HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

Barbara Corcoran, real estate mogul and “Shark Tank” investor, parlayed a $1,000 loan from a friend into a $5 billion empire. This week, she tells us how to push forward to succeed, even when you’re at your most afraid. In Mailbag, we talk supplementing your income during maternity leave and where to put extra money once you meet your 401(k) cap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

Are you happy with your job? Or do you feel like you're wasting time in the wrong career — but don't know what your next move would be anyway? Career coach Maggie Mistal has tactical advice for how you can switch it up while simultaneously increasing your take-home pay. And if you're looking to get back into the workforce, Cheryl Casone, author of "The Comeback," shares her advice. In Mailbag, adv...

A look at how credit card points and airline miles can help you jet set around the world for next to nothing, and a chat about the power of positivity with Daryn Kagan, author of "Hope Possible," and Trent Swanson, a frequent flyer mile hobbyist. In Mailbag, we talk long-term care insurance and checking your credit score. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Work because you want to, not because you have to. Radio host, columnist and my friend Clark Howard shares everyday hacks that can turn into big payoffs. And if you have some credit card debt you’d like to zap away, Lauren Greutman, author of the book “The Recovering Spender,” shares how she broke her spending addiction and dug out of $40,000 in credit card debt. In Mailbag, a look at where to put...

What’s it like to be in business with your best friend? Ann Friedman, co-host of podcast Call Your Girlfriend, joins us to discuss how best to negotiate your salary and shopping while buzzed. In Mailbag, we talk about saving for retirement without a 401(k), and what to do with extra money once you finally pay off your credit card debt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you make your financial decisions based on fear? Stress? Guilt? Impulse? We dig into a better way to go about it with best-selling author Suzy Welch, including tips on how to stand up and face your financial fears. Then we sit down with Bobbi Rebell, author of the new book "How To Be A Financial Grownup." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A special episode from FinCon, featuring money bloggers Sarah Li Cain of High Fiving Dollars and Chelsea Fagan of The Financial Diet. Both get candid about their once rocky relationships with money — one involving a selfish boyfriend and the other an arrest — and how they turned them around. In Mailbag, we tackle money bloggers’ financial confessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

Your house is not just where you lay your head — it’s a pricey (and important) line item on your budget. Angie Hicks, founder of Angie’s List, fills us in on how not to get ripped off on home repairs. We’re also joined by PwC real estate expert Mitch Roschelle to talk about buying and selling smart. In Mailbag, we tackle marriage in retirement, and Roth 401(k)s. Learn more about your ad choices. V...

168 hours. That’s how many each of us have in a single week. So how come it seems that some women seem to get it all done, no sweat, while others struggle to pack it all in? The brilliant Laura Vanderkam has some solutions — including how you can be the boss of your schedule (and your technology) rather than the other way around. In Mailbag, we talk spending tracking apps. Learn more about your ad...

Would you tell a friend what you get paid? Would you do it if you knew it would help her get paid fairly? Meredith Rollins, editor in chief of Redbook magazine has done it — and she says we all should follow suit. In Mailbag, we talk incentive credit cards and refinancing student loans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Student loans, credit card debt, retirement, oh my! This week we decided to devote the entire episode to answering your questions. How to finance graduate school? What’s the fastest and cheapest way to pay off $30,000 of credit card debt? Annuities in retirement — yea or nay? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you want the next half of your life to be just as good as the first, then you've got to get a grip on these three things, says Jo Ann Jenkins, the new CEO of AARP. We talk about how to reimagine the life you're living now to put yourself on a healthier, wealthier and more self-satisfied track. Then "Behavior Gap" author Carl Richards explains why he believes you should wait 72 hours before buyi...

Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg started theSkimm — the daily email newsletter that millions of women start their morning with — by floating it on their credit cards. It wasn’t until this year that they dug their way out of debt. How did they do it, and what’s their best advice for women entrepreneurs? In Mailbag, we talk about when you may need a financial planner and how to transfer balances on...

