Worth Listening with Lauryn Williams

We're continuing on with our August series on giving. Today's guest, Charles E Goodman Jr. is going to be discussing the often debated topic of tithing. Charles has served for the last 13 years as Senior Pastor and Teacher of the 9,700-member, multi-site Tabernacle Baptist Church in Augusta, GA. He's the author of three books and is currently preparing to begin work on earning his 7th Degree! Ther...

Today's guest is Sierra Nicole. Sierra is a 23-year-old entrepreneur who decided to quit college at the end of her junior year to pursue other opportunities. And it's a decision that changed her life. She's now the owner of a trucking company, several Airbnb rentals, a business coach, and she's a virtual financial literacy professor for the 3E Programs which is presented at Yale and Howard Univers...

During the month of August the Worth Listening theme is Giving. A lot of conversations in the financial world focus around how to make more, investment more, and save more. Giving is an often overlooked but important piece of the pie. Today I'm excited to have professional track and field athlete, entrepreneur & philanthropist Steven Benedict here to share his Money Memoir with us.  As a professio...

We're wrapping up our series on Men & Money today with guest Ryan Skinner. Ryan is the founder and co-owner of Summit Financial Partners, a Massachusetts based firm working with clients aged 55+ to help them build secure income for life. He's also the author of Taking Stock: Protect Your Wealth and Create Reliable Income for a Happy & Secure Retirement. Ryan's been featured on Fortune, Forbes, USA...

We are interrupting our regularly scheduled programming for the week to address the current events that are taking place around our country. Tension is HIGH this year and we want to have a meaningful discussion on race and racism.  Today Worth Listening host Lauryn Williams, 4x Olympian, Certified Financial Planner, and founder of Worth Winning , shares her perspective of what's happening. She als...

The June series "Men & Money" is continuing with guest Shawn Hames, CEO of iDeal Floors. After graduating from high school, Shawn decided to take his future in his hands by working his way up the company business instead of going to college. He jumped in with both feet to start learning everything he could about the company from the ground up. Don't think he was handed some cushy job as the owner'...

We are interrupting our regularly scheduled programming for the week to address the current events that are taking place around our country. Tension is HIGH this year and we want to have a meaningful discussion on race and racism.  Today Worth Listening host Lauryn Williams, 4x Olympian, Certified Financial Planner, and founder of Worth Winning , shares her perspective of what's happening. She als...

As we continue to explore the topic of men and money during the month of June, today's guest is Jedidiah Collins. He is an NFL veteran that played in the league for 7 years. In between seasons, he earned his CFP to become an expert in the field of personal finance. He's also the author of the book Your Money Vehicle and host to the Rookie to Veteran podcast. He's also a married man and dad to two...

During June we're going to be talking "men and money" on the podcast. There's been more attention on women in the financial industry, which is much needed. But I want to make sure we shine a little light on the men too. Today I'm excited to have Erik Kroll here to share his Money Memoir with us. Erik is a Certified Financial Planner and the owner of Hilltop Financial Advisors in Milwaukee, Wiscons...

Today's guest is Preethi Harbuck from the Local Passport Family. Preethi is a mom of 5 who writes to spark curiosity and connection through family travel and exploring at home. She has an MBA with an emphasis in marketing and she recently started an Instagram account called Mompreneur Academy to empower mom entrepreneurs with business tools for success. Today Preethi will share with us more about...

Today's guest is Rob Bertman, CFA, CFP® from Family Budget Expert. Rob had achieved his dream career of being a partner in a successful investment management firm when he felt the urge to strike out on his own in a new direction. He started The Family Budget Expert to help families improve their lives and financial situation by helping them alleviate the #1 relationship stressor—challenges with sp...

Today's guest is Travis Hornsby. He is a former bonds trader that transitioned to being an entrepreneur and founder of studentloanplanner.com. He works with professionals with student loan debt to help them take control of their financial situation and make the best decisions when it comes to their debt repayment.  Travis got an early start on being frugal, which he shares in the podcast. He becam...

