The Clever Girls Know Podcast With Bola Sokunbi

Meet Yuri Gibson. She is a designer and digital product guru who teaches other people how to create side hustles that mean business. Her first taste at hustling was working two jobs while attending college full time for seven years. She then graduated in a tanking economy which lead her down a career path she hated. That caused her to make a decision that would change her life - she moved aboard t...

Regina Byrd is an accountant, motivational speaker, author, business owner and financial educator. Her company, Prosper with Regina, helps high school and college students learn financial literacy empowering them for a life of financial success. Outside of her many businesses she also gives back by speaking to children at local libraries about finances.   She understands the hurdles that young peo...

Stefanie O'Connell is a nationally recognized millennial money expert and author of the book, 'The Broke and Beautiful Life' and she has appeared on CBS News, Fox & Friends, ABC World News and The Dr. Oz Show. Her work has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Glamour, SUCCESS magazine, Oprah Magazine and various other print and digital media outlets. She's all about h...

Have you heard that the average millionaire has 7 streams of income? Well you heard right! On this episode of the podcast, I'm discussing the different types of income streams and sharing examples for each of them. Ideally, your wealth building strategy should be a based on a combination of four actions taken consistently that I would describe as the four pillars of wealth building and they includ...

On the podcast today I'm going over some key situations that will require you to review your budget in detail. Budgeting is a key financial action when it comes to building wealth. Your budget helps to guide your spending and saving decisions and basically helps you stay on track with your financial goals. As you get comfortable with creating a new budget in advance of every new month (because no...

Weddings can be very, very, expensive and today, my guest is a listener of the podcast and also an expert wedding planner who is sharing some amazing wedding planning insights. Her name is Tereill Peay of CaterToTheBride.net and she's all about helping you get creative (and cost effective) when it comes to planning the wedding of your dreams. Tereill saved $20,000 while planning her wedding by get...

On this episode I'm sharing a couple updates on what's happening at Clever Girl Finance including the fact that I'm writing my first book! - What I covered on this episode: I'm get into answering some of the questions that have been sent to me and they include questions on: 1. How to end living pay check to pay check when you earn a good income. 2. Where and how to properly save for vacations. 3....

When it comes to personal finance the main focus is typically on the outcome - the financial success but it's also very important to discuss the transitions and emotions that leads you to that financial success and what it feels like to be on that journey including the peaks and valleys. To have this conversation, I've invited an amazing lady and friend of mine Xenia Viray. Xenia is the owner of a...

The topic of divorce can be very touchy and even considered taboo but is a topic that needs to be discussed especially because 1 out of ever 2 marriages in the United States ends up in divorce. To have this conversation, my guest on this episode of the podcast is Cassandra Cadeau. Cassendra is the CEO of Gifted Financials (giftedfinancials.com) an organization that helps women learn how to effecti...

Today's podcast is focused on helping you prepare your resume as you look for a new job or if you are looking to transition careers, because your resume is the first touch a recruiter or the HR department at a company has with you and getting employed especially at the right job ties heavily into your personal finances. To speak on this important topic, my guest today is Lauren McGoodwin, the foun...

It's tax season ladies! Receiving a tax refund check can make a big difference towards improving your finances and achieving your financial goals, so it's a good idea to create a clear plan for what to do with your refund in advance of receiving it this way all that money doesn't just slip through your fingers unaccounted for and on this episode I'm sharing a few suggestions to help you out. Also,...

**Just a heads up if you are listening with small children there is adult language in this episode.** Sharon Beason is a serial entrepreneur, national speaker, educator, holistic business strategist and the founder of Womeneur.com. She's known for 'telling the hard stuff that you don't want to hear, but that you need to hear' and she fuses her no-nonsense, in-your- face and personable style to con...

On this episode my guest is the amazing Tai McNeely who is the founder of hisandhermoney.com, alongside her husband Talaat. They also have an incredible podcast and YouTube Channel called "The His & Her Money Show". In this episode Tai shares the initial challenges she faced managing money in the early days of her marriage including working with her husband to pay off over $30,000 of debt in their...

