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Meaning Over Money — 443 episodes
440 - The Chicken and Egg of Wealth and Fame: Maybe It’s Opposite of What You Think
439 - Managing the Puzzle Pieces: Everything Can Work….If It Works Together
438 - Creating a Life We Don’t Want to Retire From: A Better Path Than the Race Toward Retirement
437 - Memories Don’t Discriminate: Don’t Let a Lack of Resources Rob You From Creating Beautiful Memories
436 - Closer Than You Think: Why You’ve Probably Made More Investing Progress Than You Believe
435 - Reverse Engineering Our Obituary: Starting With the Desired End in Mind
434 - What Would You Pay For Meaning? When Meaningful Work (Initially) Requires a Pay Cut
433- More Is Never Enough: How the Curse of More Can (and Will) Hunt Us Down
432 - Recent Does Not Mean Real: The Risk of Recency Bias When Making Decisions
431 - It’s Gotta Come From Somewhere: The Art & Science of Budgeting in the Real World
430 - Live By the Sword, Die By the Sword: The Dangers of Businesses Polarizing Their Customers
429 - The Unfixable Mistake: The Harsh Lessons of Trying to Time the Market
428 - It’s Just Money: Why We Can (and Should) Make Some Decisions That Hinder Our Finances
427 - The Bar Has Never Been Lower: Your Opportunity to Make An Impact Has Never Been Greater
426 - Sometimes, the Only Prescription Is More Income
425 - Quality Over Quantity: Why Less Is More
424 - Give An Inch, Take a Mile: Why We Self-Sabotage Our Own Best Interests
423 - Too Many Flourless Cakes: The Value of Work In a Society That Glorifies Leisure
422 - It’s Pretty Great to Be Young: Investing, and the Power of Time
421 - Simple is Not Easy
420 - Know the Downside: What You Don’t Know Might Kill You
419 - History is Your Friend: What 23 U.S. Stock Market Crashes Have In Common
418 - How to Have a Midlife Crisis That’s Not a Midlife Crisis
417 - The Ten Dollar Challenge: Spending $10 Per Day On Things You Don’t Need
416 - It’s Okay to Buy Fun Things, But You Can’t Buy ALL the Fun Things
415 - Taking Timing Off the Table: Why and How to Stop Worrying About When Your Bills Are Due
414 - How to Stop Being Jealous: The Power of Factoring in Consequences
413 - Please Stop: With the Stock Market Declining, We’re Begging You to Not React. Here’s Why
412 - Stepping On Landmines: How One Bad Decision Can Create a Decades-Long Spiral….Or Not
411 - Taxes 101: You Wouldn't Change the Transmission In Your Own Car Just to Save a Few Bucks, Would You?
410 - Life Insurance 101: A Little Morbid But a Lot Important
409 - Taxable Investing 101: Giving Yourself the Gift of Freedom, Flexibility, and Options
408 - Income Fund 101: Do You Have an Inconsistent Monthly Income? We Got You!
407 - Personal Spending 101: A Powerful Release Valve When Combining Money In Marriage
406 - Sinking Funds 101: Saving Intentionally While Combatting Damaging Psychological Forces
405 - Budgeting 101: A Simple and Clear Overview of How to Execute a Monthly Budget
404 - Are You Accidentally Losing 25% of Your Life Savings? The Sneaky Undercurrent of Investment Fees
403 - Just Buy the Shoes: A Guilt-Free Blueprint to Overcome Financial Hoarding
402 - What Gets Measured Gets Done: The Sneaky Hack to Propel Your Momentum
401 - Just Start. Right Now. Today. Not Later.
400 - Less Talk, More Doing: The Power of Action In a World Obsessed With Talking
399 - Everything is Repurposed: Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid to “Throw Away” One Career For Another
398 - The Costs Behind the Cost: Why the Initial Purchase Price is Just Part of the Story
397 - Riding the Beautiful Rollercoaster: A Look Back on 10 Years of Stock Market Craziness
396 - Is This the Year? A Case For (Finally) Stepping Into the Better You Deserve
395 - Choosing Meaning, Even at the Expense of Security
394 - Wanting What You Have, Not Having What You Want
393 - Best of Both Worlds: Investing In Other Things, But With Boundaries
392 - 4 Simple Tips to Stop Overspending
391 - Lifestyle Creep: A Cautionary Tale
390 - Choosing the Right Anchors: Why We Accidentally Sabotage Ourselves, and How to Fix It
389 - Time to Check Your Statements Again: Why Your Investments Aren’t Doing As Well As You Think
388 - It's Okay to Hate Your Job, But You Deserve Better
387 - Those Little Tells: How to Know If You’re On the Right Career Track
386 - The Next 40 Years, Not the Next 4: The Importance of Seeing the Big Picture
385 - Normalizing Normal: Just Because Something Is “Normal,” It Doesn’t Mean It’s Right
384 - Death Binders For the Win: It’s Never Too Early to Prepare For the Inevitable
383 - The Deadly Hat Trick, According to Cole: Three Forces Robbing You From Living a Meaningful Life
382 - Christmas, Without the Guilt: Simple Steps to Soak in the Holiday Spirit Without the Financial Stress
381 - Businesses, We Can Do Better: The Case For Businesses NOT Weaponizing the Owner’s Values
380 - A Recession is Still Coming, and That’s OK
379 - One Madness End, Another Begins: Don't Wait For Life to Feel "Normal"
378 - We Will Justify Any Purchase: The Importance of Being Honest With Ourselves
377 - Pushing Through WHEN Life Happens, Not IF Life Happens
376 - Living With Margin: The Intentional Act of Giving Yourself Freedom
375 - Ignore the Noise: Your Investing Patience is ALWAYS Rewarded
374 - More Begets More: Why a Materialistic Lifestyle is a Slippery Slope
373 - How Saying "Yes" is the Gateway to Better
372 - Asking ChatGPT to Review Our Podcast (with Cole Netten)
371 - Get Creative With Your Big Rocks: How to Optimize the Expenses that Matter Most
370 - Don’t Blindly Trust Experts: The Cost of Misplaced Faith
369 - But What Will You Give Up?: Why No Decision is Free
368 - Sometimes, We Need a Reset: Why Pushing Pause Can Propel Us Forward
367 - Survivorship Bias and FOMO, a Dangerous Combination
366 - Don’t Use a Known Need to Justify Irresponsible (and Impulsive) Wants
365 - A Different Kind of Inheritance: Something Far Richer Than Money
364 - Simplify, Simplify, Simplify: The Beauty of Automation
363 - Struggling to Manage a Variable Income? We Got You!
362 - Cole and Travis Talk Life and Money: Lifting the Lid on What’s Really Happening Under Roofs
361 - Don’t Get Burned by Half-Truths: The Importance of Having Proper Context
360 - Using Your Pain For Impact: Using Your Worst to Inspire Others' Best
359 - There’s No Such Thing As Normal, So Let’s Plan Accordingly
358 - Everyone Wins When You Keep Growing
357 - The Importance of Cash…..Especially When Times Are Weird
356 - You Can Only Give What You Have, And YOU Have Something to Give
355 - How to Execute the Travel Sinking Fund: And Yes, It’s Awesome!
354 - Business Owners, Your Appeal to “Support Small Business” is Actually Hurting You
353 - Not Every Decision Has To Be About Money: Why We Need to Prioritize Meaning
352 - Investing So Boring That the Finance Bros Mock You
351 - A Crash Course On Teaching Kids How to (Healthily) Handle Money
350 - Young Adults Need to Slow Their Roll: The Power of Delaying Major Financial Decisions
349 - Meaningful Work is Still Work: Why “Fun” Isn’t the Definition of Work That Matters
348 - What Compounding Actually Looks Like: Why Your Dedication WILL Pay Off…..Eventually
347 - There’s Always More In You: Unlocking the Better You Deserve
346 - The Myth of “Buying the Dip”: Why Time in the Market Always Beats Timing the Market
345 - Stick to the Plan: The Sneaky Power of Consistency
344 - Personal Spending in Marriage: An Unpaid Ad for CashApp
343 - Suck at Budgeting? Try the 3-Month Rule
342 - When Inflation Squeezes the Financial Margin From Your Life
341 - Combating the Bite of Jealousy: A Simple Hack to Get You Off the Ledge
340 - “The Stock Market Is at an All-Time High. Should I Sell?”
339 - The Arms Race of Materialism: Are You Ready to Lay Down Your Weapons?
338 - When There Are More Expenses Than Income: How to Keep Your Head...and Control
337 - Unearthing Hidden Gems: The Beauty of Discovering New Gifts and Passions
336 - Owning Newer Cars vs. Older Cars: The Math May Surprise You
335 - Stepping Over Quarters to Pick Up Nickels: How to Make Better Decisions by Zooming Out
334 - How To Catch Up When You Get Behind: The Art of Getting Back on Track
333 - Move the Decimal Left: The Importance of Simplifying Your Money
332 - What To Do With Old 401(k) Accounts: A Simple Guide
331 - Make the Right Decision For YOU, Not the “Right” Decision According to the World
330 - “Just Do Better” Isn’t Financial Advice
329 - How to Remove Excuses That Are Holding You Back From the Life You Deserve
328 - The Myth of Job Security: The Risks of (Falsely) Believing Your Job is Safe
327 - Sexy Isn’t Always Better: Why the Pursuit of Meaning is Far Too Underrated
326 - Work Isn't a Four-Letter Word: Redefining Work for the Next Generation (A Parent’s Guide)
325 - It’s Always a Good Time to Buy: The Short-Sightedness of All-Time Stock Market Highs
324 - Smooth Out the Lumpy Stuff: The Simple Execution of Sinking Funds
323 - The Risk of Not Taking Risk: Why Complacency Is the Real Risk We Should Be Worried About
322 - The Irresponsibility Challenge: What Would Happen if You Couldn't Do Anything Responsible for a Full Month?
321 - Lessons from Coach: Why We Never See Sports Coaches Chasing Retirement, and How It Applies to You
320 - There’s No Telling Where the Road to Meaning Will Lead...and It’s Probably Far Better Than You Think
319 - Show, Don’t Tell: How Our Actions Speak Louder Than Our (Annoying) Words
318 - The Twisted Perception of Boujee: Don’t Let Others Determine the Rules of Your Life
317 - Delayed Gratification Sucks / Delayed Gratification is Beautiful
316 - Rely on Your Past Self, Not Your Future Self: The Power of Investing Early and Often
315 - The Cost of Materialism: When the Pursuit of More Robs Us of Our Ideal Life
314 - Want Is Not Waste: Attempting to Destroy the Toxic Narrative That Spending on Wants Is Irresponsible
313 - If I Were a Single Young Adult: 6 Steps to Set the Foundation for an Uncertain But Awesome Future
312 - Wills: An Uncomfortable But Critically Important Step
311 - Life is Short: Don’t Wait Until Retirement to Pursue Meaning and “Actually Enjoy Life”
310 - Hypocrisy or Self-Awareness?: The Art of Defining and Pursuing Meaning in Our Work
309 - Are You Choosing Your Image Over Your Family?
308 - Misplaced Trust: More Examples of Our Crappy (and Destructive) Investment Epidemic
307 - The Release Valve of Meaningful Work
306 - Simple Steps to Set Up A Taxable Investment Account: It’s Easier Than You Think!
305 - You Don't Have to Buy That Car: A Rant on Not Letting Car Decisions Ruin Our Financial Lives
304 - A Beginner's Guide to Taxable Investing (And What Not to Do)
303 - You Are Where You Are: The Beauty of Not Dwelling on the Past
302: Why Most People Grossly Underperform the Stock Market, and How to Easily Fix It
301 - It's Not Our Job to "Support" Small Businesses
300 - The Cure for Irrational Fear: Stock Market Risk and the Responsibility of Truth
299 - Emergency Funds 2.0: The 3-Bucket Savings Blueprint to Protect Your Family
298 - An Investing Wake-Up Call: How One Family Transformed Their Financial Future in Just 10 Minutes
297 - Master Your Universe: Focus on What You Can Control, Let Go of What You Can't
296 - Did You Make 26% On Your Investments in 2023? If Not, We Need to Talk
295 - Unmasking the Credit Card Illusion: How Our Experiment Revealed Surprising Spending Habits
294 - The Tax Deduction Trap: Are You Losing More Than You Gain?
293 - ’Til Death Do Us Part: Equipping Our Spouse for Financial Preparedness After Death
292 - Gut Check: Navigating the Unseen Signals of Decision-Making
291 - Year In Review: Top 10 Episodes.....And More
290 - Beware the Propaganda of Easy Money: It's Probably Too Good to Be True
289 - Giving Yourself Grace: It's OK to Push Pause on Some Goals to Focus Your Efforts on Others
288 - Inflation, Through Your Own Eyes: Why Context Matters
287 - Controlling Dining Out Without It Controlling You
286 - Expensive vs Priceless: Re-Focusing Our Attention to the Irreplaceable
285: Challenging Cultural Narratives: Navigating Toxic Financial Half-Truths
284: "Where Should I Park My Money?"
283 - Once You See It: Making Sense of Money and Happiness
282 - The Numbers are a Tell: Why Results Matter, But Not In the Way We Believe
281 - A Peak, Not THE Peak: Why Your Recent Success is Just a Taste of What's to Come
280 - Parenting Toward Work that Matters: Helping Our Kids Unlock a More Meaningful Life
279 - If You Only Had 10 Years Left to Live: Making the Most of Our Abundant But Limited Time
278 - Losing the Right to Create Impact: Why Completely Disregarding Money is Destructive in the Pursuit of Meaning
277 - Paying Your Dues: Embracing Delayed Gratification for a Better Future
276 - Finding Purpose in Crappy Work
275 - Intensity vs. Diversity: Finding the Right Approach to Achieve Your Financial Goals
274 - When Bad Financial Decisions Are the Best Life Decisions
273 - Open Up Your Investing Statements....It's Time to Compare
272 - What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us: The Punitive Impact of Investment Fees
271 - Cost Matters, But It's Only Half of the Equation
270 - "I Regret Buying a House": What to Do When You Realize You Made the Wrong Decision
269 - Death to Boy Math and Girl Math: Ridding Ourselves of Toxic Psychological Games
268 - Preparing for Potentially Dark Times (10 Steps to Get Ready for the Next Recession...Whenever it Comes)
267 - Protecting Ourselves From Ourselves: Creating Structure to Eliminate Self-Sabotage
266 - Cushion is Key: How One Simple Adjustment Can Change Everything
265 - Meaning, Money, Fulfillment, and Impact (with Joe Stephan)
264 - Get Your At-Bats: Embrace the Risk of Striking Out
263 - Bringing Sanity Back to Tipping Culture: First, Remove the Guilt
262 - Credit Card Debt and the Myth of Irresponsibility: How Our False Perceptions Are Luring Us Into the Debt Trap
261 - It's Game Time: Preparing for Student Loan Payments to Begin
260 - A Bad Mow Is Better Than No Mow: Why Done Is Better Than Perfect
259 - It's Like Riding a Bike: Why Repetition Matters Almost as Much as Skill
258 - Making Sense of Pensions: Deciphering One of the Most Important Pieces of Your Financial Future
257 - The Toxicity of Pay-It-Forward Streaks
256 - The (Not So) Secrets of Pursuing Non-Traditional Work: How Some People Fight Through Our Culture's Expectations
255 - Plight of the 1099ers: Why Contract Work Is So Underappreciated, but So Valuable
254 - Decision Fatigue Is Slowly Killing Us: Finding Ways to Limit and Improve Our Financial Decisions
253: 7 out of 10 Americans (Still) Dislike or Hate Their Jobs: Is There a Cure?
252 - The Power of (Actually) Shared Experiences
251 - One Bite at a Time: The Challenge and Beauty of Pursuing Goals That Are "Too Big"
250 - Navigating the Cultural Gauntlet: The Tension Between Meaning and Money
249 - Making Financial Progress While Inflation is Kicking Your Butt
248 - The Value of a Good Day's Work
247 - Generosity: Addition By Subtraction
246 - Generosity Comes In Many Forms
245 - Travel: All the Fun, None of the Guilt
244 - Timing the Stock Market is a Fool's Game: Why It's Always a Good Time to Buy
243 - Disaster or Triumph?: Looking Back on the First 23.5 Years of Stock Market Chaos in This Wild Century
242 - On the Road: Memories Are Free
241 - Congrats on NOT Getting the Job: Why Not All Promotions Are Good Promotions
240 - Travis and Cole Reveal Their Budgets
239 - Student Loan Payments Are Coming, You Have 3 Months to Prepare
238 - Keeping Finances Afloat During Chaotic Seasons: 6 Steps to Keeping Your Head on Straight
237 - Embracing Chaos: Why It's OK (Or Even Good) to Live a Crazy LIfe
236 - The Auto Loan Walls Are Starting to Close In....Now What?
235 - The Art of Losing Together: Sharing In the Suck When One Spouse Screws Up
234 - Stop Focusing On the HOW: Embracing the WHAT and WHY will direct our HOW
233 - Done Is Better Than Perfect: Why Perfectionism is Killing Us
232 - Sinking Fund Refresher: The Why, What, How, and Where
231 - Cost vs Value: There’s a World of Difference
230 - You Can Have Excuses or Impact, But Not Both
229 - Debt Ceiling Debate, If it Were an American Family
228 - Personal Spending: Saving One Marriage at a Time
227 - Getting Back On Track After Messing Up
226 - The Grass Always Seems Greener: How Half-Truth Comparisons Are Sabotaging Our Happiness
225 - Demystifying the 1099 Economy: The Future of Work is Upon Us
224 - Starting a Family AND Keeping Financial Momentum
223 - You Can Always Go Back: Giving Yourself the Freedom to Try Scary Things
222 - Moving On: How to Overcome the Sunk Cost Fallacy and Embrace Change
221 - "I Just Got a Large Tax Refund....Now What?"
220 - "I Can't Replicate That Feeling": Why Generosity Outweighs Everything
219 - Don't Compare Your Beginning to Someone Else's Middle
218 - Where Have All the Investing "Experts" Gone?
217 - Tales of a Broken Arm: Thoughts on Medical Emergencies and the U.S. Healthcare System
216 - Deep, Dark, Heavy, Ugly Money Secrets #1
215 - Pursuing Work That Matters: Why All Work Isn't Created Equal....For You
214 - Perception Vs. Reality: How Our Eyes Deceive Us When It Comes to Success
213 - Sticking to the Plan: Why Shortcuts Are Never Our Friend
212 - What is Success? Redefining What it Means to Win
211 - Deep Questions From the Omaha YP Summit
210 - Stop Feeling Guilt: The Value of Intentional and Joyful Spending
209 - The Tale of Two Couples: Why It's Not Always About the Income
208 - The (Negative) Correlation Between Spending and Mental Health
207 - Preparing for the Unknown Knowns: How to Save When You Don't know Exactly What You're Saving For
206 - Money Doesn't Equal Fun, Fun Equals Fun
205 - Living for Memories: Why Financial Decisions Should Sometimes Take a Back Seat
204 - Making the Most of Your Retirement Savings: What to Do With Old Accounts
203 - The Debit Card Traveler: How to See the World without Credit Cards
202 - The Value of Books
201 - Working Travel into Our Financial Life....Because It's Important
200 - How to Handle Financial Windfalls
199 - Fun vs. Fulfillment: The Importance of Meaningful Work
198 - One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure
197 - Make Today the Good Old Days
196 - The Joneses Don't Know They Are Joneses
195 - How to Save When There is Little Margin
194 - Avoiding Self-Inflicted Wounds on Your Financial Journey
193 - From Altima to Ferrari: The Importance of Choosing the Right Real Estate Agent
192 - Q&A Session #5
191 - Is Now a Good Time to Invest?
190 - The New Student Loan (Forgiveness) Crisis
189 - We Don't Know What We Don't Know
188 - Too Much of a Good Thing
187 - Done Is Better Than Perfect
Behind the Meaning: Episode 3
186 - Year-End Review - Top 10 Episodes and Top 5 Trolls
185 - What if You Won the Lottery?
184 - Create Daily
183 - Why Do We Celebrate Selfish Hoarding?
182 - Why We Don't Support Our Own: Jealousy in Small Business
181 - Focus On The Journey, Not The Destination
180 - When (Not If) We Mess Up Our Finances
179 - 10 Things We Wish We Knew When We Were 21
178 - Are Your Plans Firm or Flexible?
177 - The Blurry Line Between Needs And Wants
176 - Financially Preparing for Christmas
175 - How to (Not) Stop Falling for Social Media Ads
174 - High-Yield Savings Accounts Aren't Your Savior
173 - Your Perspective of Vacation is a Tell
172 - 10 Ways to Financially Prepare for Next Year
171 - Doing the Right Thing For the Right Reasons
170 - Mistakes vs. Haunting Mistakes
169 - "I Hate My Job, But Don't Know What to Do"
Behind the Meaning: Episode 2
168 - Investing: Is $1 Million Enough to Retire?
