So Money With Farnoosh Torabi

"I’m someone who cares very much about being well liked. It’s taken me a long time to get to the point where I can say that and own that because it feels lame to care as much as I do," says our guest Alicia Menendez, an award-winning journalist. Does that sound familiar? Can you relate to that? Menendez speaks about this personally on the show and now in a new book called The Likeability Trap. Her book observes this fundamental paradox and empowers readers to let go of old rules and reimagine leadership rather than reinventing themselves.Alicia is an MSNBC anchor and host of the Latina to Latina podcast. Dubbed Ms. Millennial by the Washington post, journalisms, new gladiator by Elle and a content queen by Marie Claire. Her interviews and reporting have appeared on ABC news, Bustle, PBS and Vice news.A native of Union City, New Jersey, Alicia is a graduate of Harvard College.   She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two daughters. For more about Alicia, visit: http://aliciamenendez.com/

We are fortunate to have Eve Rodsky, author of the now New York Times bestseller Fair Play. For anyone who feels as though they have yet to really figure out domestic work in their relationships, to make it 'fair play,' Eve’s got the book, she’s got the game, she’s got the manual and she has the science. It is a fascinating conversation about how she arrived at this topic. How her work is impacting families in particular men, and simple steps that all of us can follow to have more peace on the home front. 

Advice for one Silicon Valley household that's making over $100,000 a year, but still managing to live above their means. Farnoosh and special co-host Michael Reynolds, founder of Elevation Financial and the podcast Wealth Redefined answer your questions. Also on today's episode: how Roth 401ks work, paying down a mortgage, and smart budgeting advice. Listen to the end when Farnoosh reveals the winner of the 15 minute money session with her.

Samantha Ettus is a renowned speaker, bestselling author of five books and CEO and founder of Park Place Payments.Park Place is a women-owned company fundamentally changing the lives of people seeking opportunities to re-enter the workforce. At the same time, it’s also revolutionizing the payment processing industry.Samantha was on the back show in 2015, just before her most recent book, The Pie Life, was released. She is a champion for women achieving their dreams and she’s a mom with a Harvard MBA. She believes that to do all the things, we need to let go of all of our guilt and our desire for perfection and enjoy the messy, bumpy ride.Samantha and I talk about how she got the idea for Park Place Payments, the need its filling and how she was able to raise money, She has a great story about how when one door shut, several more opened and it ended up helping her raise all the money that she needed to launch the business.Visit ParkPlacePayments to learn more and join to be an account executive. Use the code F

Investing can give even the most confident a little anxiety. So when it comes to understanding how to invest, especially with talks of a recession - it helps to have a professional who can reassure and break things down. David Stein has managed billions of dollars as a professional advisor. Now, he shares his knowledge with the rest of us on his podcast and book, both entitled Money For The Rest of Us.You can learn more about David on his website: https://moneyfortherestofus.com/. And connect with him on Instagram @JDStein on Twitter @JDStein

Farnoosh and special co-host (and listener) Madison Hopkins answer listeners' money questions, including how to properly budget to end the month without overdrafting. Also: how to save on medical expenses and whether it's a good idea to cash in on your company's stock to pay down debt?Madison Hopkins is the creator of Blissed-out Dollar Bills which is helping millennials get comfy with their personal finances. While working with one of the world's largest mutual fund companies, Madison gained the experience and knowledge that she's now using to help everyday women understand their money and investing. 

My guest today is called the father of financial life planning. Harvard educated economist turned CPA, turned financial advisor, George Kinder was looking for a deeper way to connect his clients to their values and goals in life. Rather than asking the standard, “When do you want to retire?”, he developed a three-question framework to help clients find their path to freedom and live the life they want to live. He now runs the Kinder institute where he trains other financial planners to help their clients in the same way. What would life look like if we used money to support our goals and dreams?His books and trainings are all about freedom. In his new book, A Golden Civilization and The Map of Mindfulness, Kinder draws on 50 years as a mindfulness practitioner, over 30 years as a mindfulness teacher, and his experience training financial advisors globally to challenge the basic concepts of economics, our understanding of democracy, of space-time, and our own hearts. His objective is to bring greater levels o

There’s personal finance advice out there tailored to pretty much every category you can think of. But what about graduate students and PhDs? Where can they turn for financial advice to help them not graduate with a mountain of debt after so many years in school? Our guest Emily Roberts graduated from college with $17,000 in student loan debt. She decided to continue her education and get her PhD but realized that she was facing a difficult financial situation: living on a small stipend from her university. Rather than continue to rack up more debt, she began to learn about personal finance. After she and her husband both spent over six years getting their PhDs, they finished their program with over $100k in net worth. Now Emily is determined to help other graduate students take control of their financial future, no matter what their income. 

This Friday, Farnoosh Torabi and special co-host Priya Malani, a founding partner of Stash Wealth, help answer listeners' financial questions. Today's topics range from prenuptial agreements to debt consolidation, as well as advice for those seeking to pursue a career in finance and financial consulting. What is the future of the industry?

How can companies thrive as the world evolves and the marketplace changes? Jennifer Brown is here and she's on a mission to help businesses become more inclusive by creating a workplace where employees can thrive by being who they are. She believes that when employees are able to bring their true self to work, they’re able to motivate and contribute in a way that will boost the bottom line. But it's not always so easy, right?Jennifer is the founder of Jennifer Brown Consulting. She's an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker, diversity and inclusion consultant and author of the book Inclusion: Diversity, The Workplace & the Will to Change. 