Welcome to Financial Literacy Month on the Worth Listening podcast. We know budgets and finances might be looking a little different right now in light of the coronavirus pandemic, but it's all the more reason to work on getting your finances in order. Throughout the month podcast host and Certified Financial Planner, Lauryn Williams is going to address the big bad b-word—BUDGETS! In this episode,...

Today's guest is Patrice Washington but you may know her as America's Money Maven. Patrice is an award-winning author, transformational speaker, hope-restoring coach, media personality and top-rated host of the Redefining Wealth Podcast where she teaches the masses to "chase purpose, not money."  She got her start as a personal finance expert and garnered tremendous success with her "mindset appro...

Today's guest is Certified Financial Planner, Wes Shannon. Wes became a Certified Financial Planner and founder of SJK Financial Planning after going back to school for his undergrad in his early fifties. He describes himself as "an old white guy" and a true Texan and he has a true heart for helping people with this finances including volunteering his services to help those such as single moms wor...

Today's guest is Morgane from the Young Black Mrs. Podcast. By day, Morgane is a digital marketing specialist in the food industry. By night, she's a wife, cook, shower singer, and podcaster. Morgane is an HBCU grad from Wilberforce University and her personal experience provides her with a unique perspective on the racial wealth divide.   Today Morgane will share with us more about her financial...

Today's guests are Pam Capalad and Dyalekt. Pam is a Certified Financial Planner and founder of Brunch and Budget which helps people to become more comfortable with financial conversations. Dyalekt is a musician, educator, and actor. His music and one person plays are used as a curriculum as he works with kids as young as 6 through college-age to teach on the emotional and practical ways they deal...

In the final podcast episode for 2019, Lauryn Williams reflects on 2019 from both a business and a personal perspective. The end of the year is an important time to reflect on events and situations and determine what you want the upcoming year to look like.   Here are a few things that Lauryn shares in this episode: The ups and downs that she experienced in 2019  How she saved 291 people a total o...

Today's guest is a financial educator, podcaster, and soon to be author, Eugenie George.  Her path to where she is today, as the founder of Money and Flow didn't start with finances. In fact, she spent her first years after college working as a teacher until things all seemed to hit rock bottom at once.  After being evicted, fired, and losing a close friend to suicide, Eugenie refused to give up....

Today's guest is Carol Jones the Financial Planning Apprentice for Urban Wealth Management. Carol's interest in financial planning stems from the struggles she experienced in helping her family with everything from budgeting to retirement. She was selected as one of two recipients of the 2019 Association of African American Financial Advisors Dalton Education Scholarship and is enrolled in the Cer...

The interesting thing is, the diversity conversation wasn't really a part of her life as the only black girl in her high school graduating class or as a professional athlete and Olympian. But everything changed when she started working in the financial field.  In this podcast episode, Lauryn is transparent on a completely real level about what it's like to be a minority in the financial industry a...

If you met Anothy ONeal, you probably wouldn't believe that at one point in his life he was $35K in debt and living homeless in his car. Today he's debt-free, a best-selling author, speaker, and Ramsey Personality. Since 2003, Anthony has helped hundreds of thousands of students make smart decisions with their money, relationships, and education. He travels the country spreading his encouraging me...

One of the reasons why Worth Listening host, Lauryn Williams decided to share more of her story on the podcast in 2019 is because she gets asked a lot of questions about her personal story (Who doesn't want to hear more about the only American woman to medal in both the summer and winter Olympics?). And, since she encourages others to be willing to share their financial stories, she wanted to show...

Today's guest is Mary Beth Storjohann. She's a CFP® and Founder of Workable Wealth is not your typical financial planner. With over 14 years of experience in the financial services industry, she works as an author, speaker, and financial coach to apply a fun, albeit no-nonsense approach in working with entrepreneurial women and couples in their 30s – 50s across the country, helping them make smart...

Summer is winding down and many people (or their children) are headed back to school. While we might be more than half way through the year, in a sense, it's a new year for some and a great time to touch base on our goals. And, each day is a new beginning where we can start again and get back inline on working towards our goals. With all that in mind, on this episode of the Worth Listening podcast...