Episodes

In this episode, I'm featuring a Budget Rescue with Robert who asks: "Hi Shannah, thanks for taking the time to answer my question. BTW I love the new name of the show. This is one of the only places I feel like we can listen to all different types of conversations and you always surprise me with …

Be honest with me, what do you dread worse? Doing your taxes or swimming with sharks? I KNOW, it’s a toss-up. We are headed into the opposite of the most wonderful time of the year… the dreaded tax season is upon us. Dunt, dunt, dunt!! Ok, dramatic SFX aside, it’s time to get our tax season game pl…

Which camp are you in? Money can buy happiness or money can’t buy happiness? I grew up hearing that money can’t buy happiness, but then I saw everyone in my life push hard to make money, hold on tight to money, and not always enjoy money so that all got a bit confusing. Our guest, Jason Vitug, auth…

What would it feel like to drop the shame and guilt around money in your relationship once and for all? This episode is for you if you're ready to cultivate a healthy money relationship with your partner filled with mutual respect and love. On this special episode, Manisha Thakor from Money Zen is …

Have you ever realized the role that scarcity plays in your money decisions? Scarcity is all around us in our daily lives. Whether you’ve stood in line to buy the latest Xbox or scooped up all the toilet paper during the height of the pandemic, you’ve experienced a scarcity mindset. Our guest, Mind…

What does a rich life look like? Our guest, Scarlett Cochran, founder of One Big Happy Life and author of the new book, It’s Not About The Money: A Proven Path to Building Wealth and Living the Rich Life Your Deserve, argues that a rich life has to be about more than the amount of money you have, t…

Why the f*!k are eggs so expensive? Eggs are being smuggled from Mexico and the U.S. government wants to start imposing fines. For eggs. So what does all this mean for your wallet and how can you keep on track of your goals when things like eggs literally are putting a crack in your spending? I'll …

At this point, who knows if we’re actually in a recession, and how big that recession might actually be. But that doesn’t change the fact that Wall Street is on pins and needles and the stock market has seen a fair share of ups and downs in the last 6 months. According to the Wall Street Journal, D…

What does it take to live an abundant life? That feels like a pie-in-the-sky question to ask, but I want you to just entertain the thought for a moment. What does abundance look like to you? While money might be the first thing that pops into your head, I challenge you to think about abundance not …

Want to know what the biggest budget buster is almost unanimously…it’s the money you spend eating out. We all know that January is always a time when you’re trying to figure out how to do a lot of things differently, maybe even better. And money, of course, is always at the top of the list. It’s be…

Are you ready to build a side hustle empire this year? It's a fact, side hustling has been around for centuries. Whether it’s investing in real estate or building a business or flipping houses there are a ton of ways to side hustle. The idea of making extra or passive income is in fact one of the k…

A new year always brings on new hopes, goals, ideas, and thoughts about how you want to make this year your best year. But, it’s not always easy to stick to all the promises you make yourself each day. There are distractions, stress, fear, doubt, and all sorts of emotions that come into play. And t…

This Ask Shannah episode was inspired by a question from Bri: "Thank you for being the FIRST person to support me through my financial journey as an adult. I’m currently healing from many different emotions surrounding money. My question for you is about credit cards with perks. I got a few cards t…

Did you know that passive income is one of the best ways to build wealth? It sounds pretty good, but passive income also has some flaws. The problem is when most people talk about passive income it isn’t actually passive income, like buying a business where you actually have to work. The true defin…

Let me tell you an investing story that makes the hairs on my arms stand up. I had been great at investing in a 401K from age 24 to 34. It was my ex-husband’s 401K, but he was the one with the great company match (aka free money). That account grew to $150,000. But then we got divorced and that acc…

How much do you hate budgeting? A lot, I know. In this Ask Shannah episode, I’m breaking down how you can create an annual spending plan with ease and ditch your budget altogether.  We've got an Ask Shannah question from Michelle that has inspired this episode. Michelle says, "Hey Shannah, thanks …

How do you blast away debt? I’ll give you a hint, it is not about paying the minimum payment on your debts. That just keeps you spinning the wheels. Our guest, Adam Carroll has something called The Shred Method that is going to revolutionize how you think about debt and how fast you can get out of …

What does it take to set and achieve your money goals in 2023? Hint, it requires new intentions, habits, rituals, systems, and a good money mindset to make it work. You and I both know that it is easy to set goals, but super super super hard to actually achieve them. Between your mind talking you o…

From the crypto crash to painfully high inflation to everyone’s starting to travel again to work from home here to stay. In this episode, I’m sharing the biggest money lessons from 2022, my opinion of course, and how they can help you think differently about your money in 2023. LINKS Current Inf…

It's that time of year again to set your money intentions for 2023. What do you want next year to look like? Do you have specific goals you want to achieve, and if so, why do they matter to you? Unlike resolutions, intentions are all about progress, rather than pass or fail. It’s time to set some m…

Best Of Episode #4 - The average American has 5-7 accounts and that can be a lot to remember, as our guest Brian Hamilton says, it's a cognitive load and creates financial anxiety. However, when it comes to saving money, the secret is to work with what you have and create some healthy savings habit…

Best of 2022 Episode #3 - Are you ready to get out of debt? If you’ve ever tried it you know it’s tricky. You have to work on your relationship with money, be willing to change habits, and look at your money in a whole new light. Our guest, Erin Skye Kelly wrote her new book, Get the Hell Out of De…

Best Of 2022 Episode #2 - What would it feel like to step into financial awesomeness? Every one of us has this place where things just click, where you feel in control, your money is moving you towards your goals, your relationships, career, mindset, all of the above are just really in the sweet sp…

Ever had one of those late-night online shopping sprees that you just knew you’d regret in the morning? Our inner state of mind is so instrumental in shaping what we do and how we do it, that if we don’t manage our own mind and emotions in a healthy way, it’s almost impossible to make healthy choic…