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So many episodes, 1390, living with intention and getting comfortable with saying no to the norm,

with Chelsea Fagan, founder and CEO of the Financial Diet.

You're listening to So Money, with award-winning money guru Farneesh Karabi.

Each day, in a 30-minute dose of financial inspiration from the world's top business minds,

authors, influencers and from Farneesh herself.

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It's really common for human beings to feel defensive around people making other life choices

than themselves. That's half of internet comments, I feel like. I'm not included in this,

or this isn't what I would do, and feeling really upset. And I do think that when you are able to

respond to them in a way that is not hostile, not defensive, but really sort of acknowledging

what's going on and standing firm, there's not a whole lot you can do to that.

Welcome to So Money, everybody. I'm Farneesh Karabi, happy August.

Kicking off the month with a fantastic deep dive interview with Chelsea Fagan. She's the founder

and CEO of the Financial Diet. I'm sure you've heard of it. She joins to share the behind-the-scenes

of her wildly popular multimedia platform, which helps women talk about money. She shares her

thoughts on living with intention, saying no to conventional life choices, like having kids and

working a corporate job, and why not all financial advice is good advice. From crypto to MLMs,

by now paid later payment plans, Chelsea has been very vocal about the red flags and other

money moves that should give you and everyone some pause. Here's Chelsea Fagan.

Chelsea Fagan, welcome to So Money Alas.

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