!

In this episode, I’m sharing why your last 3 months of the year are what set you apart from the average person and how to fully reap the benefits of a Fall Refresh.

If you lose yourself you can’t be the mother, wife, sister, business owner, or woman that you truly want to be. You weren’t put on this Earth on accident. Your heart has a mission + your life has a purpose. You weren’t born to merely survive. We have to start by showing up for ourselves first.

In this episode, I’m sharing some transparent details of my mental health journey. I’m sharing my experiences in hopes of encouraging + helping you on your own journey. I’m sharing to remind you that you’re not broken or crazy…and that you are worth fighting for.

If you’ve ever screwed up with money you know about the mental scars and PTSD that it can leave you with. Looking back on your financial mistakes can feel like a strong punch in the stomach, especially if you’ve ever rolled change to buy milk, had your electricity cut off, or charged fast food…all of which I’ve done, by the way. These harsh memories don’t leave you, even after you’re debt-free with a 5-figure savings account.

In this episode, I’m sharing a few of my rock-bottom money moments that are still haunting me nearly 10 years later, and what I learned from all of those experiences.