Worth Listening with Lauryn Williams

Today's guest is Melanie Finnegan. She's an expert in tax lien certificate investments and the Founder, CEO, and Managing Partner of Tax Lien Wealth Solutions. Her journey in tax lien investing started at the ground level.  As a single mother with no college degree, she applied for a position in marketing at a local business in her small town that handled tax lien certificates. But, her personalit...

Today's guest is Danielle Desir. She's a travel finance strategist, writer, speaker and the founder of The Thought Card, an award-winning travel finance blog and podcast empowering you to make informed financial decisions - travel more, pay off debt and build wealth.  Growing up in a Haitian family, Danielle learned great savings habits. She even had her first retirement plan setup at the age of 1...

Many people shy away from asking family members about their financial situation, but Lauryn makes some strong points for why it's so important.  She touches on tips for talking about money with your parents and siblings along with your spouse and children. Lauryn shares a little bit about her own family, why she strives to have financial conversations with them, and how you can do the same.  What...

If you've listened to the Worth Listening podcast before, you know that host, Lauryn Williams, is all for having conversations around money. In fact, that's why she started the podcast. She wanted to get people talking so they could discover all the benefits. In this episode of the podcast host, Lauryn shares how to start having conversations about money with your family and friends. One of the bi...

Today's guest is Chad Bonham, filmmaker, author, and co-founder of 51 West Entertainment. He has been working in mass media for 29 years. A graduate of the University of Tulsa, Chad has written extensively for over 30 publications and online sites and has authored or co-authored 27 books including Everybody Needs A Head Coach, The Seven C's of Leadership, 3D Coach, and Life In The Fairway. Along w...

In this episode of the Worth Listening podcast host, Lauryn Williams shares how to move past financial failures. In her last episode, Lauryn opened up and shared some of the personal financial failures and mistakes that she has made over the years. Now, she addresses the steps that you need to take in order to rebound from past money mistakes. She provides listeners with practical steps and action...

Today's guest is Andrea McGrew, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Legal Officer at USA Financial. Andrea attended college on a full ride scholarship as a swimmer, where she worked towards an undergrad in broadcast journalism. While in school she worked at Fox Sports Detroit but turned down a local news position after graduation to head to law school where she focused on business and securities la...

Today's guest is Faneisha "Fo" Alexander. Fo is a Millennial personal finance expert whose story of paying off nearly $78K in debt in less than 3 years took the Internet by storm. She is the editor and chief of the GirlTalkwithFo blog & podcast- a personal finance platform created to teach women how to dump debt, build bank, and create the life they want. Through her online platforms, she shares d...

In this episode of the Worth Listening podcast host Lauryn Williams continues sharing her own personal money memoir and she's diving into a topic that most people like to avoid—financial failures. You may think that as a Certified Financial Planner her financial history is full of one success after another, but financial planners are real people too, that have real financial pasts. Before her care...

Today's guest is Che Scott. Che is a former UM football player that has dedicated his life and career to make an impact on the younger generations. He is the author of Honor: The New Guy Code. His goal is to teach boys how to respect girls and girls how to respect themselves. Today Che will share with us more about his own financial story. He was born in Jamaica into a farming family. This backgro...

In this episode of the Worth Listening podcast host, Lauryn Williams continues sharing her own personal money memoir by discussing her experience with earning an athletic scholarship, why she chose the University of Miami, and how she handled her finances in college. Lauryn broke some of the popular stereotypes about college students and finances. She was responsible with credit cards and didn't g...

Today's guest is Sheria Smith, Civil Rights Attorney for the U.S. Board of Education. Sheria excelled at academics from a young age and used that gift to work her way up and out of Gary, Indiana. At the age of 14, she attended a boarding school on the east coast to increase her chance of making it to an Ivy League school. It was this experience that showed her how money looks and spends. Sheria di...

On this episode of Worth Listening, Lauryn continues sharing more of her money memories and the role it plays on her financial life right now. She has always had the mindset of an entrepreneur and as a teenager loved being able to make her own money so no one could tell her what to do with it. Just wait until you hear some of the ways that she made money as a child! Now, as an adult, Lauryn isn't...

