The Financial Griot

"The two most important days in your life are 1. The day you were born and 2. The day you find your purpose." Mark Twain For the record, this is a trigger warning for a lot of people who have dealt with childhood trauma or are still dealing with it. Part two of our discussion on disciplining a new generation and realizing that our kids will likely face different challenges. In this segment, Lovely...

This Financial Griot podcast episode is based on the New York Times Opinion, "I grew up poor. How Am I supposed to Raise My Middle-Class Kids?"  In the advent of the internet and social media, it seems that kids are spending less time being kids and more time plugged into social media. From video games to Netflix, most parents are opting out of old disciplinary techniques to include corporal punis...

"Sometimes we stop our own success" In this episode, Lovely and the crew talk about rebuilding our wealth mindset: seeing and acting on opportunity. When the door opens, sometimes you are confronted with your own inaction, fear and limiting beliefs. When that happens, you would need to fight through imposter syndrome. Lawrence is ironically coming clean with his own insecurities.    Here's a bit a...

Bet you didn't know that the Financial Griot podcast is an homage to the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series .  For the Digitals aka Gen Z before Harry Potter and the Twighlight series, there was Goosebumps and Chicken Soup. Our goal with the podcast to build a library of stories that the next generation can pull from in order to be successful. Like Lawrence stated before, "our actions today wri...

In This episode of the Financial Griot, Lovely and Alainta bait Lawrence to talk about relationship timelines. Since social media has devolved into pure #GenderWars, allow us to set the record straight. And, allow the Neighborhood Finance Guy himself to mansplain his way out of this. By the way, a relationship is not a business. A relationship is the foundation for generational wealth. Especially...

Lovely, Alainta and Lawrence talk about the struggle and frustration of being a Black entrepreneur. The conversation versed toward fighting social norms, attitudes and coming to terms with money management. Finance is a hard subject for most Americans, it's worst for the Black community. The stress is weighing heavily on Black women who have obtain degrees, debt and long term care of aging parents...

Welcome back for another episode of the Financial Griot. As always, we dive in deep work by focusing on purpose, wealth, health and relationship. In this episode, it's Lovely Merdelus's turn to dazzle us with her many rants. In truth, when she talks the world listens. She is diving deeper into her experience as a business owner that's shifting cash flow quadrants to create something new. As she di...

In Haitian creole, we call home, "Lakay." It has a certain ring to it especially in concert with Lekol (school) and Legliz (church). For Haitian Americans, it's the closest way for us to express that we are home. This home is safe place. Culture is the total wealth of memories that we carry and share with the world. It is in that culture that we (in the same token, you) are compelled to speak. It'...

" Yes I'm a Black single (according to my taxes) woman that bought a home during the Pandemic. " In this episode, Alainta Alcin aka ATL share her solo adventure into being a home owner. Although the congratulations came pouring in, before buying a home, the reception was lackluster. Buying a new home is challenging enough, but going through the process without a supportive community is a lot tough...

So this is what this generation is all about. Posing and posting for #thegram, even open casket at your dad's funeral ? Welp, this IG model or influencer did look fierce if we had to be objective. The backlash was all too real. She eventually quit the game all together. But we are sure, she will come back again. Bad press is just as good as Good press. In this episode of the Financial Griot, the c...

Would you date a person with a dirty home?  Wait, are you the person with the dirty home? In this episode of the Financial Griot, Alainta Alcin (ATL) and Lawrence (Law) Delva-Gonzalez discuss their young adult relationship journeys and dishes out on how they ran into dirty people in their lifetime. It begs the question is cleanliness, a secret sign of how messy your finances are?  We will dive dee...

The Financial Griot finally got their first guests from KORE'M Podcast . (Part 2  of 2) It's feels like the Haitian Breakfast club. Let's not mess it up, right Lawrence? Since it's November 18, the celebration of La Bataille de Vertières (english - Battle of Vertières), it was apropos for us to bring on our first guest, Kore'm Podcast with Luther Estyl and Mac Jean. This dynamic duo has been makin...

The Financial Griot finally got their first guests from KORE'M Podcast . (Part 1  of 2) It's feels like the Haitian Breakfast club. Let's not mess it up, right Lawrence? Since it's November 18, the celebration of La Bataille de Vertières (english - Battle of Vertières), it was apropos for us to bring on our first guest, Kore'm Podcast with Luther Estyl and Mac Jean. This dynamic duo has been makin...

Just in case you needed something to talk about for Thanksgiving.  #GenderWars is the topic du jour, every jour technically.  Seriously, we really need to address this issue moving forward. The Financial Griot crew tackles where the Black wealth is going with one easy fix. As always this is merely a discussion of the issue and not an exhaustive description. We are saving that with a few special gu...

The Financial Griot is a play on two words (Finance + Griot) that hold significance in closing the racial wealth gap.  Merriam-Webster defines a Griot as a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition and is often seen as a leader due to their position as an advisor to royal personages. As a result of the former of these two fun...

The Financial Griot is a play on two words (Finance + Griot) that hold significance in closing the racial wealth gap.  Merriam-Webster defines a Griot as a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition and is often seen as a leader due to their position as an advisor to royal personages. As a result of the former of these two fun...

#TheFinancialGriot is a play on two words (Finance + Griot) that hold significance in closing the racial wealth gap.  Merriam-Webster defines a Griot as a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition and is often seen as a leader due to their position as an advisor to royal personages. As a result of the former of these two func...

The Financial Griot is a play on two words (Finance + Griot) that hold significance in closing the racial wealth gap.  Merriam-Webster defines a Griot as a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition and is often seen as a leader due to their position as an advisor to royal personages. As a result of the former of these two fun...

The Financial Griot is a play on two words (Finance + Griot) that hold significance in closing the racial wealth gap.  Merriam-Webster defines a Griot as a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition and is often seen as a leader due to their position as an advisor to royal personages. As a result of the former of these two fun...

The Financial Griot is a play on two words (Finance + Griot) that hold significance in closing the racial wealth gap.  Merriam-Webster defines a Griot as a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition and is often seen as a leader due to their position as an advisor to royal personages. As a result of the former of these two fun...

The Financial Griot is a play on two words (Finance + Griot) that hold significance in closing the racial wealth gap.  Merriam-Webster defines a Griot as a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition and is often seen as a leader due to their position as an advisor to royal personages. As a result of the former of these two fun...

The Financial Griot is a play on two words (Finance + Griot) that hold significance in closing the racial wealth gap.  Merriam-Webster defines a Griot as a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition and is often seen as a leader due to their position as an advisor to royal personages. As a result of the former of these two fun...

The Financial Griot is a play on two words (Finance + Griot) that hold significance in closing the racial wealth gap.  Merriam-Webster defines a Griot as a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition and is often seen as a leader due to their position as an advisor to royal personages. As a result of the former of these two fun...

The Financial Griot is a play on two words (Finance + Griot) that hold significance in closing the racial wealth gap.  Merriam-Webster defines a Griot as a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition and is often seen as a leader due to their position as an advisor to royal personages. As a result of the former of these two fun...

The Financial Griot is a play on two words (Finance + Griot) that hold significance in closing the racial wealth gap.  Merriam-Webster defines a Griot as a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition and is often seen as a leader due to their position as an advisor to royal personages. As a result of the former of these two fun...