Jamila Souffrant is a Certified Financial Education Instructor (CFEI), host of the Journey To Launch podcast and author of "Your Journey to Financial Freedom: A Step-By-Step Guide to Achieving Wealth and Happiness". The Journey To Launch podcast explores all aspects of reaching Financial Freedom; from increasing income, paying off debt, investing, saving & learning how to retire early and wealthy. The book, "Your Journey to Financial Freedom: A Step-By-Step Guide to Achieving Wealth and Happiness," shows you how to skyrocket your savings, blast through debt and ultimately accelerate your unique and truly epic journey to financial freedom and independence. The audiobook, which is narrated by Jamila, and the eBook are available in the Apple store. As a money expert who “walks her talk” she helps brave listeners also known as Journeyers; gain clarity around their finances and create an actionable plan to reach their goals. Her mission is to teach, inspire and help others reach Financial Freedom and Financial Independence.
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episode 29: How To Become A Money Nerd With Whitney Hansen
Paying off debt is essential to getting back on track with your finances. Not only will you remove a large expense every month, but the mental freedom is priceless. That’s exactly what Whitney did by working two jobs and sticking to a tight budget. By being intentional and mindful of her spending, she was able to pay off all her debt and now owns a personal finance business. Her business now makes more money than her full-time job, which means she now gets to live on her terms and work on her business.
Whitney’s hacks to paying off debt are unique and insightful, a huge help to anyone working towards paying back their debt.
Here are the main topics we talked about in the episode:
- Whitney’s background
- Her journey to managing money
- How she paid off her $30,000 in debt in 10 months
- Her online business
- Her journey to paying off debt
- How she was working 2 jobs
- Her different tricks to paying off debt
- How she set her goals
- How to be intentional about your finances
- Using a holistic overview
- The importance of keystone habits
- How to set SMART goals
- Investing when in debt
- How it differs from case to case
- Starting an emergency fund
- Why it depends on how long you’ll be paying off debt
- Her personal finance goals
- Why she’s leaving her full-time job
- Her business goals
- Getting started with real estate investing
Other related blog posts/links mentioned in this episode:
- Whitney’s Blog
- The Money Nerds Podcast
- The Money Summit
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
- Dave Ramsey
- Leave me a voicemail- Leave me a question on the Journey To Launch voicemail and have it answered on the podcast!
- Watch my CBS News Segment
- Watch me on News12 Watch my latest segments on News12
- My One on One Money Coaching Services - Get my personalized 1on1 money coaching expertise to help you reach your financial goals
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- Whitney on Twitter
- Whitney on Instagram
- Whitney on Facebook
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