Today's guest is an entrepreneur, speaker, and branding expert, Matt LeBris. Matt started his journey as an entrepreneur at the ripe old age of 12 when he and a neighbor kid started selling their parents' groceries off the front porch. While the business only lasted a week, Matt caught the entrepreneurial bug. When he was 17 and a freshman in college he started his first real business which he had...

Back in the final episode of 2018 , podcast host, Lauryn Williams, gave us a heads up that we would get to find out more about her in the 2019 episodes and that time has come! Have you been wondering who the woman is behind Worth Winning? Or, wondering what made a four-time Olympian decide to turn her attention over to financial planning? Well, you'll get your answers throughout Lauryn's personal...

Today's guest is Adele Jackson Gibson. Adele is s a sports journalist, fitness coach, fitness model, and an athlete. She is an athlete that tells other athletes' stories, but today she is sharing her own money memoir with us. Adele came from a family that was financially solid. She didn't grow up having to worry about finances and was even blessed to graduate from college with no student loans. Ho...

What a year it has been! This was my first year podcasting and we've gotten great feedback on the episodes, so a HUGE thank you to all the Worth Listening listeners and guests! My original goal was to have a new podcast every other week, but it turned into a weekly podcast. I interviewed millennials with amazing financial stories and learned a lot from each one of them. These podcasts helped me to...

Today's guest is Claudia Steer. Claudia immigrated to the United States from London when she was just a teenager. Coming from what would be similar to the projects over in London, Claudia grew up with a scarcity mindset that impacted her life for many years. She took the long road to the corporate world but eventually landed a job where she earned 10 years of experience developing creative strateg...

Today's guest is Tela Holcomb. Let's cut right to the chase, Tela retired at the age of 29! It didn't happen because she was born into money, won the lotto, or took any other shortcut. She reached that point through educating herself on the stock market and trading. Tela is an Air Force Veteran that joined the military because she wanted to force herself to commit to something that she would not b...

Today's guest is Malcolm Lemmons. Malcolm was a professional basketball player that played overseas before transitioning to life as an entrepreneur. The time he spent overseas showed him the importance of athletes having a plan to transition to life after sports because there are very few athletes that aren't going to need to find a way to earn an income once their athletic career is over. Malcolm...

Today's guest is Angela E. Matthews. She calls herself a serial entrepreneur because she loves the entrepreneurship lifestyle and has built several businesses over the years. Currently, she's the woman behind the Happy Investor Method. Angela learned how to use investments to her advantage and is passionate about teaching others how to do the same. Angela wasn't taught how to handle money as a chi...

Today's guest is Danny Harvey. Danny is the Director of Financial Planning & Finance Faculty at Prairie View A&M University. He is also a professional speaker and financial advisor. He came from humble beginnings where he didn't go without, but he also didn't realize how little they actually had. He was raised by a single-mother that taught him the principles of hard work and saving money. He beca...

Today's guest is Rana Campbell. Rana recently transitioned from her 9 to 5 job to become an entrepreneur. She is the woman behind the Dreams in Drive podcast and website where you can find the encouragement, motivation, and steps you need to start living your dream life. Rana's story is a bit different than many that we have had on the podcast in the past. She hasn't been a professional athlete an...

Today's guest is Kwame Christian. Kwame is a business lawyer that has transitioned to his work as Director of the American Negotiation Institute. He provides training through workshops that teach people how to make difficult conversations easier. His podcast, Negotiate Anything , has been downloaded more than 350,000 times by listeners in more than 180 countries. Today Kwame will share with us mor...

Today's guest is Amara Legget. Amara is a motivational speaker who travels the country to share her message on how to make the impossible possible in your life. She is running her business while working towards a bachelor's degree. But, what really makes her stand out is that she is 17 years old. She earned her high school diploma and an associate's degree at the age of 16. Today Amara will share...