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EP. 63 The Scary Reality Of Not Getting Help

The entire Halloween season is about pretend stuff that’s meant to make our imaginations run wild and scare us. However, I think that reality is much scarier than any commercialized holiday could ever be. Think about those pumpkins with “student loans” or a “check engine” light on them...things like that prove that everyday stuff is scarier than any spider or haunted house could ever be. When it’s a scary movie you can just turn it off and walk away, when it’s your mental health or piles of debt, you can’t.

In this episode, I’m sharing how to defeat the darkness that is consuming your life and what the scary reality of not getting help could look like.

Giving Gifts for Christmas on a Budget

Giving Gifts for Christmas on a Budget

Gifts are usually the biggest part of any Christmas Budget, and often times the thing that pushes us into over-spending or even using credit cards + wracking up debt during the Holidays; but I'm here to show you that it doesn't have to be that way! 

Planning for Christmas on a Budget

Planning for Christmas on a Budget

With Christmas right around the corner, it’s time to start planning! However, planning for something as big as the Holiday Season while living on a budget can be a challenge, so I wanted to share a few of my favorite tips for Planning for Christmas on a Budget.

How to Grocery Shop Smarter

How to Grocery Shop Smarter

Our food budget is usually one of the biggest sections of our budgets, especially if you have a lot of little mouths to feed. The good news is that our food budget is the most flexible area of our budget. How well we grocery shop is crucial to our food budget, and therefore crucial to our entire budget + ultimately our long terms goals for becoming debt free or saving money! In this article I'll share my 6 steps for grocery shopping smarter.