13. Financial Simplicity with Nicole Barham

In today's episode, I’m thrilled to have my guest, Nicole Barham, the brain behind the '5 Minute Bookkeeper,' an ingenious approach to simplifying your financial life. Nicole and I unpack the emotional load of finances, share our personal financial struggles, and discuss the path to a more user-friendly approach to bookkeeping.We explore how embracing simplicity in financial tools like Nicole's '5 Minute Bookkeeper' can lead to a more joy-filled and less stressful life. Meet Nicole:Nicole Barham is the founder and CEO of Design Your Wealth and creator of 5 Minute Bookkeeper showing solo-entrepreneurs how to do a whole year of bookkeeping in an hour or less.. Eight years ago Nicole started an online business and her business exploded! She made more money than she’s ever made, traveled the world and was living the dream. Then, in the blink of an eye, her business slowed down. When she finally took her head out of the sand and looked at her finances, her business was six figures in debt. She had to file for bankruptcy and start all over again. With a strong background in accounting, bankruptcy wasn’t supposed to happen to her, but it did. Nicole then vowed to never find herself in that position again. She went back to her accounting roots, figured out the secret formula to financial peace of mind, and created Design Your Wealth to share that formula with entrepreneurs, particularly solo-entrepreneurs, looking for an easy way to manage finances. Through 5 Minute Bookkeeper, Nicole shows entrepreneurs how easy it is to implement a simple, efficient financial system that requires just five minutes a day.She's been featured on Good Morning America and The Breakfast Club and in Time, Essence, Black Enterprise, First for Women and Medium and was a Speaker at the 2024 ROI: The Millionaire Summit.In this episode we share:exploring financial mindsetspersonal financial strugglesthe need for simplicity in bookkeepingcultivating curiosity about moneypersonal growth and money managementmaintaining joy in daily lifeVisit the Show Notes:13. Financial Simplicity with Nicole BarhamConnect with Nicole:Instagram - @5minutebookkeeperWebsite - designyourwealth.netFacebook - nabarhamManifestation cards by Rhonda ByrneConnect with Sarah:Follow on Instagram - @livestoked_leadstoked (business) & @sea2mountains (personal) LinkedIn -  sarahbettmanWebsite - www.sarahbettman.com & www.livestoked.comFollow on Facebook - CoachBettmanCover Art Photo...