Fun Money: Earn. Spend. Save. Invest. Have. Give.

Have you ever stopped to think about how much the people around you are shaping your money, your decisions, and what you believe is possible? I’ve learned that money doesn’t happen in isolation. It moves through people, through conversations, and through the relationships you choose on purpose. In this episode, I’m closing out the season by talking about something that matters more than strategy:...

Do you ever feel like the more successful you become, the easier it is to build a version of success that quietly costs you your time freedom?” That tension between making more money and actually having the time to enjoy it is where so many people quietly get stuck, even when everything looks good on paper. In this episode, I share four high-quality questions I use as filters when making decisions...

Have you ever made an unexpected decision that completely shifted your plans? That’s exactly what happened when my husband Mark and I found ourselves buying a new home. It wasn’t part of the plan, but it ended up being a decision that gave us a lot of clarity about what we wanted for the future. In this episode, we dive into the decision-making process behind buying our house. With some big change...

Building a business is one thing. Building a business that can scale beyond you, support your life, and eventually become a franchise is a completely different game. In this episode, I sit down with urSwim founder and CEO Marina Mentzel for a transparent behind-the-scenes conversation about what it took to go from teaching swim lessons herself to building a seven-figure business and expanding into...

If you want big money, big opportunities, big stages, big donations, big love, and a big life, you don’t get to also demand an emotionally padded experience the whole way there. Sorry. That’s not how this works. In this episode, we’re talking about the thing that actually separates women with extraordinary financial results from everyone else: their willingness to feel bad. To feel disappointed. T...

Is being optimistic with money naive, or is it actually statistically correct? In this episode, I’m challenging the belief that caution and pessimism are what keep you safe. While it may feel responsible to brace for the worst, that mindset often drives the very behaviors that limit long-term wealth. If you’ve ever confused optimism with recklessness, this conversation will stretch you. This is ab...

What are you teaching about money without ever saying a word? In this episode, I’m exploring money modeling: the reality that your behavior around earning, spending, investing, and talking about wealth quietly shapes what other people see as normal. I share the core principles I choose to model on purpose. I also unpack why hard work and high income are not automatically linked, and why the way yo...

If you’ve ever wondered what was actually happening behind the scenes at different income levels, this one’s for you. I’m walking you through the real money moves I made as my business grew from $5K months to $80K months, across all six money games. In this episode, I’m not giving you a formula to copy. I’m giving you context. Some of the decisions I made were smart. Some were scrappy. Some worked...

Have you ever spent time really close to someone and suddenly noticed all the tiny habits that make up their “normal”? Money works the same way. Most of the difference between one level of wealth and the next isn’t dramatic or flashy. It’s hidden in the small, everyday money habits we repeat without thinking. In this episode, I’m breaking down four daily money habit swaps that I’ve personally norm...

If you’re starting to make more money and noticing that new questions are popping up alongside it, this episode is for you. There’s a phase of wealth where inflows begin to outpace outflows, and if you’re not intentional, it’s easy to get distracted from what actually matters. This is the part of the money journey where being smart with money requires a different level of awareness. In this episod...

What does fun money look like when it shows up across different industries, seasons, and identities? In this episode, I sit down with serial entrepreneur, real estate investor, and host of the EmpowerHER podcast, Kacia Ghetmiri, to talk about building wealth that evolves as you do. From leaving Google to podcasting, investing, and stepping into yet another new chapter, Kacia’s story shows how mone...

What happens when life hands you grief, loss, and uncertainty, and instead of forcing your way through it, you choose to trust yourself anyway? In this episode, I’m joined by my first-ever client guest, Tina Patel, founder of Spaced by T, whose business growth mirrors a much deeper personal transformation. While navigating divorce and the loss of her mother, Tina chose presence over pressure and s...

If you've ever caught yourself saying "I'm an anxious person," this episode is your wake-up call. Not “I feel anxious sometimes,” not “I’m having anxious thoughts,” but a full-on identity claim. The problem isn’t the feeling itself. It’s what happens when you turn a temporary emotional experience into a permanent label, especially when it comes to money, growth, and going after the things you actu...