Social media expert Randi Zuckerberg helps untangle our wired lives, showing ways to use tech to hack your daily tasks and even bring the family closer together. In Mailbag, we discuss starting a business and how to find the best interest rates on your savings. We wrap things up with "Smart Mom, Rich Mom" author Kimberly Palmer, with tips for raising money-smart kids. Learn more about your ad choi...

Sarah Newcomb, the author of the book “Loaded,” figured she could solve all of her own money problems by getting tactical and practical, yet, she still struggled with her money. Eventually a course on money psychology set her straight. She offers her candid advice on a new way to frame the want vs. need dividing line. In Mailbag, we talk HSAs and money conflicts. Learn more about your ad choices....

To paraphrase Sara Bareilles: We want to see you be brave managing your money. And who better to inspire us to get there than best-selling author and preeminent TED talker Dr. Brené Brown? Brené takes us on a deep dive into some of the other basic human emotions — like guilt and shame — and how they’re entangled in our money mindsets. In Mailbag, we discuss annuities and getting a will. Learn more...

Tired of all the negative talk surrounding the word “midlife”? So was my friend and psychotherapist Dr. Robi Ludwig — so much so, she wrote a book about it: “Your Best Age Is Now.” If you’re regretting not doing what you always wanted to do, get over it and do it now! Robi tells us how. In Mailbag, we talk emergency funds, starting over after divorce, and we ask Kerry Cooper, CEO of Choose Energy,...

Tips on parenting and money from PureWow editor Jillian Quint. We take on sticky situations like splitting the check at a group dinner and talking with your parents about their retirement plans. And play along with us as we get down and dirty about when to save and when to splurge. Organic milk? Chicken? Car seats? And since so many of you have asked how to choose a financial planner, we decided t...

Dr. Ben Sorensen, leadership trainer and executive coach, knows how women can learn to be more assertive at work and at home. I recently met him at a conference and wanted to share him with all of you. Ben and I teach you the right words to say to communicate more effectively –– without the backlash. Of course Kelly joins me to answer your financial questions, and in a very special Thrive segment...

I am so proud to call Jane Bryant Quinn a friend as well as a mentor. You know her as a female pioneer and personal finance advocate, trusted by millions as a columnist for Newsweek, a reporter for CBS News and a prolific author, but to me, she is an inspiration. This week we dig in and get granular about the biggest financial fear going: Outliving your money. Jane explains simple strategies that’...

“I lost my job, I lost my breasts, I lost my hair and I found myself.” That’s Rene Syler, former anchor for CBS News’ The Early Show, on HerMoney explaining what happened in a tumultuous two years of her life. In this week’s episode, Rene candidly shares with us her transition from network news to entrepreneur, author and host of her new web series “The Good Enough Mother.” We talk about why it’s...

Candid. If I had to pick one word to describe Jennifer Weiner, author of “Good in Bed,” “In Her Shoes” and so many other great reads, I’d pick that one. Though, smart, funny and fearless also come to mind. I knew I wanted her on the podcast the minute I read her frank essay about the fact that she and her new husband are polar opposites financially. We had a fun and very frank conversation about n...

Dave Ramsey asks, “Will The 50-Year-Old You Be Mad At The 25-Year-Old You?” This week I traveled to Nashville to sit down with financial powerhouse Ramsey and his daughter Rachel Cruze. We talk about how the baby steps to take control of our own financial lives haven’t changed in the 25 years Dave and I have been doing this – and how they have. In particular, we dive into the impact social media i...

In this episode, I fill you in on how I found over $1,000 in missing money (my own, embarrassingly) and how you can do the same. And, I get the down and dirty on GRIT and how the power of “Guts, Resilience, Initiative and Tenacity” can take you from ordinary to extraordinary. Advertising aces Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval, authors of a great new book on the subject, share how two girls from...

Tell your children how much money you make! That’s what Ron Lieber, NYT best-selling author, personal finance columnist and father says to do if you want to raise kids who are grounded, giving and smart about money. Get paid for chores? No! Have a say in how the family gives to charity? Yes! We also talk about why expectations for girls are still different than those for boys and how to change tha...