So Money With Farnoosh Torabi

So Money is in reruns this week! It's summatime, so we thought we should take a breather and reflect on all the great guests we've had to date. Today, an oldie but a goodie - Tony Robbins. Listen as he talks about how he got the motivation to become the #1 life and business strategist he is today. How does he manage his money? ANd what is Tony's guilty pleasure?

Lots of interesting questions this Sunday! From whether to help a child pay for graduate school to making the most of your money after you've paid off your mortgage, tune in to hear Ask Farnoosh!

In this episode of Ask Farnoosh I tackle your questions about retirement planning, refinancing student loans and more.

Today's guest is a futurist. Did you even know that was a profession? He's not a fortune teller, he's actually a professional futurist and is very much on the cutting edge of thought leadership surrounding sustainability, and his name is Eric Lowitt. He's doing incredible work as a self-described volatility advocate and expert. He, like I said, he's a futurist, he's a thought leader and the CEO of Nexus Global Advisors. It's an advisory firm that works with CEO's, senior public officials, and leading executives on strategy, collaboration, sustainability, volatility, and business models of tomorrow. And if you're running a business today, what are the forces at play that you may not even see that would likely impact your work and your goals. 

Today I'm really excited to welcome a guest who is dedicating his financial advice and his financial mission to help, particularly, families that are in the military and especially those that are approaching retirement. Because as he has found, and as a member of the military, Doug Nordman, my guest, he has found that many military families and individuals are unprepared when it comes to retirement. So he is dedicating his work to teaching them how to do it. And he is someone who actually managed to retire at 41, which I don't care whether you're in the military, or you have a business, or you're a teacher, that in and of itself is exceptional.  

Today’s guest is just 26 years old. She graduated from college in 2011 with a degree in journalism and a burning desire to become debt free as soon as possible. And even though her $28,000 loan was not particularly high by today’s standards (some students graduate with hundreds of thousands of debt), to pay it off on the starting salary of a journalist of only $28,000 a year (about half an average starting salary) would challenge anyone. But she was determined… and as a result, managed to do erase her debt in 3 years! Her story went viral… and she was featured in Time Magazine and other major news outlets, which inspired her to dedicate her spare time – when she’s not busy with her “day job” doing PR and marketing for a non-profit – to speak and write about her experience so other young adults can do the same. Her name is Zina Kumok.

Today’s guest is going to help with some time tackling solutions. Her name is Laura Vanderkam. She is the author of the brand new book I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Build Lives That Work. It comes out TODAY. The book is based on a time diary study of 10001 days in the lives of professional women and their families. It takes a practical approach to the question of how people combine work and family while enjoying their own sweet time, too.

I'm tremendously excited about today's guest. He is hands down one of my favourite TV personalities. His name is Ross Mathews. You've probably heard of him if you watch any television or you listen to podcasts because he also has a podcast. Ross first got his TV debut as a correspondent for the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. And from there he navigated the world of entertainment. And what's interesting is that how he got his start on the Tonight Show. He was just an intern, okay? Yeah things can happen when you're just an intern. It's not just about getting coffee and making photocopies. Big things can happen to your life and today Ross can be found as a top contributor on E! News and E! Network's live red carpet awards show all year round. Now, in addition to also serving as a judge on the hit logo series Rupaul's Drag Race, Ross keeps himself very busy with a weekly top-rated podcast one show called "Straight Talk with Ross Mathews". He's also the author of the great book, "Man Up: Tales of My Delusional Self-

In this episode of Ask Farnoosh I answer questions on credit card debt consolidation, odd jobs for couples, how to make the most of your LinkedIN profile and more.

In this episode of Ask Farnoosh I answer questions on recouping spent savings or investments, how many credit cards are just too much, a best-of So Money guest list and more.

Our guest today is working vigilantly to educate and combat what she calls "The Pink Tax" and gender price discrimination. Andrea Woroch is a nationally recognized consumer and money saving expert who regularly contributes to leading national and regional news stories. She's appeared on NBC, CNN, Fox and Friends, and ABC News with Dianne Sawyer, among others. She's been in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine, and Kiplinger. When Andrea isn't sharing money saving strategies in front of the camera, she's busy behind the scenes writing about it. And now she's on the podcast.  

Today's guest is my friend Nagina Sethi Abdullah. She is a management consultant, weight-loss and food coach, and founder of Masala Body. It's an online resource for healthy recipes and weight-loss tips for the busy working woman. I have been to one of her cooking events and I have to say, for someone who more or less just knows how to boil water, make cereal and scrambled eggs, I learned several great recipes from Nagina. Really, really easy ones, I was so inspired when I left that evening, and I got to meet some amazing women as well. She is really developing an amazing community around nutrition and food and healthy living. I'm so, so excited for her and all there is to come.  

