521: Rho Thomas: Finding Financial Freedom After Incurring 670K In Debt

Rho Thomas is an attorney, mindset strategist, and personal finance coach who believes that true wealth is having control of your time. She helps lawyers make intentional lifestyle and money decisions to regain control of their time, build wealth, and live the lives of freedom and choice they deserve. She has been featured in outlets such as Yahoo! Finance, Refinery29, and Mic and hosts the Wealthyesque podcast, which explores how lawyers can achieve lifestyle freedom by reframing their mindset and by managing their money to achieve financial independence. Listen in to hear Rho share: How she has restructured her law career during the pandemic in order to step out of the hustle How her and her husbands’ money stories around being raised by single moms on very limited incomes influenced them How they ended up $670,000 in debt after having their first child How they found hope and inspiration to start paying off their debt The first strategic steps they took to start working on their debt How paying down debt built her confidence and created momentum in her life Why financial independence is a form of self care How to rejigger finances based on what brings you joy - instead of mindlessly How women are conditioned to shrink around money and finances and how to build financial confidence The difference between media messages around money for women vs men How she juggles motherhood, marriage, being a lawyer, and running her business to support women and finances How Kobe Bryant’s death inspired her to start her business Links mentioned: Book: Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicky Robin Website: Rho Thomas Find Rho on Instagram Find Rho on Facebook Find Rho on Twitter Find Rho on LinkedIn Thank you to our sponsor: Talkspace: To match with your perfect therapist for a fraction of the price of traditional therapy, go to www.talkspace.com/, Make sure to use the code SHAMELESS to get $100 off your first month and show your support for the show.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices