2024 is going to be filled with lots of excitement on my end, personally and professionally, but it will also mark the end of Martinis and your Money in October after 10 years of podcasting. The good news is that the year is just beginning, and I still have 9 months of amazing new content to share with you. Over the next 9 months, I’ll be delivering to you the best of the best. The best of what I’ve learned over the past 9 years of podcasting, the best guests, the best topics and so much more. Each month will be a new theme and the theme of February is children.

People who already have children know this, but if becoming a parent is a high life goal, you have to prepare for the financial challenges of having children. Managing those challenges is hard enough if you and your partner are living together, it becomes even more challenging if you’re divorced. Joining me today is my ex-husband, Bill, to share what the co-parenting journey has looked like for him and we both talk about the ups and downs of when families transition into a new sort of family unit.

For more information, visit the show https://www.martinisandyourmoney.com/show-notes/episode516-coparenting

Today is the last Friday of the month and my regular listeners know that on the last Friday of the month, I host the happy hour on the podcast where I gather great friends with me to drink cheap drinks and talk about money topics. 

This is the first Happy Hour of what will be the final year of Martinis and Your Money and we’re talking about all things jobs, specifically managing through toxic work environments, getting paid what you deserve and expectations your company or manager may have of you. As always, it was a great conversation with my friends that I hope you enjoy.

For more information, visit the show https://www.martinisandyourmoney.com/show-notes/episode515-jobs

Each month will be a new theme and the theme of January is jobs and salaries. January is typically a time for change where companies are more likely to lay people off and employees are more open to change and making a change, so I hope you’ll find this content helpful no matter what stage you find yourself in. Listeners, this is an episode along with it’s episode notes that you are going to want to bookmark, save, share, re-listen to, etc because it’s a great one! 

Joining me today is Sara Belhouari, our Trainer Management Lead at Financial Gym to discuss how she’s coached clients through lay offs, job hunting, salary negotiation and everything in-between. I am sure everyone will find important takeaways from this episode. 

For more information, visit the show https://www.martinisandyourmoney.com/show-notes/episode514-salary-negotiation

2024 is going to be filled with lots of excitement on my end, personally and professionally, but it will also mark the end of Martinis and your Money in October after 10 years of podcasting. The good news is that the year is just beginning, and I still have 10 months of amazing new content to share with you. Over the next 10 months, I’ll be delivering to you the best of the best. The best of what I’ve learned over the past 9 years of podcasting, the best guests, the best topics and so much more. 

Each month will be a new theme and the theme of January is jobs and salaries. January is typically a time for change where companies are more likely to lay people off and employees are more open to change and making a change, so I hope you’ll find this content helpful no matter what stage you find yourself in. Many people think about making extra income in the new year with the possibility of maybe starting their own company. 

Unfortunately, for a number of people, especially women, the dreams of entrepreneurship are mired by the opportunities out there. Joining me today is Roberta Blevins, founder of Life After MLM to talk about why you should be hesitant to start one of these businesses and how you can save time, money and aggravation by learning what’s a scam and what’s not. And now here’s Roberta. 

For more information, visit the show https://www.martinisandyourmoney.com/show-notes/episode513-roberta-blevins

Welcome to a new year! 2024 is going to be filled with lots of excitement at the show and at The Financial Gym, January is typically a time for change where companies are more likely to lay people off and employees are more open to change and making a change, so I hope you’ll find this content helpful no matter what stage you find yourself in. 

Joining me today is Hannah Williams, the mastermind behind the TikTok account Salary Transparent Street to share what she’s learned after doing the crazy thing and asking random strangers on the street what they do for a living and how much they make doing it. As you can imagine, she’s filled with lots of great insights from her experience that I’m excited to share with you. 

For more information, visit the show https://www.martinisandyourmoney.com/show-notes/episode512-salary-transparent-street

On the last Friday of the month, I host the happy hour on the podcast where I gather great friends with me to drink cheap drinks and talk about money topics. This is a very special Happy Hour, as we’re not only talking about our thoughts around Financial Independence but it’s also the year end happy hour, so we’ll be sharing our highs and lows of the year and we’ll set our goals for next year. I also have a very special surprise for you listeners in this show and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! 

For more information, visit the show https://www.martinisandyourmoney.com/show-notes/episode511-hh-financial-independence

I have a special bonus episode for you this month. As you know, this will be my final December of new episodes for Martinis and Your Money, and I’ve spent this month highlighting my favorite financial goal for clients and that’s Financial Independence, butno matter what your financial goal is, the end of the year is the perfect time to identify goals and plan for the coming year which is why I’m excited to share this bonus episode with you.

Joining me today is Kelly Lannan, Senior Vice President of Emerging Customers at Fidelity to talk about Fidelity’s 15th Annual Resolutions Study. She joins me to share the surprising finding of the study and also best practices for setting yourself up to achieve some of those resolutions you may make this year.

This is the perfect episode to listen to and hopefully inspire you to set those New Year’s resolutions or goals in this last week of the year. I apologize in advance for my voice now and on the episode as I’m currently fighting a seasonal bug that’s going around. Despite my cold, this is a great episode with so many helpful takeaways. 

For more information, visit the show  https://www.martinisandyourmoney.com/show-notes/episode510-Fidelity

This December is my final year end month for Martinis and Your Money and around this time every year, I’m always talking to clients about goal setting for the following year. And if you’ve listened to this show before, you know that one of the most important financial goals that I am most passionate about is Financial Independence and that’s the ability to work because you WANT to work and not because you HAVE to work.

Fi is the number one goal we give to all of our clients at Financial Gym and it’s the number one goal I beg of you to set for 2024 and beyond. Joining me today is Tanja Hester, founder of the Our Next Life blog and author of the books Work Optional and Wallet Activism. I have always appreciated Tanja’s approach to Financial Independence and she joins me today to share more of that journey and what she and her husband have been up to since the declared Financial Independence six years ago. 

For more information, visit the show https://www.martinisandyourmoney.com/show-notes/episode509-tonja-hester

This December is my final year end month for Martinis and Your Money and around this time every year, I’m always talking to clients about goal setting for the following year. And if you’ve listened to this show before, you know that one of the most important financial goals that I am most passionate about is Financial Independence and that’s the ability to work because you WANT to work and not because you HAVE to work. It's the number one goal we give to all of our clients at Financial Gym and it’s the number one goal I beg of you to set for 2024 and beyond. 

Joining me today Brad Barrett, co-founder of the ChooseFI podcast and website. Brad joins me today to share not only his own journey to FI, but what factors unite people on an FI journey and his answer will likely surprise you. And now here’s Brad.

For more information, visit the show https://www.martinisandyourmoney.com/show-notes/episode508-chooseFI