If you're looking to start your own online business, but the thought of selling and financial uncertainty makes your forget about your dream once and for all. Well, don't despair just yet. Today's guest is a millennial business coach and a best-selling author. Her book is called "Make Money Your Honey". She's been featured in Forbes, the Huffington Post, and Business Insider. She helps entrepreneurs overcome these exact challenges because she's been there and done that. And she helps entrepreneurs become more comfortable with selling and changing their money mindset all to create and run a successful online business. Her name is Amanda Abella. 

Today's guest is Deacon Hayes, he is a great case in point. After being overwhelmed by $52,000 of debt, outside of their mortgage, he and his wife made a decision to quickly change the way they handled money. And they weren't kidding. 18 months later, it was gone. All of it. All $52,000 and because they were actually able to pay it off so quickly, they were featured on sites like US News and World Report. That led them to a live interview on Fox News. Deacon tells me that he enjoyed the process so much, he decided to turn it into a career. He quit his job as a financial planner, and actually founded the popular website Wellkeptwallet.com. And he also has a weekly podcast with that name. And there he helps people, that are in the same situation that they were in just a few years ago, become debt free. 

Hey, if your guilty pleasure on a Tuesday night is watching Real Housewives of New York City, well you're in luck with today's guest and I have a smile on my face cause I've been a fan of the Real Housewives franchise for a while. I dunno if "fan" is the right word, and I just, I'm kind of addicted to some of their series, like Beverly Hills, New York, New Jersey. Aside from being a favourite cast member on Bravo's popular reality series, Heather Thomson is a philanthropist, entrepreneur, and fashion designer best known for launching the shape wear fashion brand "Yummy by Heather Thompson". Now as a working mom of 2, Heather's fashion brand was grown after her personal battle to shed the baby weight and find confidence-boosting, comfortable undergarments. I can relate to that. In marketplace that was anything but that, Heather took to her sewing machine and created just what she was looking for. And over the last 6 years she has evolved her brand with plans to expand in the future.  

In this episode of Ask Farnoosh I answer questions on negotiating a new salary for work, whether it's wise to create a diversified portfolio of investments and my listeners love my article on Business insider.

In this episode of Ask Farnoosh I answer questions on how much savings is enough to retire, I talk about socially responsible or environmentally responsible investments and how to find the right book keeper for you.

Today's guest knows this very well. His name is Josh Levs. He is the perfect guest to help us celebrate fatherhood. He is the author of the brand new book, "All In: How Our Work Culture Fails Dad's, Families, and Businesses and How We Can Fix It Together." Did you know that half of all working dads would rather stay at home if their spouses made enough money to live on? And just like moms, dads struggle with work life balance and doing it all. Now, in addition to being an author, Josh is an award-winning broadcast journalist who often writes and speaks about modern fatherhood, and spent almost a decade reporting for CNN - on air and online - and serving as the network's "truth-seeker in chief". Prior to CNN he worked as a reporter for NPR.  

Today's guest was one of those people, and that was just a few short years ago. His reality - he dreaded his uninspiring 9 to 5 existence, he didn't know how to quit and start something he cared about. He eventually did figure it out and he managed to leave his corporate career - a very nice one by the way - of 15 years, and create a lifestyle that he actually craved. And his name is Jeff Steinmann, and he's gonna be telling us all about that journey and how we too can live a life that we want and work a job that we actually enjoy. Jeff is the founder of Bravo Experts, he's also the author of "How to Quit Working", which is actually a new podcast as well. Jeff also writes for several media outlets including the Huffington Post, Lifehack, and Elite Daily.  

Today we're speaking with an avid So Money listener, a real fan. He and I connected because of this podcast and just proof that if you like this show enough and you connect with me, you might be a guest on the show! He's a highly accomplished tech entrepreneur as well, not just a listener, but he is very, very successful. His name is Bill Dwight. He is the founder and CEO of Famzoo.com, it's an online and mobile banking service that's designed to help busy parents teach kids good money habits. It's been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Time, NPR, and it also will be featured in Money Magazine this July as I wrote about it a little bit in my July column for Money Magazine about how to teach your kids good allowance lessons. FamZoo's also featured in Ron Leaver's best seller of "The Opposite of Spoiled". Remember, Ron was on the podcast - that was So Money Episode 47. FamZoo was also voted Best of Show twice in 2011 and in 2013 at Finovate, which is the premier showcase conference for em