My guest on this episode of the podcast is Alexandra Taussig. She is the SVP of Women Investors at Fidelity and I met her at a "Women and Money" event that Fidelity hosted. Alexandra had an excellent talk and also shared her personal money story on the money mistakes she had made when she was younger and I just had to have her on the podcast! On this episode we took a deep dive into the topic of w...

I love goal setting, it gives me clarity and direction, and it helps me track my progress and so on this episode I'm sharing why goal setting matters and some tips to help you set your financial, career and other life goals the right way so you can actually achieve them. Enjoy listening! Get access to my free resource library on www. CleverGirlFinance.com Check out the Clever Girl Finance YouTube...

The countdown to 2018 is on and so I'm sharing a few updates from the list of goals that I created earlier this year where I challenged myself to get out of my own way and get certain things done for Clever Girl Finance. I'm sharing my progress as well as some tips and advice for all the Clever Girl entrepreneurs. Enjoy listening! Get access to my free resource library on www. CleverGirlFinance.co...

My guest today is the wonderful Jen Hemphill, the founder of www. JenHemphill.com. Jen is a military spouse, an accredited financial counselor, and money confidence coach and she also hosts her own podcast called Her Money Matters. On this episode, Jen and I talked about money fears and guilt, how to get into the space where you are sharing your financial wins no matter how small as well as the le...

Are you ready to work in a career you love that pays you what you are worth? Well, my guest on this episode of podcast is Dorianne St. Fleur and she's sharing the exact strategy you need to follow to have a fulfilling career that pays you what you are worth. Dorianne is a career coach & strategist based in New York City and she coaches women on how to identify and use their purpose in order to hav...

Have you ever wondered how people score such incredible travel deals to amazing destinations? Well my guest today is Felicia Blaise and she's breaking down how you can be a successful travel hacker! Felicia is a Certified Financial Education Instructor (CFEI), Travel Strategist, and the Chief Budget Balancer at FeliciaBlaise.com and on this episode, she shares her own personal money story of payin...

This episode is a fun one because I'm going through some hate mail and hate comments....it's been a while! Get access to my free resource library on http://www. CleverGirlFinance.com Check out the Clever Girl Finance YouTube Channel at http://YouTube.com/CleverGirlFinance Do you follow Clever Girl Finance on Instagram yet? You should! https://www.instagram.com/clevergirlfinance Ready to get accoun...

Here's another episode for my clever girl entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs! My guest today is Dr Jacqueline Schaffer, a medical doctor, #1 international best selling author and the founder of an incredible skincare line called Schique. Dr Schaffer started her business with zero back ground in business and figured it out along the way to create an incredible business. On this episode we tal...

Do you think 18 months is a long time? If you knew you could be debt free in 18 months what would you do to get there? On this episode of the podcast Joanne Maye Wetzel shares how she and her husband paid off over $49,000 of debt in less than 18 months while only making between $50,000 - $60,000. We talked about how and why they chose to get aggressive with their debt (which consisted of student l...

On this episode I talk to Flanice Lewis. She is a money coach, breast cancer survivor and all round amazing woman who has made great strides on her journey to financial freedom: - She bought first house at 23 with no outside help - She saved over $100,000 for retirement before 30 - She reached an 800+ credit score before 30 - She has managed to beat breast cancer without having to finance any of h...

On this episode I talked with Tela Holcomb about how to get started with investing including some key things you need to know if you have your money invested in the stock market. We discussed our favorite investing platforms, if you should invest if you have debt, steps to take to get started with investing and more. Tela Holcomb is a trading and investment coach. She has been independently tradin...

On this episode, I'm talking with Monica Louie. She's an amazing FB marketing expert and a personal coach of mine (which we get into on the podcast) who has an amazing story. She and her husband paid off $120k of debt in 2 years without making 6 figures (She shares the actual income they earned while doing this) and they are on track to pay off their mortgage in 4 years which will allow them to be...