MONEY MATTERS with Christopher Hensley

Houston Money Week (HMW) is a community-wide financial education initiative that empowers families and individuals to be successful in making financial choices. HMW provides resources to help consumers better manage their personal finances through the collaboration and coordinated effort of organizations across Houston and surrounding counties. HMW's programming offers free financial education eve...

Houston Money Week (HMW) is a community-wide financial education initiative that empowers families and individuals to be successful in making financial choices. HMW provides resources to help consumers better manage their personal finances through the collaboration and coordinated effort of organizations across Houston and surrounding counties. HMW's programming offers free financial education eve...

Houston Money Week (HMW) is a community-wide financial education initiative that empowers families and individuals to be successful in making financial choices. HMW provides resources to help consumers better manage their personal finances through the collaboration and coordinated effort of organizations across Houston and surrounding counties. HMW's programming offers free financial education eve...

In order to boost the economy of Houston, Houston Center for Literacy strengthens providers of adult education who, in turn, provide necessary skills for underemployed citizens to fulfill their potential and become economically self-sufficient.  Houston Money Week (HMW) is a community wide initiative to empower families and individuals with financial education.  Through the collaboration and coord...

The first insider account straight from Trump University, by one of its principal instructors. While the President of the United States seems to be able to shock with each new tweet, and no depth seems too low for him to sink to, we've yet to hear from someone who was at the heart of one of his signature outrages--Trump University, the infamous and elaborate scheme to con hundreds of earnest citiz...

Who doesn't want to know how to be their best when it matters most? To be more creative, more contented, more consumed? To soar and not to sink? As the deeds of these athletes prove, if we can master flow, there are no limits to what we can accomplish. In this groundbreaking book,  New York Times –bestselling author Steven Kotler decodes the mystery of ultimate human performance. Drawing on over a...

Our ego, and its accompanying sense of nagging self-doubt as we work to be bigger, better, smarter, and more in control, is one affliction we all share. And while our ego claims to have our best interests at heart, in its never-ending pursuit of attention and power, it sabotages the very goals it sets to achieve. In  Advice Not Given , renowned psychiatrist and author Dr. Mark Epstein reveals how...

Ira Shapiro places the Senate at "ground zero for America's political dysfunction"--the institution that has failed the longest and the worst. In Broken, Ira Shapiro, a former senior Senate staffer and author of the critically-acclaimed book The Last Great Senate, offers an expert's account of some of the most prominent battles of the past decade and lays out what must be done to restore the Senat...

"Once you have satisfied your basic sustenance needs—food, water, health, and a roof over your head—poverty has more to do with your head than your wallet." - John Hope Bryant In John Hope Bryant's insightful new book  The Memo: Five Rules for Your Economic Liberation , he makes bold claim: he supermajority of people who live in poverty, whom Bryant calls the invisible class, as well as millions i...

The old adage that leading creative people is like herding cats is wrong. It's more like herding  tigers . In Todd Henry's riveting new book  Herding Tigers , he provides compelling insight into the most efficient ways to lead creative people, and to do so with confidence. Todd Henry is the founder of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creative people and teams be prolific, brilliant and he...

Rudy Cavazos Jr. gives the inside scoop into exclusive tips and tricks to help manage your debt and reduce expenses after the Christmas shopping rush. Rudy Cavazos Jr., Founder of The BridgePath, a boutique nonprofit with a mission to provide expert, comprehensive and fundamental personal financial education to families and individuals, by creating a collaborative environment with the goal of empo...

Think you know everything about your husband or wife? There's a 40 percent chance you don't even know how much they make. And there's more than a 5 percent chance they're hiding money from you . On this week show we spoke with author John Stirling Kinross about his new book How to Bullet Proof Your Marriage or How Your Husband Screws You In Divorce. This book is a guide to financial equality in a...

Those offences which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust... as they relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself - Alexander Hamilton Author and lawyer Barbara Radnofsky takes us through the mechanics of impeachment and how it relates to the world today. A lawyer since 1979, Barbara Ann Radnofsky is a...

Those offences which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust... as they relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself - Alexander Hamilton Author and lawyer Barbara Radnofsky takes us through the mechanics of impeachment and how it relates to the world today. A lawyer since 1979, Barbara Ann Radnofsky is a...

With money being one of the most constrained resources for individuals in today's world, budgeting can be a simple, yet powerful tool to save money fast. Mitchell Walker is the creator and author of the PouchPlan Budget system. After spending 15 years as a CFO of a Berkshire Hathaway company, 11 years as a partner in a public tax practice, owning multiple businesses, serving as CFO of a college an...

With over 1,000 pages of new tax law, decoding what this means for individuals, retirees, and businesses will be a difficult task. On today's show we talked with tax attorney and author Rebecca Walser. She gave us valuable commentary into the new tax bill, effective 2018 and her new book Wealth Unbroken.  Tax attorney and Certified Financial Planner Rebecca Walser will release her book  Wealth Unb...

Houston Money Week (HMW) is a community wide initiative to empower families and individuals with financial education.  Through the collaboration and coordinated effort of organizations across Houston and surrounding areas – including businesses, financial institutions, schools, libraries, non-profits, government agencies and the media – individuals of all ages will have access to financial resourc...

How much can you spend in retirement? Naturally, this is an essential question for those approaching this important life transition. Essentially, if you wish to retire one day, you are increasingly responsible for figuring out how to save during your working years and convert your savings into sustainable income for an ever-lengthening number of retirement years. The nature of risk also changes in...

Money has the power to destroy, but it can also be an incredibly effective tool for social change. Impact investing – the support of social and environmental projects with a financial return – has become a hot topic on the global stage; poised to eclipse traditional aid by ten times in the next decade. And it has the potential to completely restructure the global economy, making social and environ...

From the request of mothers who were completely engaged in SUPERLady LIVE MOVEMENT'S platform and the greater need to mentor & expose girls from inner city communities and those desiring a place where their daughters could be mentored authentically with STEM initiatives and leadership opportunities, SUPERGirls SHINE Foundation concept was launched, January 2015. Hosting monthly SUPERGirls Table Ta...

It's not a revelation to learn that any comedian offstage is a shy weirdo.  What's utterly revealing and totally fantastic about this film is seeing Gilbert Gottfried's marriage, which is a model of affection and good sense in the face of eccentricity.  Every couple should see this. Every marriage should be more like his.  This is the rare film where a look at a performer's private life is not wha...

Affording college is a concern for many families.  Crystal Olivarria likes to educate families about the opportunity to pay for college using scholarships.  She raised over $70,000 from grants and scholarship to help pay for her own college education.  Since a college education is a large expense it is important that children spend time exploring career options in depth. How can you coach your chi...

Did you know that through the EB-5 Program you can raise money from foreign investors looking to migrate to the U.S. while creating U.S. jobs? The program, enacted by U.S. Congress in 1990, has brought almost $4 billion of Foreign Direct Investment into the U.S. in 2016 alone, over $18 billion since 2008. Business owners and developers can take advantage of this program by leveraging capital from...

CentSai , an  online financial wellness community , and RIKAI Labs, China's leading chatbot platform announced a partnership aimed at improving financial literacy in China. Under the terms of the partnership, RIKAI Labs will use  CentSai 's engaging educational content to enhance its award-winning financial literacy chatbot, called "FinBot."  CentSai 's   content is expected to launch in China in...

For years the Military Retirement has stayed the same with no changes. In 2018, we will see a massive change to retirement benefits for service members in the armed forces.  On today's show we talked with retired brigadier general and current COO of the American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association (AAFMAA), Michael Meese. Mike discussed important finance tips for military members, spouses and thei...