167 - Investing: One Critical Investing Mistake You Need to Avoid
166 - Three Facts That Will Change Your Perspective of the Stock Market
165 - Catching Up On Investing Without Hoarding
164 - Tell Us Again How Credit Cards Are Your Friend
163 - Private Possession vs. Private Ownership
162 - Investing, FIRE, and Creating Impact (with Jeremy Schneider from Personal Finance Club)
161 - You Can't Be Truly Generous Without Accepting Generosity From Others
160 - We Don't Live In a Vaccuum
159 - Using Venmo Without Losing Control
158 - When Your Lifestyle Puts Too Much Pressure On Your Business
157 - Is Buying a House a Good Financial Decision?
156 - How Automated Is Too Automated?
155 - What Happens After You've Lived Your Dream?
154 - "What If I Meet Someone Who Has Debt?"
153 - Young Adults, Congrats On Your First Stock Market Crash!
Behind the Meaning: Episode 1
152 - When $1M Cash Isn't Enough
151 - When Humans Behave Like Crabs
150 - Student Loans: To Those Who Still Have Student Loans
149 - Student Loans: To Those Who Have Already Paid Off Their Loans
148 - Meaning vs. Money: Private School Edition
147 - Assessing Risk (Without Fear)
146 - Reframing Health Insurance
145 - "Should I Stop Contributing to My 401(k) While Paying Off Debt?"
144 - Gain Awareness, Gain Control, Gain Traction
143 - The Cost of Pursuing Meaning
142 - You Can Have Regrets Without Wishing It Away
141 - Why Separating Business and Personal Finances is Critical
140 - PSA: Shopping Isn't Evil
139 - Just Because You Can, It Doesn't Mean You Should
138 - This Couple Knew the Secret
137 - I "Need" a New Car
136 - Investing: Employ the Do Nothing Strategy
135 - Is There a Good Way to Use a Credit Card?
134 - What REALLY Adds Value to Your Life? Part 2
133 - The Three Hardest Months to Budget...So Give Yourself Grace
132 - Don't Be Ashamed of Your Progress
131 - Don't Throw Away Your Influence
130 - When the 4 Walls of Tension Are Closing In
129 - Unblurring the Line Between Travel and Life
128 - It's What We Do. It's Who We Are
127 - The Pursuit of Failure
126 - The Why's, How's, and Awesomeness of Giving Anonymously
125 - The Beauty of the Clean Slate
124 - Don't Let the Selfishness of Others Steal Your Generous Spirit
123 - What REALLY Adds Value To Your Life?
122 - The Misperception of Being Controlled vs. Having Control
121 - Investing: The Power of Time
120 - Gaining Control of Your Variable Income
119 - Investing: Taking the Bad With the Good
118 - To Combine or Not to Combine
117 - Living Below Your Structure
116 - Preparing for Financial Windfalls
115 - The Chicken and Egg of Financial Privilege
114 - Bending the Culture of Student Loans (with Kristina Ellis)
113 - Financially Preparing for Kids
112 - Give What You Have, Not What You Don't Have
111 - "Help, I Have a Spending Problem!"
110 - The Loss of a Friend: A Reflection on Legacy
109 - Giving Yourself a Break on the Journey
108 - Investing: The Choice Between Taxes and Freedom
107 - Success Isn't Linear: Embrace the Hockey Stick
106 - St. Peters Basketball and the Pursuit of Legacy
105 - Bad Financial Behavior is Learned
104 - Life is a Series of Levers, So Know Which Ones to Pull
103 - Why Your Credit Card Points Are Actually Losing You Money
102 - 42% of Americans Making $100K+ Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck
101 - How to Budget for Travel
100 - Why Would You Pursue Meaning Over Money?
099 - Best Life Advice We've Ever Received #3 (Listener Edition)
098 - When it Comes to Debt, Interest Isn't Your Problem
097 - OK is the Most Dangerous Place to Be
096 - There's No Such Thing as Passive Income
095 - "How Much Do I Need in My Emergency Fund?"
094 - Q&A Session #4
093 - Give Yourself a Contract (Well, Kinda)
092 - Adjusting For Inflation
091 - Sometimes We Fail
090 - Putting the Recent Stock Market Tumble into Context
089 - "I Got Out of Debt....Again. How Do I Stay Out?"
088 - How to Handle Money When Life Gets Intense
087 - Personal Spending: Saving One Marriage at a Time
086 - When Your Job is Literally Killing You
085 - When Paying Off Debt Becomes an Idol
084 - Investing: Fees, the Secret Thief
083 - Investing: When "Good" is Bad and "Bad" is Good
082 - Best Life Advice We've Ever Received #2
081 - The Power of Not Having Excuses
080 - Year-End Lookback and Review (with Cole Netten)
079 - Best Life Advice We've Ever Received #1
078 - What You Need to Start a Business: Almost Nothing!