Two-thirds of professionals today are dual-career couples, but the talent management within companies isn’t set up to support them. How do you make work work when you and your partner both have fulfilling careers? My guest today, Jennifer Petriglieri has spent years researching how individuals can craft and sustain their personal identities. In her book, Couples That Work, she shares how dual-career couples can manage their work-life journey together.Connect with Jennifer on twitter @jenpetriglieri

This week's Ask Farnoosh episode tackles your money questions related to investing, preparing for the cost of a baby, negotiating a starting salary and much more. Tune in for this week's winner for a free money session with Farnoosh. Plus, special co-host Chelsea Silveira Burgos, a SO MONEY listener, joins the mic.More about Chelsea: She is a personal finance enthusiast pursing financial independence with her husband and 3 year old daughter. Chelsea and her family live in Central California. She and her husband own their home, save for retirement and college, and are working toward becoming debt free. Chelsea has her Master in Education and works with young children with developmental delays. Chelsea is an avid podcast listener, essential oil devotee, and the friend you DEFINITELY want at the party.

Paul Ollinger is a nationally-touring stand-up comedian, Ivy League MBA and former Facebook sales leader. He performs at comedy clubs and corporate events all over North America. He is also the author of You Should Totally Get an MBA: A Comedian’s Guide to Top U.S. Business Schools..  Paul's is the host of the podcast Crazy Money, which promotes financial wisdom and better living through no-holds-barred conversations about the role of money in our lives.Paul and I discuss the economics of stand-up comedy, how to make money in the business, the importance of financial runway when you're pursuing your passion and the power and controlling your content.Learn more about Paul by visiting his website PaulOllinger.com. And connect with him on Twitter @Paul_Ollinger and Instagram @Paul_Ollinger. 

Ali Brown is one of the world’s leading entrepreneurs and coaches who has dedicated her career to empowering women entrepreneurs to create wildly successful businesses.Her journey started when she left her New York Ad agency. She struggled at the beginning to find clients and was flat broke. She hung in there and after building it into a successful marketing communications company, she saw firsthand what worked, and what didn’t.Now Ali helps guide other women through the ups and downs of starting their own business. Through her website and her podcast, Glambition Radio, she reaches thousands of women each day to help them take their business from tens of thousands of dollars to millions.To learn more about Ali’s Iconic event happening in November, click here. You can also learn more about Ali at website, AliBrown.com.

How to make money from home; True costs to home ownership in NYC; And how to manage with a $230,000 student loan balance. Farnoosh also selects this week's REVIEWER for a 15-minute money session.

It is difficult to juggle parenthood with your career, that's an understatement, and find a path that works for both your ambitions and your family life. More than 15 million women find themselves on what they call the messy middle. My guest today, Jennifer Gefsky and Stacey Delo are behind the website Après, which helps women return or pivot in their careers. Now they have a book to help their audience called Your Turn: Careers, Kids and Comebacks-- A Working Mother’s Guide. We talk about how to anticipate the financials of becoming a mother, a parent while working, how to re-enter the workforce as seamlessly as possible and much more. 

Claire Wasserman is the founder of Laides Get Paid, a company that provides the tools, resources, and community to help women negotiate for equal pay and power in the workplace. She dreamed up the idea for Ladies Get Paid after a frustrating work trip.Ladies Get Paid holds town halls and community meetups, provides training, and has an active online community. Join Claire Farnoosh and others on November 2nd in Brooklyn for the official conference Get Money Get Paid. Head to ladiesgetpaid.com/somoney and use the promo code SOMONEY15 for 15% off your ticket.Learn more about Ladies Get Paid on their website https://www.ladiesgetpaid.com/ and connect with them on Instagram @LadiesGetPaid on Twitter @LadiesGetPaid and on Facebook @LadiesGetPaid. 

Tips for selling a timeshare, managing money before an international move and how to start charging for your advice! This Friday's Ask Farnoosh episode also announces one recent listener from the reviews page on iTunes to receive a free 15 minute money session with Farnoosh. 

We’re in conversation with Gerry Weil who manages Schwab’s branch in Houston, Texas. We’re answering your money questions that have come through on Instagram about how to have the "money talk" with a fiancé, paying down a student loan through the Income Based Repayment program, paying off a mortgage early and investing in a 401(k) as a foreign national.As many of you know, I’m working with Charles Schwab to help spread financial literacy to the masses and it’s been a really great collaboration so far. I’m a Charles Schwab customer and have been for many years. So before we get started, just want to thank Charles Schwab for helping us get this financial education content to you.To learn more about Schwab and how to work with them, visit Schwab.com/SoMoney. Schwab offers a range of services for people looking to invest and plan for their future, whether you want to invest on your own with the help of do-it-yourself tools and educational resources, get some periodic guidance from a professional, or work with som

Words matter, and having the proper language to discuss money and our emotions related to money sometimes have the battle. My guest today believes we must start by teaching important words at a young age.  Chana Ginelle Ewing is an accomplished entrepreneur. She’s the founder and CEO of Geenie. It’s a self-development platform for black women. She’s also a recently published author having just released her first book, An ABC of Equality. The book aims to teach children and everyone of all ages about the world we live in and how to navigate our way through it by breaking down keywords, from ability, to gender, to multiculturalism. While the book doesn’t speak specifically about money, Chana and I had a very deep conversation around our early understandings of what money is, its constructs, its influences (for me, the all too economically charged school cafeteria growing up in Massachusetts) and so much more. You can learn more about Chana and her book on her website, ChanaEwing.com and connect with her on Inst