Episodes

If you’ve ever felt stress, fear, anxiety, palms sweating, heart racing, all the feels around money, and are tired of it all, this episode is dedicated to you. Dr. Charryse Johnson, the author of the book Expired Mindsets, sp...

Everything you need to know about investing in medium-term rentals

Ditch your budget and instead learn the power of tracking your cash

If you know anything about me, you know that I love to eat, but I also love to eat foods that make my body feel good and I’ve been exploring the world of plant-based eating. Let’s be real though, eating healthy can be an expe...

Is saving money ruining your social life? If you think about it, so much of your social life revolves around spending money. But what happens when you have a big money goal that requires you to stop spending money? Do your fr...

Are you ready to get rid of debt but don't know where to start? In this episode, I break down how to think about debt, strategies to pay it off, and why being completely debt-free should never be the goal. Just a quick note, ...

Let me paint a picture that you might know a little something about. You go to the grocery store for a few things…and before you know it, it’s $100. Then you go to fill up your car with gas, and yep, another $40 there. Then y...

Micheal Jordan was arguably the best basketball player that has ever lived. Before all the shots he took and all the championships he earned, his mom, Deloris Jodan, changed the money game for Michael and so many other athlet...

Ready to learn how to turn anxiety into a superpower at work? Our guest, Morra Aarons-Mele, host of the Anxious Achiever podcast and author of the book, Anxious Achiever, emphatically believes that you need to start normalizi...

Are you and your partner financially compatible

The housing market is still crazy. People are spending a lot over the asking price in some cities, still. And the interest rates are around 6.5%+. That all seems a bit bleak if you’re looking to buy a house. In this Ask Shannah, I’m answering the question, “Are there good reasons to buy a house?” …

In this vault podcast episode, I chat with Mindy Weinstein, author of "The Power of Scarcity," about the role scarcity plays in our daily lives, particularly in your relationship with money. Mindy explains that scarcity is the strongest influence factor and is the unavailability of something, wheth…

What can the dying teach us about money? Turns out, it’s a lot. It’s an interesting question that, if you’re like me, you don’t think about a lot on a daily basis. Sometimes it’s even hard to imagine that one day I just won’t exist anymore. Not to get too morbid with you, but as they say, the only …

In this episode, Chris Miles, a cash flow expert and non-financial advisor, talks about the exciting world of passive income and how it can totally change your life for the better! Chris spills all his secrets on how to create multiple streams of passive income on any budget, and he totally busts t…

In this episode, we're diving deep into the question of why women tend to have less money and are more likely to end up in poverty than men. But don't worry, we're not just here to dwell on the problem - we've got an awesome guest who's here to help us find solutions! The incredible Kim Curtis - be…

What are you paying attention to? I have a habit of paying attention to things that don’t always serve me well. Using my phone as a distraction from real life or tuning into a guilty pleasure like 90 Day Finance and Love is Blind, don’t judge, are escape mechanisms for me. Sometimes I wonder though…

In this Ask Shannah, I tackle a question from Jasmine that you might be able to relate to. "Dear Shannah, I can’t tell you know much I love this show. It has helped me immensely. In fact, when I had drinks with my friends recently I was telling them how my money situation hasn’t gotten a lot better…

Will more money eliminate all your money stress? It’s a question I’ve tossed around in my head for many years now. Of course, you and I both would love to test the theory - to have more money than you need and see how that feels. Try it on for a day or two. Our guest, Jesse Mecham, Founder and CEO …

Have you cried about your money lately? As Joe mentioned in the intro, millions of people are crying about their money, you might be one of those. I know I certainly have in the past. With all the content out there about money, it’s so easy to still feel lost at the end of the day. Especially now w…

When you take a peek at your retirement savings, how do you feel about how much you’ve saved? Excited, freaked out, or somewhere in between? No matter how you feel about your retirement savings, the truth is the system was set up to work well for only a small group of people. The American Retiremen…

Raise your hand if you’re sleepy. According to our guest, Terry Cralle, a registered nurse and certified clinical sleep educator, and author of Sleeping Your Way to the Top, we are ALL not getting enough sleep. As she describes, it’s a vicious cycle between the lack of sleep and money stress, so no…

I asked over 100 people what their best money advice is that everyone should know about. You'd be shocked to learn that many people shared the exact same tips. Proof that how everyone thinks about money isn't so different after all. In this episode, I'm sharing the top 15 tips that were the most co…

In this episode, we are tackling fellow ETM’er’s listener questions all about how you establish some good savings habits and how to find the right credit card for you with our new friend Ian Salisbury, the Money Editor for Buy Side from the Wall Street Journal. Ian’s got some great insider tips abo…

Remember that economics course you took? Yeah, me neither. Turns out that knowing what’s happening in the economy is more important than you know. Politicians are making decisions with the economy that have a direct impact on your money. So as our guest Howard Yaruss, economist, professor at NYU, a…