Remember when you used to get your Spotify Wrapped and spend way too long analyzing every single stat? Well, what if I told you that same data-obsessed energy could be the key to taking your business from "pretty good" to "holy sh*t, did I really do that?” Here's the truth: Most business owners are flying blind. They screenshot their wins, post their highlights, but have no real idea if they're ac...

Ever wonder how some women seem to "have it all" - successful businesses, happy families, and actual time to enjoy both? My aunt Kimberlie Jacobsen owns 17 Great Clips salons, runs a 250-client CPA practice, and raised three boys. Her net worth? $7-8 million. But here's what surprised me most when I interviewed her for this week's episode: She picked her kids up from school every single day. Join...

Generosity isn’t something you unlock once you’ve “made it.” You don’t suddenly wake up one day with a seven-figure business, a halo, and a giant novelty check. You become generous now, from exactly where you’re standing, because generosity is a character quality - not a financial milestone.  In this episode, I’m breaking down why giving from where you’re at actually fuels the receiving side...

Do you ever feel like the year just escapes you? Like you blink and suddenly it's December, and you're wondering where all those big plans and dreams went?  In this episode, I'm sitting down with someone who has cracked the code on making sure that never happens again - and it all starts with a deceptively simple tool that's about to revolutionize how you think about time. Taylor Prokes is th...

From a giant bathtub overlooking the ocean at the Ritz Carlton in Puerto Rico, with the scent of ginger and lemongrass filling the air, there's a question worth asking: what would your past self find most valuable to hear about the fun money experiences waiting on the other side of expansion? In this episode, I'm sharing the detailed visual of my luxury week in Puerto Rico - not to brag, but to ex...

What actually happens when you stop chasing revenue trophies and start playing a different game with money?  This week, I’m sitting down with my friend, colleague, and client, Christa Biegler, to have the kinds of behind-the-scenes conversations most business owners never say out loud: what’s your business really for? How many hours do you actually work? And what’s been way harder, or way eas...

The problem with trying to build wealth is that your brain loves what it can see: the Tesla in the driveway, the designer handbags, the tropical vacations. But here's what I've learned: spending money that you have and watching your investments grow is way more fun than the temporary high of looking successful. This week, I’m talking about the massive difference between being rich and being wealth...

Fun and money aren't two words most people naturally put together, especially if you’ve lived through the kind of financial chaos that forces you to eat spoonfuls of peanut butter for dinner. But that’s exactly what makes today’s episode so powerful. Nicole Kapaun went from extreme poverty to building Wrinkleboss, a med spa in Minneapolis that's generating $1.5 million in revenue while she works j...

We inherit more than our parents’ eye color and weird laughs… we inherit their money energy . And a lot of people say, “Yeah, I had to unlearn everything I saw growing up.” That was not my story. I got lucky.  Today’s episode is special because I’m joined by original Fun Money King - my dad, Scott Manning - to show you what it looks like when your money blueprint is generous, unfussy, and fun...

Let’s talk about something that gets totally overlooked in money conversations: the giving game. We’re all obsessed with hitting big revenue milestones and stacking cash, but guess what? Philanthropy is a character quality - it’s not some end-of-the-road financial milestone that only gets unlocked once you hit a certain number. I sit down with Adi Shakti, aka The Philanthropic Femme, and trust me,...

Money doesn’t have to be a snoozefest of spreadsheets and autopay transfers running quietly in the background of your life. When you build wealth without any emotional connection or fun, you’re missing the best part — it can actually be a game. In this episode, I’m breaking down the six money mastery games: earning, spending, saving, investing, having, and giving, and showing you how to turn each...

Do you ever catch yourself saying these words? ”I don't know if I'm on track…”, "I don't know if I can afford to…" or, ”I don't know enough about investing…"  Women who've been making money for years often find themselves frozen when it comes to the bigger financial moves. That uncertainty around money decisions isn't just uncomfortable. It’s actively costing you future wealth. But here's the...