152. “The world is going to end. So why bother investing?”
Fernando and Anushka, 30 and 31, live in San Diego and earn high incomes—matching $135,000 salaries, in fact. They have healthy investment and savings rates, send money to his family back home, and re...
16 Apr 20241h 32min
151. “Our gas is about to get shut off, but I refuse to sell any of my 7 cars”
Peter and Megan, 36 and 37, are married with no kids but severe financial stress threatens their future together. Peter has grown to resent Megan’s unwillingness to seek a higher income. He’s changed ...
9 Apr 20241h 7min
150. “We’re broke, but I spend $350/mo on clothes” (Part 2)
In part two with Elizabeth and Jonathan, 36 and 38, we continue unpacking their complicated personal backgrounds with money as they relate to current spending, investing, and saving habits. They’re st...
2 Apr 202456min
149. “We have no savings but bought our kid a $500 toy for Christmas” (Part 1)
Elizabeth and Jonathan are in their mid-thirties, have been married for 13 years, and share a young daughter. They bought a starter home after getting married, but expensive renovations are still unde...
26 Mar 202452min
148. “We have 2 kids and $0 invested, but refuse to get 9-5 jobs”
Callie and Travis, 36 and 39, have two kids and live in southern Texas near the ocean. They’ve made a conscious decision to run their own small businesses without the pressure of climbing a corporate ...
19 Mar 20241h 17min
147. “I don’t trust him with money, so I check his cc accounts”
Ashley and Christopher, 30 and 28, recently got engaged and look forward to planning a wedding, having kids, etc. But Christoper has lived with credit card debt his whole life. As an accountant, he fe...
12 Mar 20241h 12min
146. “I'm jealous when I see friends' vacations on Instagram”
Erik is 44 and Andrea is 43. They’re trying to determine what to do with a bump in income. Andrea wants to save for college tuition, because that’s what her parents did. Erik’s did not, so he’d rather...
5 Mar 20241h 17min
145. “Am I a bad mom if we can’t do a $7k Disney trip?”
Kristin is 32 and David is 38. They share five kids in a blended family and David is getting close to military retirement. The problem is their spending—fueled by emotions alone, they make purchase af...
27 Feb 20241h 11min