077 - "Beautiful On the Outside, Rusting On the Inside"
076 - Navigating Major Life Changes as a Young Adult (with Kate Netten)
075 - Parents, Your Kids Deserve Better (On Sending Kids to College Without Student Loan Debt)
074 - Life Gets More Complicated AFTER the Debt is Gone
073 - 'Tis the Season to Exercise Your Giving Muscle
072 - Do the Hard Thing!
071 - We Just Hit Record High Debt - You Deserve Better Than Normal
070 - 5 Signs You Should Get a Different Job
069 - "Is it ok to NOT Find Meaning in My Work?"
068 - Just Because Advice "Works", It Doesn't Mean It's Good Advice
067 - Investing, Even When Things Get Weird
066 - We ALL Need a Team: We Aren't Meant To Do This Alone
065 - Shedding the Lies of the Hustle Culture
064 - Don't Let Health Insurance Steal Your Dreams
063 - Investing In Memories: Twenty One Pilots Edition
062 - Get Back on the Bike (Even When You're Bleeding)
061 - Giving Different, Giving Better
060 - You Are the Author of Your Story
059 - Accepting and Appreciating the Role of Luck
058 - Guilt, Guilt, Guilt, Screw It
057 - Travis Reacts to TikTok Comments on Dave Ramsey Car Payment Rant
056 - Planting Seeds
055 - Stripping Away the Layers
054 - The Journey is the Destination
053 - Comfortable Being Uncomfortable, Part 2
052 - Dive In Head-First
051 - True Generosity is a Two-Way Street
050 - Life, In Seasons
049 - Pile of Cash Test
048 - Memories Over Things
047 - Don't Compare Your Beginning to Someone Else's Middle
046 - When You Stop Caring About Money
045 - Forget The World, Spend YOUR Values
044 - Embarrassing Happens
043 - Garbage In, Garbage Out
042 - The Teacher Myth
041 - Men vs. Women: The Fall-Out and Follow-Up
040 - Your Tone is the Tell
039 - The Curse of Comparison
038 - How to Get Your Spouse Involved With Budgeting, and Why It's More Important Than You Think
037 - Staying At Home With Kids is Always a Choice
036 - More Income Won't Cure Your Financial Stress (Here's What Will!)
035 - Hate Fridays, Love Mondays
034 - Don't Sweat the Small Things: Starbucks and Netflix Aren't What's Hurting You
033 - Don't Judge Decisions Based On Outcomes
032 - The Beauty (and Implications) of Not Having a Credit Score
031 - Why Pursuing Meaning is Better Than Pursuing Money
030 - 12 Months for the Rest of Your Life
029 - Q&A Session #3: Financial Coaching Edition
028 - You're Going to Make Mistakes....And That's OK!
027 - Be Careful Who You Follow
026 - The Secret Powers of Sinking Funds (As Always, It's Not About the Money!)
025 - Sorry Men, Women Are Better With Money
024 - Q&A Session #2
023 - EVERYONE Needs a Budget (Especially High-Income Earners)
022 - Prioritizing Financial (and Life) Goals
021 - Why You Shouldn't Do Your Own Taxes
020 - Go, Do Weird Things!
019 - Robinhood and the Gamification of Investing
018 - Getting Your Spouse On The Same Page
017 - ALL Income Is Created Equal
016 - The Toxic Notion Everyone Should Aspire to be Their Own Boss
015 - Dealing With Criticism On Your Journey (Especially From the Ones You Love the Most)
014 - How Do We Define “Living a Life of Meaning”?
013 - The Myth of Stock Picking “Experts”: Our Little Experiment May Surprise You!!
012 - The Real Cost of Debt: It's So Much Bigger Than Money
011 - Money & Happiness: It's Not What You Think
010 - What About Crypto?
009 - How Risky Is the Stock Market?
008 - Q&A Session #1
007 - MYTH: Spending is Irresponsible
006 - Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
005 - Planned Impulsiveness
004 - "Why Young Adults?"
003 - The Non-Financial Case Against the FIRE Movement
002 - Travis's Debt and Career Story.....$236,000 of Debt!
001 - Introduction to Meaning Over Money